The Race Over NATO Article 5: How Is Poland Defending Itself?

In the second part of Adam Jawor’s analysis, we shift our focus from the legal complexities of Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty to a rigorous test of the Alliance’s credibility: civilian resilience and logistical efficiency. The modern battlefield has rendered previously safe rear areas obsolete, and civilian transportation infrastructure has become a deliberate mark of hybrid operations, sabotage, and drone strikes. The author analyzes why the credibility of collective defence depends on military mobility and a nation’s preparedness during the first critical hours—even before formal decisions to invoke Article 5 are made in Brussels.