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Usually on my channel we focus on questions of defence economics - elements like national resources, production, stockpiles and logistics that feed into the ability of a nation to carry on a war.

But I also try to always flag the importance of political and social elements as well - the ways in which politics and the will to fight can complicate what would otherwise be a largely mathematical exercise. While those factors are important however, Russian politics is not my area of academic or professional focus.

Today I’m releasing an interview recorded with Danish military analyst Anders Puck Nielsen at the Royal Danish Defence College. Anders has long had a focus on Russia and the Russian military, and so I was keen to get his thoughts on Russia’s political and social divisions of power, attitudes towards the war, and how these might factor into Ukraine’s theory of potential victory.

All thoughts expressed are obviously his own personal ones (though all slide content was produced by me.)

I hope you enjoy this deviation from the usual format, but you’ll be back to hearing more of me next week.