【英文】国际事务研究院报告：俄乌战争的战略意义（157页）

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.