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CONTESTED GROUND: Irregular warfare in Ukraine and Russian information operations, with MAJGEN (Ret’d) Gus McLachlan

In this episode of the Contested Ground podcast, hosts Major General (Ret’d) Dr Marcus Thompson and Liam Garman invite Major General (Ret’d) Gus McLachlan back for a follow-up podcast, unpacking irregular warfare, information operations and military modernisation.

In this episode of the Contested Ground podcast, hosts Major General (Ret’d) Dr Marcus Thompson and Liam Garman invite Major General (Ret’d) Gus McLachlan back for a follow-up podcast, unpacking irregular warfare, information operations and military modernisation.

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  • They begin the podcast discussing Russia’s “little green men” during the invasion of 2014, and how Russian units were able to take over swathes of Eastern Ukraine.
  • MAJGEN (Ret’d) McLachlan then unpacks his priorities in uniform in modernising the Australian Defence Force.
  • The podcast then examines how two Russian nations were charged with laundering money to spread disinformation ahead of the US presidential election.

Enjoy the podcast,
The Contested Ground team

Listen to previous episodes of the Defence Connect podcast:

Episode 11: PODCAST: No escaping it, China is trying to coerce us, with Mike Pezzullo
Episode 10: SPOTLIGHT: The role of test and evaluation in securing AI’s role in defence and national security, with Graeme Bick, Ray Bright and Chris White
Episode 9: CONTESTED GROUND: Alliance abandonment and realpolitik in global affairs
Episode 8: PODCAST: A taste of things to come, with shadow minister for defence Andrew Hastie
Episode 7: PODCAST: Getting our naval force structure right, with Jennifer Parker
Episode 6: CONTESTED GROUND: The expanding world of state-sponsored cyber warfare
Episode 5: SPOTLIGHT: Training – key to the National Defence Strategy, with CAE’s James Digges
Episode 4: PODCAST: Unpacking the impacts of a disruptive new US Defense secretary
Episode 3: PODCAST: Threats, theatre and tariffs in Trump’s world, with the Defence Connect team
Episode 2: CONTESTED GROUND: Regaining the qualitative advantage

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