In an interview with British magazine “The Spectator” Dalibor Rohac, an analyst of the American Enterprise Institute, was asked about the possible consequences of Donald Trump's triumph in the upcoming US presidential election. This weekly magazine, which is at the same time the oldest continuously issued English-language magazine, is described as conservative. From 1999 to 2005, the editor-in-chief was Boris Johnson.
“In the post-American world, a Polish atomic umbrella could aid safe the east flank of Europe. This would besides supply an alternate way of ensuring Ukraine's safety after the end of the war, especially if NATO membership is no longer involved," the author stressed. “Poland, armed with atomic weapons, would be a consequence to the eternal problem of European geopolitics, which is to prevent Germany and Russia from trying to dominate the Euro-Asian continent.
The subject of the deployment of atomic weapons in Poland appeared in October 2022 erstwhile the head of the global Policy Office of the president Jakub Kumoch announced Poland's readiness to participate in the atomic weapons division agreement, which involves the sharing of atomic weapons between European countries.
"We believe that Russia's aggression on Ukraine has nullified the NATO-Russia Pact of 1997. Poland is curious in participating in the atomic weapons division program," Kumoch said.
In consequence to the declaration of Poland, U.S. Department of State spokesperson Vedant Patel stated that "The United States is presently not negotiating with Poland on the possible deployment of atomic weapons". He besides stressed that specified measures were not taken into account in the case of any country that joined NATO after 1997.
Currently, 5 NATO countries participate in the U.S. atomic weapons release program: Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey.
