tl;dr: A Polish writer argues that a cascade of 2026 crises—Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries, a Bank of Japan rate hike pushing global yields higher, and a wavering US security guarantee—are all symptoms of one pattern: Europe and Poland spent 30 years swapping strategic buffers (fuel stockpiles, domestic labor, patient creditors, defense capacity) for cheaper dependencies. When those dependencies fail simultaneously, prices spike, gas storage runs low, harvests shrink, and borrowing costs jump. The piece closes with practical household-level preparations, framing resilience as rebuilding personal buffers before the next shock.