Agreed— but this is open-heart surgery. Disrupting command structures mid-war will add to frontline fragility and risks being compromised before the benefits take hold.

With current frontline issues and personnel shortages, does Ukraine really have the time and resources to develop the mid- and high-ranking officers needed for its new corps structure?

Well, one analogie that might concern south koreans would be that north korean infantry gets to test battle tactics in real life scenarios without hurting their force capabilities. Like the German Luftwaffe was able to test its warfare tactics in Spain before ww2

@michaelkofman.bsky.social Considering North Korea's motives for deploying troops, do you share analogies with the deployment of the Condor Legion?

Agree, the 2% target has its flaws. Anyway, its simplicity allows policy makers, media and public to engage in discussions on national security commitments more easily and keeps the issue in the spotlight.

Lb. @arminwolf.at, auch aus europäischer Sicht ist der wachsende Einfluss Chinas auf den Kanal sicherheitspolitisch problematisch. Sehr gut erklärt in diesem Text der Kollegen von der NZZ: www.nzz.ch/internationa...

To provide security guarantees to Ukraine at a level comparable to NATO's current presence in the Baltics would require a permanent force employment of at least 30,000 troops. Given current military capabilities, it's a huge challenge for any European country to contribute meaningfully.

Or do Western partners, particularly in Europe, lack the political ambition (or military) to provide the robust protections necessary, beyond the scale of Budapest'94?