Authoritarian leaders explicitly tell us their intentions (Putin regarding Ukraine, Baltic states, Finland, Sweden, Poland; Xi regarding Taiwan); we don't have to speculate about future intentions because they publicly announce them.
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General Mick RyanEvidence Quote
“the thing with authoritarians is they love telling us what they're going to do Putin told us what he was going to do in Putin in uh Ukraine he and medv and the rest of those criminals have been telling Europeans what they're going to do to the baltics to Finland to Sweden to Norway to Poland”
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Mick Ryan: This Is What The Next Great Power Conflict Will Look Like— Decoding Geopolitics Podcast with Dominik PreslCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:55:20 AM
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