Wenn Russland gewinnt – the book

What if? Carlo Masala's stirring scenario

March 2028: Russian troops capture the small Estonian town of Narva and the island of Hiiumaa in the Baltic Sea. The attack on the Baltic states has begun. Now Europe is paying the price for not rearming after the end of the war in Ukraine and for lacking important capabilities. Does NATO's Article 5 apply? How will the alliance decide? Is it risking nuclear war?

We've become accustomed to everything turning out well in the end. But what if it doesn't? What if Russia wins?

It is only a hypothetical future scenario that the renowned political scientist and military expert Carlo Masala outlines in his new book – but it shows in a particularly drastic way what is at stake today.

"Wenn Russland gewinnt. Ein Szenario" Carlo Masala, CH Beck Verlag, Munich 2025, paperback, 120 pages, book is available in German