The planet is armouring itself. Poland at the forefront

In the days following Putin's invasion of Ukraine, a number of countries announced increases in military spending, including the U.S., Canada and Australia, and Josep Borrell, the European Union's chief of diplomacy, urged the full bloc to bolster its armed forces. Greater backing of the armed forces was intensified by the war, but it is based on a preexisting trend - writes abroad Affairs magazine and lists Poland among countries expanding spending on reinforcement and modernising the army.