Ronald Ti was awarded his Doctor of Philosophy in Military Logistics from Defence Studies department, King’s College London in early 2025. He was awarded the MA in Military History and Strategic Studies at Maynooth University and is also a recent (2020) graduate of Higher Command Studies Course at the Baltic Defence College in Estonia.

Dr Ti is currently also a visiting Lecturer in Joint Operations in the Department of Military Studies at the Baltic Defence College, Tartu, Estonia at the Centre for Military History and Strategic Studies at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth.

Research Interests

• Military Logistics

• Indo-Pacific contested logistics

• Expeditionary logistics

• Military medical logistics

• Modern and future warfare

• Eastern and Central European defence logistics

• Commercial logistic firms and operational contract management
  
  

Publications

Research publications 2023-2025: 

• Modern War Institute at West Point, 'Sustaining an Indo-Pacific fight: the Contested Logistics Triad', 4 June 2025 at: https://mwi.westpoint.edu/sustaining-an-indo-pacific-fight-the-contested-logistics-triad/

 

Book chapters

• Russian Military Logistics and its Impact on Russia’s War with Ukraine, with Chris Kinsey in:  Russia’s War in Ukraine and Modern Warfare: Strategy, Tactics, and Technology, Weissmann, M. & Nilsson, N. (eds.). Oxford University Press (OUP); Oxford, accepted for publication 2025.
• Logistics: lessons learnt, in European Defence and Military Planning Considerations in light of the Russo Ukrainian War, Thomas-Durell Young, Jaroslav Gryz (eds.), University of Exeter Press (UEP) , 292 p, ISBN 978-1-80-413155-8, published 8 July 2025.
• Combat Logistics in the 21st Century: Enabling the Mobility, Endurance, and Sustainment of NATO Land Forces in a Future Major Conflict. 13 April 2023 with Chris Kinsey in:  Advanced Land Warfare: Tactics and Operations. Weissmann, M. & Nilsson, N. (eds.). Oxford University Press (OUP); Oxford., 465 p, ISBN 978–0–19–285742–2.

 

Journal articles

• Observations from the Russo-Ukrainian War-Implications for Southern African Expeditionary Logistics. Accepted for publication in: Scientia Militaria, special edition to be published in early 2026.
• Lessons from the Russo-Ukrainian War: The Primacy of Logistics over Strategy. 21 July 2023 with Chris Kinsey in: Defence Studies, volume 23, issue 3, p 381-398. Peer-reviewed.

 

Research briefs and commentaries

• Expeditionary logistics and the Russo-Ukrainian War: ‘observations gathered’ and their implications for future Southern African military logistic operations. Posted online, 18 January 2024: Research Brief 03/24, Security Institute for Governance and Leadership in Africa (SIGLA), Stellenbosch University.