
Albania ranks among the countries with the highest level of willingness to fight for their country among NATO members, according to an analysis published by the American think tank Foreign Policy Research Institute.
The data shows that 69 percent of Albanians declare that they would be willing to fight for their country, placing Albania in second place after Turkey (88 percent), and ahead of countries such as Sweden, Finland, and Montenegro.
The survey, conducted by Riga Stradins University in collaboration with the Center for Geopolitical Studies Riga, included over 31,000 respondents across all NATO countries and was nationally representative for each country.
The top ten also includes Greece, Norway, Lithuania, Poland and Slovenia, while at the bottom of the list are countries such as Italy, Slovakia, Germany and the Netherlands.
According to the study's analysis, high levels of readiness to fight are often linked to the perception of external threats and historical and cultural factors.
However, the authors emphasize that survey responses do not always translate into real-world behavior in the event of war, as decisions are influenced by various factors such as the concrete situation, support from allies, and personal circumstances.
The findings also show that within NATO there are large differences in the perception of risk and in the willingness of populations to support their countries in the event of conflict.