A #1 international bestseller from a NATO expert, this deeply researched and incredibly plausible scenario imagines what might happen if Putin defeated Ukraine and didn't stop there.

March 2028. Russian troops capture the small Estonian town of Narva and the Baltic Sea island of Hiiumaa. Following a successful peace agreement in Ukraine, Putin's long-standing encroachment into the Baltic states has begun. What if Ukraine is just the beginning? What will the NATO alliance decide? Will they risk nuclear war?

Day after day and hour by hour, renowned political scientist Carlo Masala plays out what might happen when the US president is called upon to uphold NATO's commitment to mutual defense, just as China's maneuvers in Asia offer a welcome distraction.

A timely, gripping, and thought-provoking scenario, in fewer than 130 pages, If Russia Wins shows how our world order is on the brink. In the United States, we're used to things working out in our favor in the end. But what if they don't? What if Russia wins?