It was with great pleasure that I accepted the proposal to formulate some of my considerations as a preface to the IAI’s in-depth work entitled “The Strategic Implications of the War in Ukraine for Italy”. I say this not only because of the great topicality of this subject, but also because the challenge it poses is certainly daring: the analysis of a complex event of extraordinary geopolitical impact when it is still in full swing and will be a harbinger of new developments.