Lieutenant General (ret.) Tomasz Piotrowski is a retired Polish general who was the Operational Commander of the Armed Forces from 2018 until his resignation in October 2023. A veteran of the Polish Land Forces, he previously served as Deputy Commander…
Dr Thomas Withington is an award-winning analyst and writer specialising in electronic warfare, radar and military communications. He has written widely on these subjects for a range of specialist and general publications. He also works as a consultant and adviser…
George Barros is the Russia Team & Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) Team Lead on the Russia and Ukraine portfolio at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). Mr. Barros’ work with the Russia and Ukraine portfolio focuses on Russian information…
Sir Lawrence Freedman is Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King’s College London, where he was Professor of War Studies from 1982 to 2014 and Vice-Principal from 2003 to 2013. He was educated at Whitley Bay Grammar School and the universities…
Capt. Bartłomiej PĄCZEK serves in the Polish Navy since 1994. He graduated the Faculty of Navigation and Naval Weapons of the Polish Naval Academy in 1999, starting his service aboard the hydrographic vessel ORP “Arctowski” of the Hydrographic Support Squadron.…
Ryan Evans is the founder of War on the Rocks, a media outlet on strategy, defense, and foreign affairs – and Bedrock Knowledge, an enterprise software company that delivers knowledge at point of need for U.S. military and Fortune 500…
Major Andrii Yusov is the Press Representative of the Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and a key public voice for Ukrainian military intelligence. He is responsible for disseminating official intelligence updates, reporting on…
Colonel Peter Nielsen, from the Danish Army, led the NATO Force Integration Unit in Lithuania from 2021 until mid‑2025. He brought over 40 years of military experience, including tours in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and service at NATO’s strategic headquarters in…
Stylianos Tzimis is a Senior Analyst at the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats in Helsinki, specializing in maritime hybrid threats. He is an active-duty Captain in the Hellenic Navy with over thirty years of service, both at…