@APHClarkson @alexapo1980 @Borners1 @WorldBank That is exactly what I was thinking as I read your earlier tweet. Very instructive to think of this in terms of that kind of oligarchic state-building process. Have you or has someone else laid this out in these terms?
In 1994 Barry Posen devised a defense strategy for a newly independent Ukraine which envisioned a Manstein-styel flexible defense v.
January 29, 2023
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