First Published in May 2023

The War in Ukraine is like nothing we’ve ever seen. For NATO and especially the United States, the conflict remains a mystery, a contradiction of every theory of modern warfare. The West’s concept of War goes back, at least to Genghis Khan and his Mongol cavalry — a strategy of broad sweeping attack over vast areas of land. The objective is to cover as much territory as possible and drive out the enemy. War became a giant chessboard where the winner had the most ground.