Russo-Ukraine War: An Alternative Pathway to Peace

Russo-Ukraine War: An Alternative Pathway to Peace

18 Mar 25
Posted by: Cdre Steve Jermy RN (rtd)
6 minutes, 22 seconds read
Message from the Editor

The author continues his analysis of the Russo-Ukraine War [110/4, p. 482 & 112/1, p. 21], by contrasting the countervailing narratives presented by ‘Expansionists’ and ‘Realists’ and suggests a ‘Westphalian’ approach to peace. A 5 minute read.

In the Russo-Ukraine War, the West has been guided by a political narrative – and is losing. Russia has been guided by a military strategy – and is winning. As the West’s defeat on Ukraine’s bloody battlefield looms, the Western narrative’s dominance is a political problem. Less so for a US administration mandated to end ‘forever wars’. More so for European leaders. Acutely so for NATO and the EU, both determined to keep the war going – notwithstanding the catastrophic consequences for the press-ganged flower of Ukraine’s youth and each institutions’ credibility. With peace n…

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