Poland
Year: 2018

This chapter analyses Poland's deterrence build-up to present national efforts to enhance it and to contribute to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) effort to deter a potential threat from Russia. It focuses on Poland's situation after achieving full independence when the Soviet Union collapsed. The chapter covers efforts to build national security and to develop security concepts. It also covers the period after the annexation of Crimea and the war in Ukraine, causing revision of the