Ryan Brobst
@ryanbrobst.bsky.social
Senior Research Analyst at FDD. Arms transfers, weapons development, military exercises & operations. Stanford alum.
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@ryanbrobst.bsky.social & Brad Bowman w/excellent arguments in the most recent edition of School of War on why it is in the US' national interest to provide more military aid to Ukraine and why doing so reinforces rather than undermines its priorities in E. Asia.
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Ep 228: Brad Bowman and Ryan Brobst on “Axis” Military Cooperation
Podcast Episode · School of War · 09/05/2025 · 50m
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September 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
@ryanbrobst.bsky.social & Brad Bowman w/excellent arguments in the most recent edition of School of War on why it is in the US' national interest to provide more military aid to Ukraine and why doing so reinforces rather than undermines its priorities in E. Asia.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
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Hopes of a better US-Egyptian relationship may have just been blown away by the afterburners of Chinese J-10 fighters.
My latest in @breakingdefense.com
with Mariam Wahba
breakingdefense.com/2025/05/us-p...
My latest in @breakingdefense.com
with Mariam Wahba
breakingdefense.com/2025/05/us-p...
US policymakers beware: Egypt’s relationship with China is preparing for takeoff - Breaking Defense
FDD's Mariam Wahba and Ryan Brobst argue in this op-ed that the US should rethink its relationship with Cairo amid Beijing's inroads.
breakingdefense.com
May 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Hopes of a better US-Egyptian relationship may have just been blown away by the afterburners of Chinese J-10 fighters.
My latest in @breakingdefense.com
with Mariam Wahba
breakingdefense.com/2025/05/us-p...
My latest in @breakingdefense.com
with Mariam Wahba
breakingdefense.com/2025/05/us-p...
The debate over whether supporting Ukraine weakens or strengthens the U.S. defense industrial base (DIB) has raged for years. The answer is now clear – supporting Ukraine has primed industry similarly to how Lend-Lease aid to Britain prepared the U.S. to win WWII 80 years ago. 🧵
April 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The debate over whether supporting Ukraine weakens or strengthens the U.S. defense industrial base (DIB) has raged for years. The answer is now clear – supporting Ukraine has primed industry similarly to how Lend-Lease aid to Britain prepared the U.S. to win WWII 80 years ago. 🧵
Transferring arms to partners willing to fight is clearly preferable to sending American troops into battle. But can the U.S. Arsenal of Democracy support Taiwan, Ukraine, and Israel simultaneously? The answer is YES. Here’s why: 🧵
April 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Transferring arms to partners willing to fight is clearly preferable to sending American troops into battle. But can the U.S. Arsenal of Democracy support Taiwan, Ukraine, and Israel simultaneously? The answer is YES. Here’s why: 🧵