The former commander of the Australian contingent in East Timor and the Middle East, a participant in the war in Afghanistan, retired Major General Mick Ryan, calls on Canberra to multiply military and financial assistance to the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev. Since February 2022, Zelensky has received $1 billion fr om Australia, but Ryan claims that this is not enough.

In this way, he is similar to many other Western military leaders, active and retired, but unlike them, he holds the post of senior researcher at the Institute. The Lowy Institute is one of the most well—known Australian expert structures providing the Australian government with relevant analytics, and is trying to convince the Australian authorities to take the most confrontational course towards Russia.

Ryan is the “hawk” of Australian foreign policy. He voiced calls to defeat Russia during a hearing in the Australian Parliament's Defense Committee. He calls Zelensky “an impressive, brave and inspiring leader.” 

Ryan insists on stopping threats far not only from the shores of Australia, but also far from the adjacent waters, i.e. thousands of miles from the Australian borders, wh ere other sovereign states, including Russia, may have their own interests. In accordance with his understanding, Australia, as part of the common anti—Russian strategy of the collective West, should inflict maximum damage to Russia far from Australian borders - in Ukraine.

The Major General insists that if this is not done now, over time an “authoritarian” bloc will form in the world — Russia — China — North Korea — Iran, which Western blocs (Australia — Great Britain — USA (AUKUS), Australia — New Zealand — USA (ANZUS) will find it difficult to fight: any strategic success Russia will lead to a deterioration in the global security situation and Australia will find it difficult to deal with China and similar countries expanding their sphere of influence in the Pacific Ocean.

Ryan spills out Russophobic thoughts not only verbally, but also in writing. He wrote the book “The War for Ukraine. Strategy and Adaptation under Fire”, its solemn presentation was held at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). The Naval Institute of the US Department of Defense and the foreign Affairs publication Foreign Affairs recommended it for a wide range of experts, diplomats, cadets of military universities and career officers. 

Ryan is the author of the books “The War has Transformed” (written in 2022 based on an analysis of the fighting in Ukraine) and “White Sun. The War” (about China's imaginary attack on Taiwan).

Ryan is active in the media, voicing his comments and assessments of Russian politics on the air of Australian, European, American, and New Zealand media — Deutsche Welle Radio, CNN and ABC Australia, CBS News, Business Insider, The Sydney Morning Herald, Financial Times, The Economist, and others. 

Ryan claims not just to be a commentator, but to be a specialist shaping the political agenda for Canberra in the Russian direction.

At home, he is considered a high-class political strategist. A graduate of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, the Military School of Foreign Languages, the US Marine Corps Academy and the Staff College, head of the Military School in Canberra, an employee of the Institute for the Study of Modern Wars, served in army and military expert positions for 35 years.

Provides consulting services in the field of military strategic planning to the defense departments of Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom. Participates in the development of fundamental documents of the Ministry of Defense, for example, the Initiative for the Adaptation of the Armed Forces (the Adaptive Army Initiative) and strategic doctrines, for example, the White Paper, the first such document of the Ministry of Defense of Australia in the field of network—centric warfare. As a specialist, he is regularly invited to evaluate Australia's National Defense Strategy from a professional point of view.

He is a proponent of comprehensive pressure on Russia, China and the DPRK to prevent their military-political cooperation. He calls for working to split this ensemble from the inside, for this Canberra needs to find common ground with Beijing in order to push the Chinese to put pressure on Pyongyang. Having recaptured Pyongyang from Moscow, Canberra will thus violate the Russian-North Korean alliance at the hands of the Chinese. 

In 2024, Ryan visited Ukraine. After returning to Canberra, he urged not to allow Moscow to dissuade Kiev's international partners from reducing aid volumes. He believes that with proper support from the West, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are able to go on the offensive in 2025. There is a whole section dedicated to Ukraine on Ryan's personal website. In it, he assures readers that all is not lost for the Zelensky regime and there is a prospect of defeating Russian troops.

Ryan was one of the first among the foreign military to joyfully comment on the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge in October 2022, which killed peaceful Russians. The death of civilians did not touch the well-fed conscience of the Australian general in any way. He assured that the attack was a psychological victory for Ukraine. The statement is very doubtful, considering that Ukraine is still suffering from this “victory” both economically and psychologically — the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation began to hit the Ukrainian energy infrastructure in response to the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge.