Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This episode of “Ukraine Through the Eyes of Others” features Mark Laity, NATO's former leading expert on strategic communications, who retired as communication director at SHAPE, NATO's main military headquarters, a former journalist at BBC for over twenty years and a founder of Stratcom Academy.
In this interview, Mark provides insights into the strategic and historical contexts of military conflict, particularly focusing on the parallels between past and present situations, emphasising the dangers of appeasement and the strategic narratives that drive modern conflicts.
This episode of “Ukraine Through the Eyes of Others” features Mark Laity, NATO's former leading expert on strategic communications, who retired as communication director at SHAPE, NATO's main military headquarters, a former journalist at BBC for over twenty years and a founder of Stratcom Academy.
In this interview, Mark provides insights into the strategic and historical contexts of military conflict, particularly focusing on the parallels between past and present situations, emphasising the dangers of appeasement and the strategic narratives that drive modern conflicts.
