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Staring Into the Ukrainian Looking Glass: Uncomfortable Lessons About NATO and Modern War

Christopher G. Libertini

World Affairs, 2025, vol. 188, issue 2

Abstract: The Russo‐Ukrainian War has done more than confirm the deep‐rooted problems of the Russian military. It offers insights into what likely may be a new revolution in military affairs that will challenge the United States and its NATO partners in a future conflict. More profoundly, it reveals the current existential flaw with the alliance, a continuing focus to deter Russia to preserve European and Atlantic peace and security. The United States with its NATO allies must abandon the comfortable confrontation against an adversary it already has beaten in the previous century and form a new coalition to address the looming crisis that faces it in this century—the People's Republic of China. If they fail to do so, what they may be staring at in the Ukrainian looking glass could very well be their own demise. 俄乌战争不仅证实了俄罗斯军队根深蒂固的问题, 也让我们深刻认识到一场可能引发军事革命的新局面将在未来冲突中挑战美国及其北约伙伴。更重要的是, 它揭示了北约目前存在的缺陷, 即持续致力于威慑俄罗斯, 以维护欧洲和大西洋的和平与安全。美国及其北约盟友必须放弃与上个世纪已被击败的对手的舒适对抗, 并组建一个新的联盟, 以应对本世纪迫在眉睫的危机——中华人民共和国。如果其做不到这一点, 那么它们从乌克兰的镜子里看到的, 很可能就是它们自身的灭亡 La guerra ruso‐ucraniana ha hecho más que confirmar los profundos problemas del ejército ruso. Ofrece perspectivas sobre lo que probablemente será una nueva revolución en asuntos militares que desafiará a Estados Unidos y a sus socios de la OTAN en un futuro conflicto. Más profundamente, revela la falla existencial actual de la alianza: su constante enfoque en disuadir a Rusia para preservar la paz y la seguridad europeas y atlánticas. Estados Unidos y sus aliados de la OTAN deben abandonar la cómoda confrontación contra un adversario al que ya vencieron en el siglo pasado y formar una nueva coalición para abordar la crisis inminente que enfrenta en este siglo: la República Popular China. Si no lo hacen, lo que podrían estar mirando al espejo ucraniano podría muy bien ser su propia desaparición.

Date: 2025
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