Major General Mick Ryan, Australian Army (retired), Senior Fellow for Military Studies at the Lowy Institute, adjunct fellow with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and author of the Futura Doctrina Substack joins the show to dissect the current state of the war in Iran. Is this conflict entering a postmortem phase, or are we still in the middle of it? How has America performed so far? How does this war connect to the Pacific theater? Are we adapting for a broader global conflict, and are our adversaries adapting as well?

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002:20 Iran war impact on Australia

05:06 American performance in this war

06:22 Israeli partnership over NATO

08:21 Strait of Hormuz closure

13:07 Is the US prepared for a long-term war?

15:50 Importance of AI

18:17 Israeli performance

18:55 Iran frustrating US objectives

19:26 Lessons for Taiwan

20:31 Does political decapitation work?

22:41 How is the Axis learning from this conflict

25:44 China’s interest in the Middle East

29:04 Grim predictions of the road ahead

30:40 Iranian hardliners

31:16 Importance of getting the strait open

34:29 Pilot rescue mission

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