【英文】国际事务研究院报告：俄乌战争的战略意义（157页）

英文研究报告 2024年03月22日 06:30 管理员

It was with great pleasure that I accepted the proposal to formulate some of my considerations as a preface to the IAI’s in-depth work entitled “The Strategic Implications of the War in Ukraine for Italy”. I say this not only because of the great topicality of this subject, but also because the challenge it poses is certainly daring: the analysis of a complex event of extraordinary geopolitical impact when it is still in full swing and will be a harbinger of new developments. The study brilliantly exceeds expectations through a narrative choice that I fully endorse. Beginning with an accurate and careful reconstruction of the origins and unfolding of the War in Ukraine, it carefully analyses the confict in all fve domains (land, sea, air, cyber and space) and progressively focuses attention on the ‘lessons’ we have to draw from this geopolitical earthquake in Italy through a whole-of-country approach, as a key member of the EuroAtlantic community. From my perspective as Chief of Defence Staf, I was struck by the analytical and operational perspective of the authors’ work, who, with mastery and competence, ofer us a range of possible strategic and operational choices in a vast array of sectors, from geopolitics to the not simple meanderings of the Italian defence budget. In this context, I appreciated their ability to focus on the focal points of the debate on Atlantic cohesion and the constitution of a European Defence; the sharp analysis of the challenges in the land, air and maritime domains; the really efective emphasis on the new domains of space and cyber; the central role attributed to the crucial issue – which is very close to my heart – of the industrial dimension at Italian and European level.