Introduction: The Strategic Imperative of the Fractured Era The security architecture of Western Europe has entered a period of profound structural destabilization, characterized not merely by the re-emergence of high-intensity conflict on its periphery but by the internal decomposition of the post-Cold War security guarantee. This Net Assessment, commissioned to

Introduction: The Strategic Imperative of the Fractured Era The security architecture of Western Europe has entered a period of profound structural destabilization, characterized not merely by the re-emergence of high-intensity conflict on its periphery but by the internal decomposition of the post-Cold War security guarantee. This Net Assessment, commissioned to

Introduction: The Strategic Imperative of the Fractured Era The security architecture of Western Europe has entered a period of profound structural destabilization, characterized not merely by the re-emergence of high-intensity conflict on its periphery but by the internal decomposition of the post-Cold War security guarantee. This Net Assessment, commissioned to

Introduction: The Strategic Imperative of the Fractured Era The security architecture of Western Europe has entered a period of profound structural destabilization, characterized not merely by the re-emergence of high-intensity conflict on its periphery but by the internal decomposition of the post-Cold War security guarantee. This Net Assessment, commissioned to