title: The impact of Russia’s aggresion on reshaping tomorrow’s world Ukraine’s future scenarios, developments, and options
abstract: Prospective scenarios (Chifu 2022) are now piling up, on the eve of Ukraine’s announced counter-offensive to reclaim its territories and create clear strategic advantages in the perspective of any negotiations with Russia (Menon 2023). While the criteria and indicators of short and medium-term development are easier to determine, as is the aspirational goal of Ukraine to gain all its occupied territories (Wallander 2023), there are numerous inflection points that may emerge, just as a number of 
journal: BULLETIN OF CAROL I NATIONAL DEFENCE UNIVERSITY