Russia vs. the countries of the NATO pact: could it ever happen?

What threat does Russie represent for Western countries in the decades to come? In this essay, Aurélien Duchêne shows how Putin's Russia runs the risk of making the unthinkable a reality. He describes the stability of Russian power in the face of setbacks and international sanctions, and studies just what it is at the heart of Russian power and society makes it likely for the country's slide into authoritarianism to get worse. Drawing on work from renowned experts in the field, he decrypts the war that Putin's Russia is waging on Western democracies, and explains how this struggle could degenerate into armed conflict.