The Impact of the Russo-Ukrainian War on NATO: Implications for the Strategic Concept of the Alliance
Journal: SpringerBriefs in international relations
Year: 2025

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine shocked the member states of the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and led to the reconsideration of its Strategic Concept as regards “mission”, “capacity”, and “role-share”. In 2014 NATO started facing the “Ukrainian Dilemma” through the “hybrid warfare”. Since then, NATO has been struggling to support Ukraine without directly confronting Russia. This is a fundamental challenge to the concept of the alliance. There are critical implications in the