National and International Approach to the Security of Poland 

under the auspices of

Head of the National Security Bureau Mr Jacek Siewiera

the NATO DEEP eAcademy

The main theme of the 10th edition of the conference:

National and International Approach to the Security of Poland– conclusions from the last decade

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CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES:

The security environment has become increasingly dynamic over the past decade turbulent, and recently very hostile. The international order has been greatly shaken, so participants in the international community should take a huge step forward and increase our ability and willingness to act, strengthen our resilience, and invest more effectively in common defense capabilities. The war in Ukraine provoked by the Russian Federation has caused a multi-faceted regional crisis, and in some areas even global. The escalation of Russian aggression in Eastern Europe is destabilizing the national and international order and security. This applies to all areas of functioning of states and societies, with particular emphasis on political, economic and social ones. This determines the democratic international community to verify national and international systemic solutions that guarantee efficient functioning and development. An example of this may be legislative changes taking place in the Republic of Poland in the areas of state defense, such as the introduction the implementation of the Act on the Defense of the Homeland or the processing of the Act on Civil Protection and the State of Natural Disaster. The new legal solutions constitute the basis for carrying out organizational and functional changes in the state security system. The changes include increasing the number of the Polish Armed Forces (including the reconstruction of personnel reserves), introducing new states of functioning of the state (threats and emergency services), delegating powers to introduce restrictions on civil rights and liberties based on regulations, expanding the list of entities authorized to the so-called „mandate proceedings”, etc.

Therefore, according to the conference organizers, it seems reasonable to project changes in the security environment, redefine factors affecting state security in the last decade, as well as verify the currently applicable legal and organizational solutions and search for systemic solutions leading to an increase in the level of national and international security.

We are convinced that active participation in conference will contribute to giving it a high scientific level, and the results of this discussion will be able to be used in solving many important problems in the field of broadly understood security.

The goals of this conference also include:

• integration of the scientific community towards the problems of the present and the future;
• searching for areas and topics of cooperation;
• exchange of research experiences;
• stimulating an interdisciplinary debate on the past, present and future complex security environment in the areas of: international, political, military, economic, socio-cultural and information security, conditioned by changes taking place in this environment in the last decade.

This year’s Conference will cover the following thematic areas (agenda):

• Determinants of changes in the national security environment and international

The aim of the panel is to find answers to questions related to ensuring national and international security in the light of ongoing changes. The last decade has seen events challenging the security paradigm in force in Europe after the end of the Cold War. The „end of history” turned out to be only a strategic pause, which means the need to redefine the ways of ensuring national and international security. In this respect, the key element is to isolate the determinants of changes and determine their nature, scale and possible further development.

• The political and military dimension of national and international security

The aim of the panel is to find answers to questions related current political and military threats. The catalog of elements related to these areas includes both classic military threats (such as Russia’s aggression against Ukraine) and hybrid threats (such as attempts to destabilize the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border) as well as elements specific to the world of politics (e.g. issues related to condition of contemporary democracy).

• Changes in the economic environment and national and international security

The aim of the panel is to find answers to related questions, among others with the economic situation of the modern world. Therefore, these are questions about how long and to to what extent the economies of individual countries will be negatively affected by the effects of the pandemic and Russian aggression against Ukraine. Thus, the considerations will concern issues such as economic growth, inflation, and unemployment levels.

• Socio-cultural threats to national and international security

The aim of the panel is to find answers to questions related to how security (both national and international) is influenced by social and cultural factors. This extensive catalog includes, among others, the consequences of migration and the functioning of multicultural societies, the development and consequences of social programs, and issues related to pro-defense and civic education.

• Changes in the administrative and legal area and their impact on the level of state security

The aim of the panel is to find answers to questions related to adapting legal provisions to the opportunities, challenges and threats facing the modern state. In this respect, an important element is the analysis of the new Homeland Defense Act, together with the legal acts related to it. It is also an analysis of legal acts in terms of their adequacy to, for example hybrid threats or the security of critical infrastructure.

• Threats to regional and global security

The aim of the panel is to find answers to questions related to the future of globalization. Russian aggression against Ukraine has led to widespread discussions in the scientific community about whether globalization as we know it will survive. The subject of consideration is the possible gradual replacement of globalization with intensified regional cooperation, created on the basis of a political key (i.e. cooperation of countries with identical political systems).

• Information security and cybersecurity

The world is as people perceive it. An example of this is the information policy pursued by the Russian Federation. Limiting access to open and independent sources of information, using all available media to conduct convenient rhetoric, and using intrusive propaganda result in still high support for the Putin regime. In the global information age, millions of citizens of the Russian Federation believe in the government’s message and supports aggression against Ukraine. The aggressor convinced the nation that he was attacked and conducts a defensive operation. How can information influence the course of history?

• Student panel:

The aim of the panel is to present the results of research explorations of young scientists- students conducting research on contemporary security.

• Student debate

Two groups of students will conduct a discussion on modern security, guided by highly formalized rules (an example of which is, among others, the limited time for speaking). The aim of the debate is to present coherent and substantively refined arguments.

CONFERENCE DATE: December 05-06, 2023

LOCATION: WDW REWITA in RYNIA near Warsaw

ORGANIZERS:

• National Security Faculty of War Studies University in Warsaw (NSF of WSU);
• Institute of Security Sciences, Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce;
• Department of Command and Naval Operations of the Polish Naval Academy;
• Military Institute of Armament Technology in Zielonka (MIAT);
• The Association of Defence Communities Movement (SRWO);
• Consortium Universities Uniformed KONSMUND;
• General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania;
• National Defense University of Ukraine;
• “Henri Coanda” Air Force Academy of the Romania;
• University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, branch in Ełk;
• “Carol I” National Defense University, Faculty of Security and Defense;
• The Regional Department of Defense Resources Management Studies in Brasov (DRESMARA);
• National and International Security Department of New Bulgarian University;
• Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Siedlce;
• Faculty of Social Sciences at the Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa;
• Polish Association for Security;
• The Police Academy of the Czech Republic in Prague;
• The College of European and Regional Studies of the Czech Republic.

PUBLICATION:

• Scientific article in a 70-point Maritime Security Yearbook ISSN: 1898-3189 (Polish Naval Academy);
• download editorial requirements
• download author’s declaration

KEY DEADLINES:

• sending an application for participation via the application form available on the website of the Association of Defence Communities Movement – by November 19, 2023 (final date)
• payment of the conference fee to the account of the Defense Communities Movement Association – by November 30, 2023

Account details: ING Bank Śląski PL89 1050 1025 1000 0022 7545 6594 

(the organizers reserve the right to remove the participants from the list if the above deadline is not met). Address for sending applications for participation in the conference and financial matters: k.klimczyk@srwo.org.pl

• sending an article in Polish with the publication prepared in accordance with editorial requirements to the organizers e-mail address – publikacje@srwo.org.pl – by February 29th, 2024.

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:

• Prof. Zoran ČEKEREVAC – Faculty of Business and Law, Nikola Tesla University in Belgrade, Serbia
• Prof. Jiří DUŠEK – Vice-Rector of Vysoká škola evropských a regional studies in Českých Budějovice
• Col. Prof. Leszek ELAK – Vice-Rector for Teaching of the WSU
• Col. Prof. Florin Eduard GROSARU, Director of DRESMARA
• Prof. Jarosław GRYZ – Vice-Rector for Student Affairs and Quality of Education of the WSU
• Prof. Jerzy JASKIERNIA – Dean of the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences of the JKU
• Prof. Waldemar KITLER – Institute of State Security, NSF of WSU
• Prof. Marian KOZUB – Institute of Security Sciences WPiNS UJK
• Prof. Krzysztof KUBIAK – Institute of Security Sciences WPiNS UJK
• Prof. Andrzej MAKOWSKI – Faculty of Command and Naval Operations of the Polish Naval Academy
• Prof. Maciej MARSZAŁEK – Institute of Strategic Studies, NSF of WSU
• Prof. Ryszard SZPYRA – Institute of Strategic Studies, NSF of WSU
• Prof. Janusz ZUZIAK – Head of the Department of Security Sciences, WNS UJD
• Assoc. Prof. Hanna BATOROWSKA – Institute of Strategic Studies, NSF of WSU
• Assoc. Prof. Rafał BAZELA – Professor at the Military Institute of Armament Technology
• Lt. Col. Assoc. Prof. Cătălin CIOACA, „Henri Coandă” Air Force Academy, Romania
• Brig. Gen. Assoc. Prof. Mariusz FRYC – Deputy Director of the Armed Forces Supervision Department, National Security Bureau
• Assoc. Prof. Piotr GAWLICZEK – Director of NATO DEEP eAcademy
• Assoc. Prof. Marta GĘBSKA – Head of the Department International Security and Diplomacy, NSF of WSU
• Assoc. Pr of. Malina KASZUBA – Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Siedlce
• Assoc. Prof. Todor KOLAROV – Head of the Department of National and International Security, New Bulgarian University
• Assoc. Prof. Mateusz KUCZABSKI – Institute of Social Foundations of Security, NSF of WSU
• Assoc. Prof. Marek LESZCZYŃSKI – Director of the Institute of Security Sciences of JKU
• Assoc. Prof. Ryszard NIEDŹWIECKI – Institute of Security Sciences of JKU
• Captain (N) Assoc. Prof. Bartłomiej PĄCZEK – Dean of the Faculty of Command and Naval Operations of the Polish Naval Academy
• Col. Assoc. Prof. Grzegorz PILARSKI – Institute of Strategic Studies, NSF of WSU
• Col. Assoc. Prof. Andrzej SOBOŃ – Dean of the National Security Faculty of War Studies University
• Assoc. Prof. Jarosław SOLARZ – Vice-Dean for Scientific Affairs of the National Security Faculty, War Studies University
• Assoc. Prof. Jarosław TESKA – Vice-Rector for Education and Student Affairs of the Polish Naval Academy
• Assoc. Prof. Przemysław WYWIAŁ – Head of the Department of National Security, University of the National Education Commission, Krakow
• Dr. Jan BAJURA – Police Academy of the Czech Republic in Prague
• Dr. Claudia Georgeta CÂRSTEA – „Henri Coandă” Air Force Academy, Romania
• Dr. David DLOUHÝ – Police Academy of the Czech Republic in Prague
• Dr. Lukáš HABICH – Police Academy of the Czech Republic in Prague
• Dr. Klaudia JAGUSIAK – Institute of Strategic Studies, NSF of WSU
• Dr. Grzegorz KLEIN – Institute of Strategic Studies, NSF of WSU
• Lt. Col. Dr. Mariusz KOZIOŁ – Institute of Strategic Studies, NSF of WSU
• Dr. Anna MRÓZ-JAGIEŁŁO – Head of the Department Strategic Forecasting Institute of Strategic Studies, NSF of WSU
• Dr. Dariusz NOWAK – Institute of State Security, NSF of WSU
• Col. Dr. Anna OSOWSKA – REMBECKA – The Association of Defence Communities Movement
• Dr. Witold OSTATNT – Institute of Social Foundations of Security, NSF of WSU
• Dr. Marcin RADZIŁOWICZ – University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, branch in Ełk
• Pr. Dr. Jacek ROSA – Institute of Strategic Studies, NSF of WSU
• Captain (N) Dr. Wojciech SOKOŁOWSKI – Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Command and Naval Operations of the Polish Navy
• Lt. Col. Dr. Jacek STEMPIEŃ – Institute of Social Foundations of Security, NSF of WSU
• Col. Dr. Eng. Paweł SWEKLEJ – Director of the Military Institute of Armament Technology
• Dr. Jerzy TOMASIK – NATO DEEP eAcademy
• Dr. Jarosław WALCZAK – Military Institute of Armament Technology
• Dr. Anna ZAGÓRSKA – Institute of Security Sciences, JKU
• Dr. Marzena ŻAKOWSKA – Institute of Social Foundations of Security, NSF of WSU
• Brig. Gen. SPS (r.) Andrzej PAWLIKOWSKI – Director of the Institute of Strategic Studies, NSF of WSU

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

• Lt. Col. Dr. Jacek STEMPIEŃ, +48 602464922, biuro@srwo.org.pl (WSU/SRWO) – Chairman
• Dr. Anna MRÓZ-JAGIEŁŁO, +48 502506949, biuro@srwo.org.pl (WSU/SRWO) – Deputy Chairman
• Dr. Anna ZAGÓRSKA, +48 41 349 6564, anna.zagorska@ujk.edu.pl (JKU) – Deputy Chairman
• Dr. Klaudia JAGUSIAK – k.jagusiak@aszwoj.onmicrosoft.com (WSU/SRWO)
• Dr. Rafał KOŁODZIEJCZYK, +48 41 349 6516, rafal.kolodziejczyk@ujk.edu.pl (JKU)
• Dr. Jarosław WALCZAK – walczakj@witu.mil.pl – (MIAT/SRWO)
• Marta ADAMCZEWSKA, MA – biuro@srwo.org.pl (WSU/SRWO) – Secretary
• Katarzyna KLIMCZYK, MA – k.klimczyk@srwo.org.pl (SRWO)
• Małgorzata NADULICZ, MA – naduliczm@witu.mil.pl (MIAT/SRWO)
• Katarzyna POPŁAWSKA-BARAN, MA – k.poplawska-baran@aszwoj.onmicrosoft.com (WSU)

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