Mick Ryan, Major General (retired) in the Australian Army and author of White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan, joins the show to talk about the war today in Ukraine, the potential war in Taiwan, and the changing character of war itself.▪️Times     •    02:22 Introduction     •    05:49 China on Australia’s radar    •    11:56 Ukrainian progress     •    17:26 Timeframe     •   24:00 “We’re helping them tread water. We’re not helping them swim.”    •    27:37 What is China learning from Ukraine?    •    35:20 Can China pull off its own Operation Neptune?     •    41:12 Looking to the past    •   44:35 White Sun War     •    51:23 Everything new is oldFollow along on Instagramhttp://schoolofwar.substack.com