Mearsheimer is not a military expert, so he has no idea how the war will turn out. Even if we accept he’s an expert on politics, the actual situation on the ground will affect the future more. I’d rather listen to what generals say
U.S. Lt. Col. Alex Vershinin retired after 20 years of service, including eight years as an armor officer with four combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and 12 years working as a modeling and simulations officer in NATO and U.S. Army concept development and experimentation is a military expert though, and he gives a pretty similar assessment https://www.russiamatters.org/analysis/whats-ahead-war-ukraine
Not really sure which generals you’re listening too, but I haven’t seen a single serious military person say anything even remotely close to what you seem to think is happening.
ISW is not a serious publication. It’s a neocon think tank that consistently got everything wrong from the start. If that’s what you’ve been referencing then I see why you’re confused. Meanwhile, we already see what’s possible and not possible given that Ukrainian offensive has ground to a halt and failed to make any meaningful progress in around a month now. If you can’t understand what an utter disaster this is from Ukrainian perspective then I really don’t know what else to tell you. This summer will indeed clarify a lot of things for people.
Mearsheimer is not a military expert, so he has no idea how the war will turn out. Even if we accept he’s an expert on politics, the actual situation on the ground will affect the future more. I’d rather listen to what generals say
U.S. Lt. Col. Alex Vershinin retired after 20 years of service, including eight years as an armor officer with four combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and 12 years working as a modeling and simulations officer in NATO and U.S. Army concept development and experimentation is a military expert though, and he gives a pretty similar assessment https://www.russiamatters.org/analysis/whats-ahead-war-ukraine
RAND also seems to disagree with you https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PEA2510-1.html CSIS isn’t painting a pretty picture either https://www.csis.org/analysis/empty-bins-wartime-environment-challenge-us-defense-industrial-base
Not really sure which generals you’re listening too, but I haven’t seen a single serious military person say anything even remotely close to what you seem to think is happening.
This is all old articles. Of course, the trajectories put out there are the same, but you need to follow what’s happening on the ground
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-7-2023
What’s possible and not possible will be shown this summer.
ISW is not a serious publication. It’s a neocon think tank that consistently got everything wrong from the start. If that’s what you’ve been referencing then I see why you’re confused. Meanwhile, we already see what’s possible and not possible given that Ukrainian offensive has ground to a halt and failed to make any meaningful progress in around a month now. If you can’t understand what an utter disaster this is from Ukrainian perspective then I really don’t know what else to tell you. This summer will indeed clarify a lot of things for people.