Is that why you had to show to type's of ID to use a payphone? For ananimaty? Technically has gone to far when a phone call starts killing people. People please do your own thinking.

It would be much more beneficial to have American influence with sexual deviants, the chosen people and the melanin rich engineers from the great nations.

Good show, more should listen

EU migration policy was such a losing issue across Europe. It galvanized the people against Brussels which is out of touch from the people they claim to represent.

Why aren't you as concerned about Israeli interference in our elections and internal affairs as you are about Russian and Chinese interference?

FIONA.. your and CNAS ' geopolitical ideas are the reasons of PUTIN' s long political career and after him Medvedev ( worse than PUTIN i bet u)

Respect Monsieur

Oh I wonder how we got here?! Maybe we’re all fed up with politicians eroding our culture.

biden proxy war

It's cruel and unusual punishment to make your viewers , listen to your nonsense . Your not saying anything new ,just steeling From other sources. Worse yet your speculation and conjecture should be classified as misleading statements. False narratives. reniments of Russian Propoganda. Almost as bad as the history channel feeble attempts of man made building products were actually from an advanced culture.

I think everyone is underestimating Trump's penchant for changing his mind when confronted with reality. When he's briefed on Russia's war crimes and when he tries to bring them to the negotiating table and they snub him, he's going to take personal offense and go hard on supporting Ukraine (and on forcing Europe to support them more).

More Lies about the Ukraine War

9:36 11:23 GOFA 2006

Ukraine struggle today is because US & Europe strategy is a failure. We will all learn a very hard lesson years from now if Ukraine falls. Failure is also from lack of sanction enforcement.

These interviewers should at least be informed that Michael is not a futurologist. They missed a golden opportunity to ask him about past developments, current trends, and force-structural issues from a strictly military standpoint, rather than constantly ask him what the future will look like. The War on the Rocks podcast does a way better job in this sense.

Props to the Chinese for deterring dangerous NATO expansion, helping much of the Global South through investments and increasing de-dollarization efforts, and continuing to undermine American imperialism and hegemony. I for one came away after listening to this episode feeling very cheerful. ☺️

I often hear the phrase, "Russian efforts are only possible because the Soviet Union was a thing." but that also applies to the West where their support of Ukraine is only possible because of their own Cold War stockpiles. America has not built a new Abrams tank from scratch since 1996, it's only been upgrading or using existing chassis, and Europeans are in a similar position. While the Russians can only build 200 tanks a year, that's more than the West can manage at the moment. Additionally there is a 3 year backlog on orders for new Patriot missiles, among other munitions and artillery production is only just beginning to ramp up. The point of a stockpile is to expend it until your production catches up to demand, so while the Soviet Legacy might be being expended it's unclear how much longer the BMP-1s, T-62s, and T-55s would have been relevant anyways in a hypothetical NATO confrontation or conflict over Siberia's sovereignty with China.

What a U turn he did! That is the man, who said "NATO is brain dead!" Well, his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy was about to sell two Mistral Class LHA to Putin's Russia!

I never heard of Fiona Hill before but damnn! She’s very knowledgeable in geopolitics, history, geography…. I enjoyed every minute of her interview!

Fion Hill is a national treasure-❤

Russia won. NATO is fake

Just listen to Michael kofmans last years assessment it will show how accurate he is..

You have just deserted Ukraine for seven months, just so one person can keep their job, if you want to be the worlds hegemony, then do your job.

Look at the numbersI know it might be inconceivable to you being from the USA, but Europe is in the lead on supporting Ukraine, I have not included the latest supplemental. Why do you always have to be the biggest and the best when it's not true?

Jake Sullivan = Zbigniew Brzezinski Let us not forget the role he played in the US failure in Libya and Afghanistan. While he may repeat valuable information, he cannot be trusted for objective analysis; hence, he could not be nominated to a Senate confirmed position even when his party has the majority.

Western propaganda getting funniest now. Washing machines are kicking nato's ass

You mention China at the end. China is the beginning of it all

I enjoyed the part where it’s asked “who are European saving this equipment for”. The answer is simple, obvious and historically inescapable: “each other”

You no what problem is they don't believe it how long for Air power no military don't fight with out Air don't believe ukraine has not got some good Air I think they put them out to dry freak out about Nukes always gonna nuke someone Russian that's only thing they say.

You think so not Agressive enough maybe can't help it Woke.

To believe we can resort to conventional warfare to settle differences between major nuclear powers is crazy. It’s all well and good as long as both sides think they’ll win but ultimately the side that’s losing will threaten to use nukes and the side that’s winning won’t want to give in. Wars become absolute or existential as everyone likes to say. You’ve gone on for almost a hour here talking about continuing this fight but without a settlement this will likely lead to brinksmanship where it’s just a coin flip whether we destroy civilization.

ukraine is 💩 Israel is 💩

Is THIS all the channel is. Simply a drawly female voice just talking talking, talking. Anyone can do that if they read the news. HOPELESS! CENTER FOR NEW AMERICAN SECURITY.. WHAT RUBBISH!

Always like to hear what Mike has to say. I’d like to recommend Dr Phillip Karber for the show on Ukraine. He can give a great breakdown of ways to counter Russia and the tactics behind recent battles.

I feel like listening to Mike for the last several years I've earned an Associates degree in force generation

The only issue is we often talk about the West increasing production, we make it seem like Russia is not investing heavily to produce more and started the process much earlier. We know they have tripled their imports of industrial machinery and are building new factories. So while I like Kofman I disagree that the gap is going to narrow, but I do agree both sides are going to have more munitions in 2025. Kofman is normally pretty good but he is falling into that analyst problem where they forget the enemy responds.

Well, heaven knows Henry had enough baggage to fill a train, but he also had enough intellect to sink a battleship and enough insight to fill a library. Among his many books, "Diplomacy" is one of the most insightful I've ever read on western statecraft, which I highly recommend.

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Ukraine armed forces are about to crumble and you consider to peddle this wishful thinking.

Ukraine is _still_ not conscripting 18 to 24 years' olds, why not? If, as Michael Kofman says, Russia has a 2024 window of opportunity, then _surely_ this is the critical point in time at which to call up the most combat effective age group to stop Russia making good its temporary advantage. It seems to me the Ukrainian government is giving weight to political rather than military considerations in failing to effectively draw on their manpower reserves.

What happened to game changer Westan weapons like Abrams and leopard and hiding Challenger tank and if Ukrainian army million strong than they only lost 31000 soldiers why they need mobilization

You are delusional, there are no weapons to sell, Ukraine. There are not enough men to fight for Ukraine your advocating for World War

What an gnorant a stupid commentary.

Thanks for your reporting ❤ I think both USA and Europe have to stop telling UAF and Ukrainians how and when to do this, because they know what they are doing and how to fight against Russia and we don't, full stop! We must and need to support Ukraine with all weapons, except nukes, they want, because they are defending us our children and our future. Anything more than suggestions and ideas should not be made from us. Slava Ukraine from Scandinavian Vikings/Sweden

If you brought us Michael kofman on these amazing discussion, you deserves a noble Journalism prize, a brilliant and Outstanding experienced security and conflict analyst, Michael kofman is remembered on his book "The war on the Rock" humble and Wiseman. Thank you for you efforts in such fascinating episode. Slave Ukraine 🇺🇦

well I think the 60 billion USD the largest ever US aid package will last the whole year. and when Biden wins this year, I predict the Ukrainians will get 100 billion USD aid in 2025 and another increase in 2026. The Russians are doomed.

and when Biden wins this year and the dems sweep the congress and senate time is up for the Russians hahaha. 2025 and 2026 will be annus horribilis for the Russians , I can see Russian defeat in 2027 when Russia goes into civil war. and Ukrainian major offensives collapse the Russian army in Ukraine which has lost command and control. The Russian defeat will be so bad that it will be compared to the Iraqi defeat at the end of Desert storm 91., mass surrenders of Russian soldiers. I remember the Russian defeat at Izyum 2022, according to Igor Girkin, the RUssians lost 450 tanks, mostly abandoned and captured by the Ukrainian mostly intact and in full working order hahah, since the Russian units collapsed and the remnants stole civilian cars and bicycles and ran back to Russia hahahaha. you will see this again in the future when Russia loses this war but on a much bigger scale hahaha

yah when the Russians start deploying vintage T-55s in large numbers and using WW2 artillery and begging the NOrth Koreans for poor quality ammo and copies of 80s Soviet SCUDs. you know teh Russians are in trouble. In fact the last time the Russians used T-55s in large numbers was to put down the 1956 Hungarian revolution, heck its so funny that many of the T-55s currently being used in Ukraine by the Russians served in the 1956 Soviet invasion of Hungary hahah. Yah I read that the Russians will be running out of tanks and APCs or at leaset have shortages by late 2025 and into 2026, Im not surprised the Russians start buying North Korean tanks which are poor quality copies of Soviet 50s to 70s designs in large numbers hahhaha. Oh the humiliation. and for a supposed 2nd strongest military power int he world cant even do breakthrus and collapse the Ukrainian lines who are supposedly much weaker supposedly than the Russian army, is so embarassing for Russia. hahhahah

Stalled past tense.

The speaker calling Ukraine having to lower it's draft recruitment age "good news" tells you, that people like her really have Ukraine's best interest at heart.