Collective Defense or Unilateral Action: Poland’s Strategic Dilemma in the Baltics
In 1999, Poland joined the NATO Alliance. Ever since, collective defense has been at the heart of Poland’s national...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Collective Defense or Unilateral Action: Poland’s Strategic Dilemma in the Baltics
A nation must think before it acts.
Tag Archive: NATO
Preparing for the Worst: Poland’s Military Modernization
No one needs to remind Poland of the strategic dangers arising from its geography. Often sandwiched between great European...
Bear at the Door: Poland Ponders its Strategic Environment
Russian behavior has long influenced how safe Poles feel. Centuries of fending off or being subjugated by Russia (or,...
Sweden’s Foreign Policy: Nonaligned, But Not Entirely Neutral
In late 2014, Swedish authorities spotted what many suspected was a Russian submarine lurking off Stockholm. The incident set...
Sweden’s Importance to NATO’s Defense of the Baltics
Sweden is not a member of NATO. But Sweden is very important to the defense of NATO’s Baltic member...
Russia’s Existential Threat to NATO in the Baltics
NATO seems more united today than it has been at any time since the end of the Cold War....
NATO’s Baltic Defense Challenge
As NATO expanded eastwards after the Cold War, the geography that the Alliance needed to defend changed significantly (See...
President Trump on NATO—Never Mind?
While watching President Trump’s April 12 press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, I was reminded of a...
Turkey: From “NATO’s Anchor” to What?
On Monday, the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet Gazetesi published the backstory to President Recep Erdoğan’s meeting in St. Petersburg with...
Bundeswehr 2.0: A German Military for a New Normal
A visit to Germany’s military history museum in Dresden reveals just how deeply ambivalent modern Germany is about its...