title: CHAPTER 7 Putin’s War, a European Tragedy : Why Russia’s War Failed and What It Means for NATO
abstract: This reconstruction of the first 500 days of the war, argues that, while the war holds important new lessons at the tactical and even operational level of war, there is also much worryingly and tragically familiar in Russia's aggression.Assessing this through the lens of NATO's deterrence challenge, it concludes that the West needs to develop capabilities that (1) enable a credible deterrence by a denial posture, instead of the current deterrence by punishment strategy, and that (b) prevent the 
journal: Leiden University Press eBooks