As the war in Ukraine enters its third week, it is very clear that Russian President’s Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade his Slav neighbour has been a monumental miscalculation. Ukraine has put up a remarkably brave fight, most of the country is still not occupied and Europe and the US have united in imposing the harshest economic sanctions ever on Moscow. The courage being shown by Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is an inspiration to the whole world. This illegal and outrageous invasion has led to Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova applying for European Union membership, it has united both the European Union and the Transatlantic Alliance like never before, it has persuaded the EU to increase its military spending and to strengthen the bloc’s defence pillar and it resulted in a resounding condemnation of Russia’s war by a huge majority at the UN General Assembly. This is not to underestimate the very serious nature of the war and the depth of suffering that the Ukrainian people are going through. Russia has committed war crimes: it has bombed civilians and targeted hospitals, it has caused the largest refugee crisis since World War II, it has continuously lied throughout...