So who’s guaranteeing Europe’s security now?

It often goes unnoticed that since Russia launched the full-scale invasion, Ukraine has rebuilt and expanded its defense industry, mobilized and trained a significant portion of its population, become a world-leader in drone innovations and held back the “unstoppable” Russian army with, let’s be honest, only a small amount of support from outside.

Although the narrative persists that poor little Ukraine must beg for security guarantees to survive, as time goes by it looks more and more like they are the ones ensuring Europe’s survival, even if we aren’t ensuring theirs. This shift in the balance of power is still underappreciated and not fully understood. So let’s ask ourselves: Do the countries of NATO need Ukraine more than Ukraine needs NATO?

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