Security and resilience Decalogue of Poland

Today, the subject of modernization of the army and military alliances, which we should strengthen or develop, dominates our Polish debate on security. Meanwhile, the issue of safety and resilience of the state is far more complex. It is advanced time we looked at these challenges in a broader, holistic way. Today, a strong army and alliances are not enough, we must build the ability of the full state and society to survive, adapt and make in a changing and uncertain world.

Security starts with a community that people want to identify with. Only a country offering good quality of life, strong social ties and concern for the common good can trust on the loyalty, commitment and readiness of citizens to defend it.

This will require not only technological and organization preparation, but besides social maturity, work and trust – both to each another and to the institutions of the state. The main directions and challenges are presented in the following "Safety and opposition Decalogue":

1. The desire to defend Poland. We fight for what we truly identify with, we bind our future and we see as value. It is so essential to make specified a state, specified a community and specified surviving conditions as we will jointly consider valuable and worthy of defence. We are surviving in a time of advanced mobility, especially within the European Union, and this is seen especially after a young generation. If Poland fails to build a state that offers good quality of life, strong social ties and an attractive model of coexistence, it is hard to anticipate young people to stay in the country, and even more so, that they will want to make and defend it.
2. The durability and vitality of the state. The long-wave safety of Poland besides depends on whether we find a way out of the deep demographic crisis. There is no state without citizens. In the case of labour marketplace demand, we can support a thoughtful migration policy, but our army, uniforms, public administration etc. must be based on the native population potential.
3. Economy – non-military shield. The situation is forcing us to spend a lot on defense. Let us make certain that they are not just at the expense but besides an investment in the home economy – that they besides give emergence to development. Poland's economical success and the associated presence of abroad investors is besides our crucial "insurance policy" strengthening a multi-level partnership with Western allies.

The sustainability of the state is based on people and the economy – without overcoming the demographic crisis and transforming defence spending into improvement investments, we will not build Poland's resilience or strong position in the world.

4. Building strength through alliances. Poland cannot trust solely on itself. Our safety depends on the skillful usage of participation in structures based on both the community of values and geopolitical and economical interests. They make real bonds of shared work – for the safety of the territory, but besides for the axiological strategy that legitimizes them. Binding our interests to the interests of our partners besides makes our safety safe – not only in terms of value, but besides in terms of economical and general stability.
5. Good reading of the planet of change. In the context of an unstable global order, political declarations (a circumstantial culture of “witnesses”) that do not change reality are not enough. We request an accurate knowing of the situation in which we are and the associated strategical reasoning skills – getting off the road to “walkers” or, on the contrary, skillful, clever connection to their trajectory.

The safety of Poland requires wise settlement in alliances, realistic reading of global trends and interior ability of the state to act beyond divisions – strategically, coherently and responsibly.

6. Better organization of the state. We cannot anticipate that in a constantly changing external situation we will be able to keep unchangeable improvement and safety without interior (institutional) reforms. The accomplishment of the large transformation efforts of the 1990s is not adequate today. In the face of today's challenges, we request a more coherent country capable of taking horizontal action that goes beyond the "silos" competence of individual ministries. Public administration at all levels must better “see” each other, complement more effectively and not be subject to political force to discount everything that the predecessors started (from another political camp). Only in this way will we accomplish the ability to specify strategical thought and consistent implementation of the common interest.
7. Modern technological competence and subjectivity. Although Poland will not make advanced weapons systems on its own, it must participate in their improvement – within the framework of European and transatlantic consortia. Only then will we gain influence on technological safety architecture, avoid dependence on external suppliers and increase control over our own defence capabilities. Social competences must besides keep pace with technological development. It is not only the labour marketplace that requires this, it is besides our top safeguard against hybrid and cognitive war.

True safety requires strategical maturity – a cool hazard assessment, balanced decisions and ability to combine defence and development.

8. 8. Jointly building resilience. Today, the social “RAZEM” is becoming a real defence resource – both in terms of military threats and misinformation or cognitive war. We all request to be prepared to act – within the economy, administration, education or local communities. We request a map of resources, action plans and a coordination network that will enable everyone to know how they can contribute to joint success.
   9. Cybersecurity and energy – the foundation of defence. In the era of digitalisation and systemic dependence on energy, we must defend both the IT and the energy infrastructure – these are key arteries in the functioning of the state and economy – both during peace and conflict. Large expenditure should be accompanied by a deep national consensus over political divisions.

In the modern world, resilience is based on technological subjectivity, social competence, capacity to work together and well-developed IT and energy infrastructure – this is our best protection against war.

8. 10. strategical maturity. We cannot act under fear, but we cannot respond to all challenge in the form of a bottom-up “national revelry”. We request a strategical culture. Investment in safety must be adequate to the actual risks – besides much investment in 1 area can weaken another equally crucial areas of state operation. Let us look for an optimal balance between the request for defence and the ability to improve quality of life and development.