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Russia's Combat Compliance Problem: Why Moscow Has Struggled in Bakhmut & Elsewhere- William Spaniel
Since the start of the war, Russia has made a number of apparently bad mistakes with its troop deployments and overall tactical decisions. This video explains why a good portion of them are a consequence of Russia's struggles with combat compliance. With soldiers reluctant to follow orders, Russia resorts to actions that command can verify compliance with, which ultimately leads to more Russian casualties than would otherwise occur.
0:00 Russia's Heavy Losses
2:29 War Requires Collective Action
3:55 Principal-Agent Problems in War
8:09 Instilling Automaticity in Soldiers
9:47 Changing Citizens' Ideology
12:32 Giving Soldiers Future Rewards
15:29 The Importance of Soldier Oversight
18:59 The Live-and-Live System of World War I
20:56 How Russian Probing Attacks Work
23:16 The Outlook for the War
24:57 Where's Putin?
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