It's Wednesday, February the 22nd, 2023.

Welcome to the Daily Article Podcast.

I'm Chris Elkins narrating today's article written by Denison Forum co-founder and CEO, Dr. Jim Denison.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that Moscow would step back from its last

remaining major nuclear arms control treaty with the U.S. He also vowed to continue his military

campaign in Ukraine. U.S. President Joe Biden responded, and I quote, our support for Ukraine

will not waver, NATO will not be divided, and we will not tire.

President Putin's craven lust for land and power will fail.

As the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine comes this Friday, many are asking if this is a new Cold War or even the beginning of World War III.

After a year, what do we now know about the conflict?

What can we predict about the future?

One of the most insightful responses to these questions I have found

was written for the publication Foreign Affairs by Sir Lawrence Friedman,

Doctorate of Philosophy from Oxford University,

who is the emeritus professor of war studies at King's College, London.

Dr. Friedman notes that Russia and Ukraine have been pursuing two very different war strategies

and shows how this fact explains much about the conflict.

In reading his article, I was struck by the degree to which it is also relevant to our cultural challenges in America

and to the urgency and promise of spiritual awakening.

According to Dr. Friedman, Ukraine has employed the classic warfare approach, while Russia has adopted the total warfare strategy.

According to Friedman, in the classic approach Ukraine is employing, victory is decided by which army occupied the battlefield,

the number of enemy soldiers killed or captured, and the amount of equipment destroyed.

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