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Nowa koncepcja strategiczna NATO
After many internal discussions NATO authorities decided to create a new strategic concept
during the anniversary summit in 2009. A group of 12 experts from Member States prepared the
ground for NATO strategic changes in a document called „Albright Report”.
Based on the document the Lisbon Summit (2010) adopted a new strategic concept adapting
NATO to the new challenges and threats to Euro-Atlantic security. The concept adopted three
main tasks for NATO: collective defense, crisis management and development of the cooperative
security with other international actors. New security threats to allied countries were more widely
recognized.
The implementation of the new strategic concept was hindered by the aggressive tendencies
in international activities of Russia, the crisis phenomena in the economy of the Member States
and the complex problem of Afghanistan. The new Lisbon concept of NATO facilitated Poland the
development of security within the Euro-Atlantic Partnership
Problemy geopolityczne w stosunkach polsko-ukraińskich
The article characterizes the main aspects of geopolitical relations between Poland and
Ukraine. It presents a Russian impact on Ukrainian politics, the EU’s intention to affect the orientation
of Ukraine and NATO’s ambitions on the eastern flank. The article indicates the transformations
of the new statehood of Ukraine and its relationship with the environment. Russia makes
the strongest political and economic impact on Ukraine. Russia has subdued Crimea, supports the
rebellion in the east of Ukraine and seeks to maintain infl uence on the future orientation of the
country. Geopolitical impacts of the European Union and NATO are more limited.
In direct Polish-Ukrainian relations there is a Polish support for Ukrainian independence
and the new government, elected after the events on the Maidan at the end of 2013 and in 2014. The
effects of geopolitical conflict over the lands of Volyn and Eastern Galicia and disputes about land
Zakierzonia (located west of the so-called Curzon line) put a shadow on these relations. The new
Ukrainian authorities emphasize the activities of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN)
and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) that contributed to the ethnic cleansing of Polish population.
The effects of forced relocation of the Ukrainian population as part of the “Vistula” operation
in 1947 are not comparable.
Key words: geopolitics, Russian influence, Polish-Ukrainian cooperation, ethnic cleansing,
displacemen
Europejska polityka bezpieczeństwa i integracji
Praca recenzowana / peer-reviewed pape
NATO’s new strategic concept
After many internal discussions NATO authorities decided to create a new strategic concept during the anniversary summit in 2009. A group of 12 experts from Member States prepared the ground for NATO strategic changes in a document called „Albright Report”. Based on the document the Lisbon Summit (2010) adopted a new strategic concept adapting NATO to the new challenges and threats to Euro-Atlantic security. The concept adopted three main tasks for NATO: collective defense, crisis management and development of the cooperative security with other international actors. New security threats to allied countries were more widely recognized. The implementation of the new strategic concept was hindered by the aggressive tendencies in international activities of Russia, the crisis phenomena in the economy of the Member States and the complex problem of Afghanistan. The new Lisbon concept of NATO facilitated Poland the development of security within the Euro-Atlantic Partnership
Geopolitical problems in Polish-Ukrainian relations.
The article characterizes the main aspects of geopolitical relations between Poland and Ukraine. It presents a Russian impact on Ukrainian politics, the EU’s intention to affect the orientation of Ukraine and NATO’s ambitions on the eastern flank. The article indicates the transformations of the new statehood of Ukraine and its relationship with the environment. Russia makes the strongest political and economic impact on Ukraine. Russia has subdued Crimea, supports the rebellion in the east of Ukraine and seeks to maintain influence on the future orientation of the country. Geopolitical impacts of the European Union and NATO are more limited. In direct Polish-Ukrainian relations there is a Polish support for Ukrainian independence and the new government, elected after the events on the Maidan at the end of 2013 and in 2014. The effects of geopolitical conflict over the lands of Volyn and Eastern Galicia and disputes about land Zakierzonia (located west of the so-called Curzon line) put a shadow on these relations. The new Ukrainian authorities emphasize the activities of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) that contributed to the ethnic cleansing of Polish population. The effects of forced relocation of the Ukrainian population as part of the “Vistula” operation in 1947 are not comparable
Metoda systemowa w badaniach politologicznych
General principles of systemic method in scientific research. Main representatives of the systems theory. The procedures of systemic explanation in politics (genetic, structural, functional). Values of systemic point of view. The model of politic system analysis. Components of the political system. Characteristics and functions of the political system (for example state). Advantages and disadvantages of the systemic method
Historical and contemporary features of European identity
The paper presents various features of the European continent’s identity which distin-guish it from the other continents. It emphasizes cultural heritage of Europe which has been shaped over centuries by nation-states and shared traditions in philosophy, science, literature and art. It points out that within Europe there coexist in harmony permanent European values and cultural heritage of the particular European nations while a multi-cultural model of the continent’s identity is being created which preserves its “unity in diversity”.
The European identity has been influenced primarily by Greek cultural-intellectual traditions, Roman civic and legal traditions as well as universalist Christian ideas. They have shaped the development of civilization in Europe and co-contributed to the more contemporary features of the European identity, such as: the rule of advanced democracies, the expanded system of protection of human rights or the development of the Conferen-ce/Organization of Security and Co-operation in Europe.
The main features of the European identity influence the community of the whole continent, more strongly in its Western part, where new cultural ideas and new trends in art and European thought have been born from the ancient times to the Renaissance and the Enlightenment until nowadays.
The budding identity of European integration has a special character. It unites the heritage of the continent’s nations with pan-European values in a new communitarian system which has no counterpart in other continents