@misc{Pieńkowski_Jakub._Bucharest_2024.08.12, author={Pieńkowski, Jakub. and Żornaczuk, Tomasz.}, copyright={The Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)}, address={Warsaw}, howpublished={online}, year={2024.08.12}, publisher={The Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)}, language={eng}, abstract={The format for cooperation of nine Central European countries initiated in 2014 and officially established in the following year as the Bucharest Nine (B9) serves to strengthen NATO’s Eastern Flank by consulting each other and presenting expectations as common to the other allies. It was founded in response to the Russian annexation of Crimea and the Donbas war, and its activities intensified after the outbreak of the full-scale war in Ukraine in 2022. Hungary’s pro-Russian policy, however, remains a constraint on cooperation. It is in Poland’s interest to maintain the B9’s collective voice to strengthen the region’s security despite significant differences between the countries of the region.}, title={Bucharest Nine Cooperation Strengthening NATO’s Eastern Flank}, type={file}, keywords={NATO, wschodnia flanka, Bukaresztańska Dziewiątka, współpraca w dziedzinie bezpieczeństwa, współpraca wojskowa, regionalne bezpieczeństwo międzynarodowe}, }