“While one might be locked in a tech arms race and a competition today, best it remains a competition than degrade into a confrontation, let alone degrade into a conflict.” As head of the UK army – known as Chief of the General Staff – Sir Mark was intimately involved in providing British support to Ukraine following Russia’s February 2022 invasion. Amid criticism of Kyiv’s war effort after a summer offensive failed to produce the hoped-for breakthrough, Sir Mark said some tactical successes had been achieved, most notably targeting Russia’s Black Sea fleet and forcing it to operate from more…