Strategy&Future

The Russo-Ukrainian War is historical in many senses but in future, it will likely be known as the war that triggered the space race in the 21st century, just as the war in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020 spurred and revealed to the world the drone warfare revolution. More precisely, the Russo-Ukrainian War has revealed to the world new principles of space warfare and has triggered more than even a global space race. A century ago, the great powers struggled for control of choke points and domination in the sea, air and land domains because all-domain superiority was the recipe for success. Today, the war in Ukraine shows that without space superiority, there is no way to think about global domination. It is the genuine beginning of the Astropolitics era in human history.

Albert Świdziński and Ridvan Bari Urcosta talk to Samuel Bendett (adviser with CNA Strategy, Policy, Plans and Programs Center (SP3), a member of the Russia Studies Program, an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) on the role of drones vs tanks in the Russo-Ukranian War.

Just as one hundred years ago, the war did not bring about the establishment of a federation, despite the Kyiv expedition, Ukrainian attempts supported by Poland, great victories of the Polish soldiers near Warsaw and on the Niemen River. So now, without a clear break-up of Russian troops and the taking of territories, the war will not eliminate Russia and will not give Ukraine proper breathing space to live. The same applies to us too, because a game for the continental consolidation of France and Germany will soon appear. It could also be different with the Americans if a war with China broke out.

“The Anxious Dream”- à rebours? A political plan for Poland’s victory and peace in the East. Part 1

Jacek Bartosiak talks to Gen. (ret.) Ben Hodges on war in Ukraine as of 26 April 2022.

A few remarks on the political strategy of the Polish state in the new European circumstances (theses for discussion)

“Russia doesn’t need Ukraine as an independent country. They need our resources. Now the scenario is repeated. Russian dictator Putin planned to take away Ukraine’s minerals in order to enrich themselves and gain influence around the world.” National Association of Mining Industry of Ukraine

At the beginning of the 21st century, two main geopolitical visions were formed in the European Union.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has predictably fixed a substantial proportion of the Russian Armed Forces. Russian forces are not fighting as battalion tactical groups (BTGs), but this remains the manner in which both the Russians [1] and the Ukrainians [2] are administratively assigning troop movements. As such, this overview will use this denominator as well, though again the evidence from the war suggests that the primary unit of tactical engagement will not be the BTG per se.

Jacek Bartosiak talks to Phillip Karber on the war in

Jacek Bartosiak and Nicholas Myers discuss the war in Ukraine, situation as of morning 18 March 2022.

On the night of February 23rd to 24th, 2022, everything seemed to be going as Putin had planned. At the same time, the course of events was the nightmare of Halford Mackinder’s worst dreams. Mackinder was the Nestor of world geopolitics, a faithful son of the sea of Albion (then a sea hegemon) and (more than 100 years ago) the creator of the most famous geopolitical maxim: “Whoever rules East Europe commands the Heartland; whoever rules the Heartland commands the World-Island; whoever rules the World-Island commands the World.” To speak in the language of the 21st century, whoever controls Eurasia has the greatest agency over the rules on which the world operates and sets the rules for key strategic flows between its regions and exchanges between states.