Analysis
Democratic Security
Union Jack and the White Eagle. Significance of the Poland-UK Defence Treaty
28 May 2026
16 April 2024
Europe confronts its heightened security risks at its borders amidst uncertainty over US involvement and a resurgent China aligning with Russian aggression.
Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, war is reaching the EU’s frontiers and may even spill into the EU itself.
This dramatic change and deterioration of Europe’s strategic environment requires equally dramatic adjustments. The situation is amplified by the uncertainty regarding the role of the United States, which has been serving as Europe’s guarantor of security and the main provider of aid to Ukraine. In addition, the EU is also facing an increasingly belligerent China, which has stopped acting as a status quo power and has now openly endorsed Russian revisionism.