@jnordvig @NathanTankus @Brad_Setser @bcaresearch @SoberLook And it turns out that in an earlier response @Brad_Setser had offered precisely the dissection that I was hoping for. 🙂
In 1994 Barry Posen devised a defense strategy for a newly independent Ukraine which envisioned a Manstein-styel flexible defense v.
In 1994 Barry Posen devised a defense strategy for a newly independent Ukraine which envisioned a Manstein-styel flexible defense v. Russian attack. See Chartbook Newsletter