I wanted to do a roundup of the most trenchantly interesting releases from the Western military pundit-sphere regarding Russian tactics and their putative ‘evolution’, as well as outlooks on the conflict’s future. The first big one making waves is from RUSI (Royal United Services Institute), a military thinktank which calls itself the “oldest defense and security think tank in the world,” having been founded by the Duke of Wellington in 1831. Their latest “special report” gives a considered update on Ukraine’s counteroffensive. They start off with the admission that Ukraine is suffering “from heavy rates of equipment loss” but… “the...