What the Experts Got Wrong (and Right) About Russian Military Power
May 30, 2022
Christopher Dougherty, Gian Gentile, Michael Kofman, Dara Massicot and Ryan Evans
This podcast was originally published by War on the Rocks.
It is now widely understood that many observers, in advance of this war, over-estimated Russian military performance and underestimated Ukrainian military performance. Prominent among those observers are those who specialize in analyzing the Russian military. To better understand what they got right and wrong, Ryan put two of those specialists — Dara Massicot of RAND and Michael Kofman of CNA — into conversation with two people who approach this conflict as generalists — Chris Dougherty of the Center for a New American Security and Gian Gentile of RAND. Do not miss this vivid discussion.
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