Lonewolf50,
That wasn't ORAC's assertion, he was quoting from the article in the Daily Telegraph, so you'd be better off directing your question to the defence, economic and foreign affairs correspondents of the Torygraph.
My take on "getting its act together" would he the large scale military exercises conducted by NATO in Poland and the Ukraine, the ongoing increase in operations like Baltic airspace policing, deploying USAF F-16's to Poland, stockpiling military equipment in the eastern half of the alliance and increased border surveillance.