ABSTRACT
The war in Ukraine has shown that asymmetric warfare often ends with the weaker winning and the stronger losing and being discredited. Different examples of this outcome include the American War in Vietnam (1965–1973), the Soviet Union’s defeat in Afghanistan (1979–1990) and the US getting bogged down in the wars of Afghanistan and Iraq. The war in Ukraine is a demonstration of the illusion of an imperial power that believes it can impose its will on other nations, even against their will.
