NATO Allies Are Rethinking Russia’s Supposed Military Prowess

During his decade and a half at the Pentagon, Christopher Skaluba read countless reports and assessments on the Russian military and how it squared up against NATO forces. Now that he has left and has watched Russia’s invasion of Ukraine falter for months, he has a new message for defense planners: “Every single one of those assessments that I’ve read for the last decade and more have been wrong.”