What was Poland's accession to NATO like? What about the modernization of the army, the Polish arms manufacture and civilian defense? What is the importance of Sweden and Finland joining NATO? The editorial staff of Defence24.pl participated in a press briefing, where we spoke with Aleksander Kwaśniewski, erstwhile president of the Republic of Poland. The gathering with the media afraid the conference “25 years of Poland in NATO. And if the alliance did not exist...” organized by the Atlantic Council and the Faculty of Political discipline and global Studies of the University of Warsaw.