Is the modernization process becoming a challenge or a threat to the security policy and the armed forces?

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In spite of defining the role of various measures of security policy implementation the weight of one has been quite unequivocally assessed for the current policy. The main position for contemporary Poland is to be taken by the armed forces.
Under these conditions, the Polish Army has become a basic element of the defense system of Poland not only in terms of image. It is not surprising then that currently the armed forces have received a wide range of tasks regarding security – both internal and external. President Duda and the government of Law and Justice proudly show the 2 percent of GDP spent on defense and an even higher target, at the latest in 2030. However, this does not create a perspective that would allow “hurray” optimism. The key to describing the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland seems to be their ability to respond to the revolution in the field of military and the ability to modernize.
Despite the plans of the Ministry of National Defense and declarations given in media, this process faces a number of difficulties. Not only do we create “abstract” visions of needs for the current policy, but we also offend our partners and those that are still our allies.
The arms policy, so important from the point of view of this “self-sufficiency”, was brought to the accusations of lobbying, corruption, and fraud; not only do we not pay attention to our own needs, but we also create innovative concepts for the current policy that cause us to wander in dilettantism.
It seems that the shape of the implementation of the modernization of the Armed Forces is affected not only by the current policy. To a large extent, the condition of the Polish arms industry is also a decisive factor in the absorption of modernization.

Tytuł
Is the modernization process becoming a challenge or a threat to the security policy and the armed forces?
Twórca
Piątek Jarosław ORCID 0000-0003-4754-3371
Słowa kluczowe
armed forces; security policy; the Polish Army; threats; challenges; armed forces modernization
Słowa kluczowe
siły zbrojne; polityka bezpieczeństwa; wojsko Polskie; wyzwania; modernizacja
Data
2019
Typ zasobu
artykuł
Identyfikator zasobu
DOI 10.15804/ppsy2019102
Źródło
Polish Political Science Yearbook, 2019, vol. 48 iss. 1, s. 36-48
Język
angielski
Prawa autorskie
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Kategorie
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