Ben Hodges is a retired United States Army officer, who became commander of United States Army Europe in November 2014, and held that position for three years until retiring from the United States Army in January 2018. He was most recently a Senior Advisor to Human Rights First, until summer 2023, and serves as NATO Senior Mentor for Logistics. Until recently was the Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies, at the Centre for European Policy Analysis, specialising in NATO, the Transatlantic relationship and international security.
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CHAPTERS:
02:12 Are we placing limits on the scale and severity of Russia's defeat?
07:12 ATACMS are finally in action, but are enough of them being supplied?
10:19 What is holding back the supply of German Taurus missile system?
13:43 Two important articles published - but what is the intent behind them?
19:58 Time article - "struggle of a lonely leader" is dishonest framing
24:23 Media impatience and Ukrainian strategic imperative to preserve lives
29:26 Is Ukrainian war incorrectly seen as a local war with a regional power
36:52 Do we need to go beyond containment of Russia but seek transformation
41:42 Will Putinism survive the demise of Putin, of will Russia pivot?
46:47 The scale of losses and suffering rise daily, as does the reparations bill
49:01 A pattern of illegality, terror and fear emerging from occupied territories
52:42 Propagandists spewing genocidal rhetoric also need to be prosecuted
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