Poland Tests U.S. Security Relationship

Poland is pressuring the United States to deploy troops in the country and reaffirm its commitment to collective self-defense under NATO. Warsaw sees Washington in an uncomfortable position in its dealings with Russia and entanglements in the Middle East. Poland is applying pressure both because it sees an opportunity to extract concessions from the United States and because it wants to test just how much it can rely on the United States to fulfill its security commitments.