Mick Ryan
@warinthefuture
Strategist, Leader & Author | Retd Army Major General | Senior Fellow in Military Studies @LowyInstitute | @CSIS | Modern & Future war studies | Futura Doctrina substack | #BannedInRussia
Last week I had the opportunity to walk across the stage and receive my doctorate from The University of Queensland. It was a wonderful conclusion to a research and writing project that I greatly enjoyed. Thank you to my two amazing supervisors, Kim and Helen, and to my family for their support.
“Very irritating, dying. But I’m not afraid of it.” - Sam Neill Vale Sam Neill, a great Irish-born Kiwi Aussie.
A good update on Ukraine’s attacks against Russian industrial targets around Moscow over the weekend from @TheStudyofWar understandingwar.org/research/rus...
It has been over 4 years since I published my first book, “War Transformed”. I will always be grateful to @USNIBooks for taking a chance on this first time author. In 2024, they also published “The War for Ukraine”. More news very soon on my next book.
What I would like to see happen at russia’s victory day parade tomorrow…
A fascinating look inside the new Ukrainian defence industrial ecosystem, courtesy of the @snakeislandinst snakeisland-institute.s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com/ENG_def+tech...
"I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks. This will be a double sided CEASEFIRE!" - Good news.
“We’re not the Ukrainians. We don’t need to be exactly like them, but these kinds of insights are valuable for military organisations that want to fight 21st-century wars, not lose by fighting 20th-century wars.” My discussion in The @australian about learning from #Ukraine. archive.is/VeLHj
Happy Australia Day everyone. I am grateful for the many opportunities this amazing country has given me and my family. We are not a perfect country, and have our challenges, but we are always aspiring to get there. It was my privilege to serve it in the Army for so long.
There is a lot to dig into with this latest post by President Trump. To visualize just how badly this could go wrong, I recently published a short story called The Greenland Expedition, which you can read at the link: mickryan.substack.com/p/the-greenl...
“Cognitive Warfare seeks to exploit facets of cognition to disrupt, undermine, influence, or modify human decision-making by altering human behaviour and cognition through any means & technological advances”. A Cognitive Warfare report from NATO’s chief scientist. www.sto.nato.int/wp-content/u...
“Russia remains fully committed to achieving peace in Ukraine.” U.S. Special Envoy Witkoff, 22 December 2025. Ukraine tonight sees Putin’s commitment to achieving peace.
Today on #RemembranceDay, I am thinking about the amazing soldiers I had the privilege to serve with over 35 years in the Army. I am also thinking about the previous generations who served, suffered and sacrificed so much for our freedoms. Lest we forget.
Recently I published a report that explored how we might ‘translate’ Ukraine lessons for application in the Pacific region. You can download the full report at this link: researchcentre.army.gov.au/sites/defaul...
The last few years have seen many examples of wartime adaptation. This has occurred in #Ukraine as well as the Middle East. We have also seen nations in Europe, North America and Asia seek to learn and conduct peacetime adaptation. But there is a 3rd form of #adaptation that is crucial. 1/4 🧵
“The analysis challenges long-held assumptions about US Army superiority and sets a foundation for future research.” More Than a Numbers Game: Comparing US and Chinese Landpower in the Pacific ssi.armywarcollege.edu/SSI-Media/Re...
My regular update on global conflict is now available. It has been another huge week in international affairs, the war in #Ukraine and strategic competition in the Pacific. 1/5 🧵🇺🇦 (Image: @DefenceAust)