STATE DEFENCE PREPARATIONS AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT - DIRECTIONS FOR INTEGRATION IN THE NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEM OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND

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STATE DEFENCE PREPARATIONS AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT - DIRECTIONS FOR INTEGRATION IN THE NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEM OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND

Journal Title: Zeszyty Naukowe Akademii Sztuki Wojennej - Year 2014, Vol 2014, Issue 96

Abstract

Based on the events of the last decade of the previous century and the ongoing armed conflicts, it is true to say that people manage situations which they are prepared for much more effectively than ones that constitute a surprise for them. One should be aware that contemporary threats and challenges are different from those of the Cold War period, and the boundary between internal and external security, the police and army, crisis prevention and crisis response is becoming artificial and vague.These factors force the evolution of national security systems consisting in the integration of powers and measures included in these systems, which enable the usage of military and civilian components at every stage of crisis response (international, national, regional and local) in times of peace, crisis and war.Preventing and counteracting military and non-military threats, both external and internal, is performed in Poland by appropriately prepared and functioning systems: the state defence system and the crisis management system, as well as the national security support systems . The basis for these systems is constituted by the bodies, powers and measures appointed to fulfil tasks of a political, economic and military character aimed at ensuring security for individuals, society and the state. It needs to be emphasised that, despite the lack of legal solutions in the field of national security, the above mentioned systems share common goals defined in strategic documents , which are achieved within the national security system. This system aims at counteracting any threats to the state, in particular, political, military, economic, ecological, cultural, information and social ones.The signals given by practitioners, as well as the analysis of reference literature, indicate that the current legal situation in the field of state defence preparations and the crisis management system generate multiple executive problems connected, above all, with the undertaking of appropriate actions by public administration bodies and entrepreneurs in times of peace, crisis and war.This article aims to analyse the functioning of both these fields of state preparations in the national security system of the Republic of Poland, from the point of view of their integration. The legal and organisational changes proposed in this article in the objective scope are of significant importance, above all, for the territorial level (province [województwo], district [powiat] and commune [gmina]), as they simplify and increase the effectiveness of their activity in times of peace, crisis and war. They may be introduced within the framework of the existing constitutional order; however, the integration process will require amending multiple legal documents, including acts. The author is aware that the article does not cover the entirety of issues connected with the integration of state defence preparations and crisis management, and constitutes a contribution to further discussion and research in this respect.

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Marian Kuliczkowski

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EP ID EP67136
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