Lloyd Austin on Ukraine, Iran and the lessons of war

Gideon (ft.com/gideon-rachman) talks to Lloyd Austin, who served as US defence secretary under the Biden administration, about the need to adapt to new forms of warfare, accusations that he presided over a ‘woke military’ and how he headed off a nuclear threat from Russia in the early days of the Ukraine conflict. Clip: AP

Free links to read more on this topic:
US pauses ‘Project Freedom’ as Trump seeks way out of Hormuz impasse (ft.com/content/5f7ba94e-8a42-4f36-8c4c-19be932…)
US warns Europe of delays to arms shipments as Iran war drains stockpiles (ft.com/content/f87a8b04-e683-4e0e-8c66-647d23b…)
Pentagon to pull 5,000 soldiers out of Germany in dispute over Iran war (ft.com/content/4cabedc3-0119-4c3f-9867-094b7e1…)
Donald Trump’s Iran war has cost $25bn, Pentagon says (ft.com/content/1414942a-b314-443e-8bbc-8c13fa0…)

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