What kind of country do we need? – lessons from war and geopolitical breakthrough | debate online

We invitation you to attend online debatewhich will take place 15 June o 1:30 p.m.: What kind of country do we need? – lessons from war and geopolitical breakthrough

In the face of geopolitical breakthroughs and fresh threats, the state shifts to a different logic and importantly increases spending on the military and the arms sector. However, the consequence to the fresh reality must be systemic, deeper and long-term. What doctrine and structural changes do we request in the area of the state (the logic of administration, the practice of institutions, the bargaining rules, the technologies used, etc.) in order to guarantee actual sovereignty, resilience and security? How should the experience of war just beyond our borders affect our safety strategy? Why and in what areas can the state not act as before? Will Poland usage this minute to respond faster and more effectively than its European partners?

Participants in the debate:

• Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska, associate of the Polish Parliament, Deputy president of the National Defence Committee,
• gene. Krzysztof Bondaryk, manager of the Department of safety and Defence, Ministry of Interior and Administration,
• Prof. Irena Lipovich, the University of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, in the years 2024-2025 a associate of the Commission for investigation of Russian and Belarusian influences,
• Jarosław Gugala, journalist, ambassador to Uruguay in 1999-2003 (moderator)

Live broadcast: YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn.

Debate partners: Government of Pomeranian Voivodeship, Pomeranian improvement Fund, Polish-American Freedom Foundation, Maritex, Orlen, Polish improvement Fund, Mazowieckie Voivodeship, Podlaskie Voivodeship.

The debate announces the release of the next issue of the "Pomeranian Thinkletter" quarterly issue entitled Security and resilience of Poland in times of breakthrough and fresh threats (No. 2(25)/2026) and is held within the 21st Civic Congress.