Russia late last month invaded Ukraine, shocking the world but Moscow underestimated its enemy, relied on faulty intelligence, bungled its resupply line preparations and has failed to maintain control of the skies.
Ukraine, on the other hand, has demonstrated the courage and preparedness to take the fight to the invaders through asymmetric warfare.
Successful strategy requires knowing your enemy better than you know yourself. Russia has failed to do either, and its inferior strategy has left it at a standstill, unable to proceed, destroying all hope of achieving a quick victory.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion sent shockwaves throughout the world, seriously
A majority of voters in the referendums held on Dec. 18 voted “no” on all four referendum proposals. Their rejection of the proposal to ban imports of pork from pigs fed with the additive ractopamine will have a profound effect on Taiwan’s foreign relations. The US and Japan will now have greater confidence in the ability of President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) government to handle and resolve major political issues, as well as in the Taiwanese public’s judgement, and they will be more firmly convinced that Taiwan is a trustworthy ally.
As American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Deputy Director Jeremy Cornforth
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