The essayist and military strategist, Aurelien, has written a paper entitled: The Strange Defeat (original in French). The “strange defeat” being that of Europe’s “curious” inability to understand Ukraine or its military mechanics. Aurelien highlights the strange lack of realism by which the West has approached the crisis — …and the almost pathological dissociation from the real world that it displays in its words and actions. Yet, even as the situation deteriorates, and the Russian forces...

















