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Mick Ryan

Feb 4, 2025, 11:18
Title : Mick Ryan
Job title : Former Major General of the Australian Army
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Major General Mick Ryan (retd) spent 35 years in the Australian Army, where he commanded Australian soldiers at multiple levels. He served on operations in East Timor, Iraq, and Afghanistan. He also served on strategic headquarters in the United States Joint Staff in the Pentagon. In Australia, most notably, he served as military assistant to the chief of army and was director general of army strategy. 

He appears regularly on Australian Broadcasting Corporation and CNN International, providing commentary on topical strategic issues and contributes to columns including in The Sydney Morning Herald. He also contributes regularly to the Lowy Institute, where he is senior fellow for Military Studies at the institute’s International Security Program.  

He is an author of three books – War Transformed: The Future of 21st Century Great Power Competition and Conflict (2022); a White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan (2023), which is about a future war over Taiwan; and his latest book The War for Ukraine: Strategy and Adaptation Under Fire (2024).

Mick Ryan
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