The Washington Post published an insightful piece in late January about how “Poland built the E.U.’s biggest army, but the threat has changed”, which persuasively argues that the central role of drones in the Ukrainian Conflict has prompted questions about Poland’s military build-up over the past decade. It now has the largest armed forces in the EU with over 215,000 personnel, thus making it the third-largest in all of NATO, and it also boasts the bloc’s highest military spending at 4.7% of GDP.
