title: Conclusion
abstract: The war in Ukraine has served to refocus Western political attention on Russia through the lens of the potential threat it poses to the West: Breedlove is one of many senior officials who have emphasised concerns that a 'revanchist' and aggressive Russia poses a challenge that is 'global, not regional, and enduring, not temporary'. 1 British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond stated that the UK's 'security and that of our neighbours in Eastern Europe is menaced by President Putin's flagrant disreg
journal: Manchester University Press eBooks