This anthology analyses the causes and consequences of the war in Ukraine and in particular the role of the West. The thesis is that a new policy of détente is the central prerequisite for peace in Europe and an end to the conflict in Ukraine. Confidence-building measures and negotiated solutions must be moved to the centre of the political debate. For only by turning away from a policy of confrontation, expansion and irreconcilable rivalry can a major war and the use of nuclear weapons be prevented. The international authors assembled in this volume show the devastating effects of previous policies and offer interdisciplinary and multi-perspective analyses of the confrontational policy between Russia and NATO as well as perspectives for a Europe in peace and freedom. With contributions by Wolfgang Streeck, Klaus von Dohnanyi, Sabine Schiffer, David Teurtrie, Jacques Sapir and many others.