NATO SHOULD ADAPT AND ABSORB UKRAINE Another critical step is the ongoing, but not yet One of the most debated and controver- completed, adjustment of NATO to the direct sial issues is the best framework for coopera- security threat that is likely to remain for the tion between Ukraine and NATO. [...] Russian aggression has shifted the most countries on the eastern flank see Ukrai- Alliance‘s centre of attention to its eastern flank, ne‘s membership in the Alliance as the only way which – with the accession of Finland and (not to stop Russian revanchism and achieve lasting yet completed) Sweden – is changing the stra- peace. [...] A WATERSHED MOMENT FOR EUROPE Since the first day of the war, the fact that a How long it will take Ukraine to become a watershed moment in European history had been full-fledged member of the European Union is reached, and that not only the future of Central hard to predict. [...] As mentioned earlier, in Polish-Ukrainian relations is the joint percep- it is clear that Russia will not change its approach tion of security threats, support for Ukraine is to the conflict it started and will remain a threat an indispensable element of the security policy to Ukraine and the EU in the years to come.12 of any Polish government.13 Therefore, Poland Moscow believes that if it is mor. [...] and other vulnerable countries on the eastern flank time to adjust and better equip themselves In this respect, Poland’s policies towards the for a possible deterioration of the military ongoing war are similar to the Baltic countries situation in the region, as well as a possible and most countries of Central Europe.
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