By the Editor – Sun Tsu advised: “Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.” The West declared its hand before hostilities commenced and removed the imponderables from Putin’s invasion equation. Professor Till here reflects on the pursuit of the increasingly bogged-down Russian campaign and what opportunities now present themselves for the West, to build on the remarkable Ukrainian fortitude and intelligence in resisting the invaders of their sovereign nation. Even though at the time of writing it is impossible for anyone to predict the futur…