@BachmannRudi Hi Rudi … people who know more convinced me that SWIFT was secondary and then the whole question of GL8 opened up and the question takes on a third aspect. But Berlin is at the heart of this either way. As with Obama-Merkel this seems to be a Berlin-DC duet.
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