title: Contemporary Warfare Theories and the War in Ukraine
abstract: Russia’s war against Ukraine has not only challenged the prospective scenarios and anticipation processes of numerous analysts but has also questioned the very definition of war. After eight years of theorising war belowor at the bottom of the spectrum, Moscow has now reintroduced high-intensity conventional warfare in Europe. The investigation of contemporary warfare theories offers insight into the nature of this war. Generations of warfare offers numerous conceptualisations that can be used t