NATO

https://twitter.com/ichbinmandryka/status/1581734774825422848 Why would anyone even care about a verbal promise to a dead leader of a non-existent state?

https://gazeta.sgh.waw.pl/index.php/en/node/1127

https://www.jstor.org/stable/25778843

• https://twitter.com/BadBalticTakes/status/1567068652729516032
• “Let’s talk about why the Baltic nations are not ‘former Soviet states’.” (thread) (pdf)
• https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/04/tim-kaine-and-cory-gardner-why-we-stand-nato/586456/

"I have the honor to offer my best wishes to the signatories of the North Atlantic Pact, and to express my confidence that they, inspired by the ideals of democracy, of individual liberty, and the rule of law, will strive relentlessly for peace with justice, which excludes peace at any price. Therefore, I express the belief that countries which were forcibly deprived of self-government and independence will benefit by this noble endeavor."

Polls

• NATO Seen Favorably Across Member States
• https://www.statista.com/statistics/1293783/nato-membership-support-levels/
• NATO pre-Summit polling results show historically high level of support for NATO
• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/record-83-ukrainians-want-nato-membership-poll-2022-10-03/

Finland

• Poll: Citizens' willingness to defend Finland, support for Nato hit all time high