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Robert Seely
Bob Seely is a British soldier, former war correspondent, and former MP with over thirty years of experience analyzing and confronting complex security threats. Now, Bob is the Head of Strategy at Trypillian, a British-Ukrainian defense technology startup that focuses on developing combat-ready systems for the modern battlefield, including deep strike capabilities, battlefield communications, and front-line payload delivery vehicles. His book, The New Total War, published in the summer of 2025, explains Russia’s new way of war and why the mix of military and non-military tools of conflict is a template for future wars against Western states and their allies.
Articles
War has changed: Ukraine’s tech pioneers are leading the fight West can’t afford to ignore
The next conflict isn’t coming — it’s already being fought in Ukraine. Not by NATO generals in simulated exercises, but by small, underfunded teams of Ukrainian innovators building the future of warfare with laptops, soldering irons, and scraps of carbon fiber.
Ukraine is rewriting the rules of modern ground conflict — and unless we understand and invest in that transformation, Ukraine won’t get the defense funding it needs, whilst NATO nations will be left dangerously exposed.
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