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NATO’s former No. 2 says the alliance must rebuild without America. Starting now.

He reported to an American commander for years. Now NATO's former deputy chief says Washington is "an inconsistent predator" and Europe must plan to stand without it.

byAlya Shandra

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NATO’s former No. 2 wants Ukraine to fight like it’s 1918

The front is stuck in 1917, Sir Richard Shirreff says—trench attrition neither side can break. The way out was invented a year later.

byAlya Shandra

12 minute read

Analysis

Ukraine can win the battles. Without the word “victory,” it loses the war.

NATO's former deputy commander says no one but Ukraine names victory as the goal. Ukraine's former defense minister warns that without naming it, even a battlefield win is no victory at all.

byAlya Shandra

22 minute read

Interview

NATO’s former second-in-command says what the alliance won’t: only Russia’s defeat ends the war

He warned about Russia a decade ago. Now he's inside Ukraine's command—still pushing for the strategy NATO won't write.

byAlya Shandra

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US warned Russia it would “be very, very sorry” over 2022 nuclear use, NATO ex-military chief confirms

Russian forces in Ukraine would be "taken out conventionally" by the Americans, the Kremlin was warned amid Kherson retreat, Admiral Bauer says

byAlya Shandra

2 minute read

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“Ukraine might have won” if NATO had acted in 2022, ex-top chief says

Admiral Rob Bauer says the West armed Ukraine too slowly to win—and never had a strategy for victory at all

byAlya Shandra

13 minute read

Interview

“It was never formulated as Ukraine winning”—NATO’s ex-military chief on the missing strategy

It was also not formulated, "We're doing this so that Russia can lose this war." So the formulation became, "We're going to support Ukraine for as long as it takes," Admiral Bauer tells EP

byAlya Shandra