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August 2025

Weekend Update #148: Breakthrough? What Breakthrough? Collapse? What Collapse?
Russia Attacks Civilians, Ukraine Attacks Strategic Industries; Pokrovsk Versus Oil Refineries--One Of These Is Strategic, The Other Not.
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A Strategic Air Campaign For Ukraine: Crushing Russian Mobility Through Oil and Rail Attacks
And The Ukrainians Might Already Have Understood This
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Phil Does a Q&A about War and Power (with an update on the war)
A recording from Phillips P. OBrien's live video
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Its Publication Day For War And Power (In The UK and Europe)
Plus: A New Course With The IOD
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Canada’s Charm Offensive in Europe
If Canada could detach itself from the North American continental shelf and float over to Europe, it would probably do so, Minna Ålander suspects in the…
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A Strategic Air Campaign For Ukraine
What Should They Concentrate On? What Not?
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Weekend Update #147: The War Will Continue For A While Yet
Ukrainians Understanding That They Are Getting Played By The Analytical Community: Trump Ukraine Derangement Syndrome--The Worst Case Yet
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Ukraine's FP-5 "Flamingo" Missile
This Looks Like The Missing Link For A Sustained Ukrainian Strategic Air Campaign
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War In Our Time
In this week's Europe Dispatch, Minna Ålander reflects on Europe's Russia problem.
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War And Power: An Excerpt
Plus: Trump Worked Himself Up Into A Lather--Then TACO'D (For Now)
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August 18--A Historic Day?
Will Europe's Leaders Rise To The Challenge?
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