June 17, 2026
Franz-Stefan Gady on Why It’s So Hard to Judge Progress or Advantage in Modern Conflict
Franz-Stefan Gady, a defense analyst and consultant in Vienna who is also an adjunct fellow with Center for a New American Security think tank and author of several books including his newest, Surprise Attack: When War Comes to Us, available in German and How the United States Would Fight China, joins Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the Ukraine war.
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