In June 2025, Poland’s Sejm, the lower house of its parliament, passed legislation to withdraw from the 1997 Ottawa Convention, a landmark international treaty prohibiting the use, stockpiling, production, and transfer of anti-personnel mines. This decision, ratified with overwhelming support—413 votes in favor, 15 against, and 3 abstentions—marked a significant pivot in Poland’s defense policy, … Leggi tutto Poland’s Strategic Shift: Resuming Anti-Personnel Mine Production and Its Implications for National Security and Global Arms Control