https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/9498b99b-47d9-4615-96b3-1928583cb5fc Permanent U.S. military presence in Poland appears closer than ever, as top-level officials, including the presidents of both countries, meet to hammer out the details. The talks come as Russia acts increasingly aggressively toward NATO’s European members on the alliance’s eastern flank. “In my view, when NATO began to enlarge – and clearly the security situation moved to the east – we made a mistake, as NATO and the United States, by not moving forces east,” retired U.S. Army Col. Ray Wojcik, now a Senior Research Fellow with The Saratoga Foundation, “Instead, we were reaping the peace dividend and (...) in the case of the United States, reducing and moving troops out of Europe.” Wojcik said that “Poland is certainly the model ally in showing what it takes and what it looks like when we’re talking about how do we shift the burden to European allies,” by treating the expansion of its military seriously, and added that while it is clear that “there's a special place in President Trump's heart for Poland,” the U.S. realizes that it needs to “harden our perimeter” on the eastern flank of the alliance in general. Join TVP World’s Ashim Kumar and his guest as they explore why Poland is emerging as the key hub for NATO’s eastern-flank defense, whether a permanent U.S. military presence can strengthen deterrence against Russia, and how the Alliance should respond to increasingly aggressive Russian hybrid attacks and provocations below the threshold of conventional war. Chapters: 00:00 Poland’s bid for a permanent U.S. military presence 02:18 U.S. force posture reviews and Poland’s strategic role 03:54 Building Poland into a near-peer ally 05:39 Responding to Russia’s hybrid warfare 07:28 Airspace protection and escalation risks in Ukraine 09:49 Poland, Germany, and the wider European security balance 11:25 Balancing U.S. forces between Europe and the Indo-Pacific 🔴 Watch our 24/7 livestream - https://youtube.com/live/9RY46AUtIl4 Bringing you all the latest daily news and updates, TVP World is Poland's first English-language channel where you can find world news as seen from the Polish perspective and the latest news from the CEE region. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. https://tvpworld.com/ https://www.facebook.com/tvpworldcom https://twitter.com/TVPWorld_com https://www.instagram.com/tvp_world/ https://www.threads.net/@tvp_world https://bsky.app/profile/tvpworld.bsky.social https://www.tiktok.com/@tvpworld.com https://t.me/tvp_world #USA #Poland #NATO Fri, 02 Oct 2026 01:14:45 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.echelon.pl https://video.echelon.pl/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/9498b99b-47d9-4615-96b3-1928583cb5fc All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.echelon.pl/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.