The Russo-Ukrainian War and the end of the West’s global hegemony

The Russo-Ukrainian War and the end of the West’s global hegemony

23 Jan 24
Posted by: Cdre Steve Jermy RN (rtd)
31 minutes, 21 seconds read
Message from the Editor

The author continues his contentious analysis of the Russia-Ukraine War [110/4, p. 482], with particular attention to the perceived failure of British grand strategy vis-à-vis the geopolitical consequences of Russia’s energy superpower status. A 30 minute read.

Writing in 1963, General Andre Beaufre said: “In war, the loser deserves to lose because his defeat must result from errors of thinking, made either before or during the conflict.”[1] I agree. So does history. If accepted, though, this principle must cause us to think long and hard about why, since the turn of the century, the West in general, and Britain in particular, have pursued failed interventions that have led to us being defeated not once, but four times, in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria. And why we are now on our way, as I forecast in the Naval Review in September 2022, to what i…

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