{"id":14588,"date":"2025-11-19T13:44:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T18:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/?p=14588"},"modified":"2026-02-12T13:03:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T18:03:05","slug":"new-eu-policy-video-series-dr-mikhail-polianskii-probing-european-defences-russias-coordinated-drone-assault-on-polish-territory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/2025\/new-eu-policy-video-series-dr-mikhail-polianskii-probing-european-defences-russias-coordinated-drone-assault-on-polish-territory\/","title":{"rendered":"New EU Policy Video Series: Dr. Mikhail Polianskii &#8220;Probing European Defences: Russia&#8217;s Coordinated Drone Assault on Polish Territory&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZbSfMtGglNE&amp;t=658s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EU Policy Video<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prif.org\/en\/ueber-uns\/team\/person\/mikhail-polianskii\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Mikhail Polianskii<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> discusses what recent Russian drone incursions over Poland reveal about risk acceptance, threshold testing, and Europe\u2019s air defence posture. Drawing from <em><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/2025\/probing-european-defences\/\">EU Policy Brief #14<\/a><\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, he explains why low-cost probes can map allied response cycles, the cost-exchange challenge for European defences, and practical steps ranging from coordination fixes to credible cost-imposition in order to deter the next test.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content__video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Probing European Defences: Russian&#039;s Coordinated Drone Assault on Polish Territory\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZbSfMtGglNE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The EU Policy Videos are produced by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carleton\u2019s Centre for European Studies<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and bring together experts to examine timely questions about the European Union and its policies. The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence is co-funded by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/european-union.europa.eu\/index_en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">European Union<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence sponsors this EU Policy Video with the Centre for European Studies at Carleton University. The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence is co-funded by the European Union and by Carleton University. Views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or Carleton University. Neither the European Union nor Carleton University can be held responsible for them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/european-union.europa.eu\/index_en\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13992\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/wp-content\/uploads\/CFBTEU-e1711042934666-240x87.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"87\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/wp-content\/uploads\/CFBTEU-e1711042934666-240x87.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/wp-content\/uploads\/CFBTEU-e1711042934666-400x145.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/wp-content\/uploads\/CFBTEU-e1711042934666-160x58.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/wp-content\/uploads\/CFBTEU-e1711042934666-768x278.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/wp-content\/uploads\/CFBTEU-e1711042934666-1536x557.png 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/wp-content\/uploads\/CFBTEU-e1711042934666-2048x742.png 2048w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/wp-content\/uploads\/CFBTEU-e1711042934666-360x131.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this EU Policy Video, Dr. Mikhail Polianskii discusses what recent Russian drone incursions over Poland reveal about risk acceptance, threshold testing, and Europe\u2019s air defence posture. 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