The event sets a precedent: no one wants to cross the red line that could lead to the disaster of a world war. Once the actors actually saw the ball rolling on the tilted plane, they realized that it needed to be stopped by throwing water on the fire.
The West intends to maintain the flow of arms and ammunition to Ukraine, but will its industrial-military base be up to the task? Do the United States and NATO have enough weapons to supply Ukraine in a protracted conflict?
The war between Russia and Ukraine is entering its third month of fighting with the situation on the ground still very uncertain. How will it continue? Is there a danger of widening? What will be the impact on Italians?
And so why not revise -as soon as possible and in the interests of this Europe battered by too many world wars- the concept of a buffer state, a nation to be placed between two rival or potentially hostile great powers.
It is necessary to divest oneself of the ideological or, if one prefers, value-based interpretation, and analyze the conflict as a clash between the power policies of two opposing blocs, with different interests that are difficult to reconcile.
Just supplying weapons to Ukraine, without making an effort to find a dialogue or a diplomatic encounter, leads nowhere. Italy should not be subject to others' decisions, but should assert its reasons.
Daniele Scalea, President of Centro Studi Machiavelli, has been interviewed by Gianluca Fabi on Radio Cusano Campus. Scalea discusses the historical attitude of NATO towards Russia and the possible evolutions of the conflict in Ukraine.
The war between Russia and Ukraine is entering its third month of fighting with a situation on the ground still very uncertain. The European Union and NATO are committed to support Kiev with the supply of weapons and the imposition of sanctions on Moscow, which are of particular concern to those countries - like Italy - more dependent on imports of Russian gas and oil.
Three experts renowned internationally discussed for Centro Studi Machiavelli how the Russian-Ukrainian war will proceed and what the consequences will be for Europe and America.
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