At the crossroads of a Russian past, an American present and a European future, Ukraine, which for the last 3 years has been a testing ground for the wars of the 21st century, is on its way to becoming the key to Europe’s next-generation defence architecture, particularly in terms of arms production.
The EU at the helm behind this “vision” seems not to see the risks involved in building a defence architecture on a country still fighting internal corruption, just as they disregard any democratic approach as the foundation of such stakes. After having died on the altar of European security, Ukrainians must now be struggling to find the values that initially excited them in their country’s European project…
The war in Ukraine, the archetype of 21st century warfare
The war in Ukraine has brought together all the characteristics needed to define war in the 21st century. No other war in the last twenty-five years has brought together so many powerful state actors in such intense confrontations. Beyond the fantasies and speculations, the various facets of today’s war, and the means needed to wage it, have now been established.
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