Being Surprised by an adversary is one of the most enduring elements of warfare
Beaten Zone Venture Partners advisor Mick Ryan’s 2022 ‘War Transformed’ examined the war in the new era of great power rivalry unfolding in the 21st century:
“In this new era, many military organisations will be forced to change because they failed to sufficiently appreciate the changes occurring around them, resulting in military failure.”
Mick is predicting a year ahead that matches 2024 in violence, chaos and uncertainty and in his latest short read for the Lowy Institute’s The Interpreter he covers of on five key military trends to watch in 2025.
With the creative disruption of Trump 2.0 in the White House, a proxy War still raging in Ukraine and conflict still troubling the Middle East, we can be sure that the most dangerous geopolitical circumstances that Australia has seen in our own region since WW2.
Food for thought!