COMPARISON OF PERCEPTIONS OF THREATS TO EXTERNAL SECURITY: STRATEGIC DOCUMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND POLAND
COMPARISON OF PERCEPTIONS OF THREATS TO EXTERNAL SECURITY: STRATEGIC DOCUMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND POLAND

Summary/Abstract: The article presents opinions and interpretations relating to the perception of threats to external security of the European Union (EU) and Poland. These are based on a comparison of the content of their strategic documents on the area of security. Despite the fact that Poland is a member of the EU it points out different attitude to threats assessment comparing those indicated in strategic documents of the EU. The EU security strategies and the security strategies of the Republic of Poland will be analysed. The time period taken was from the end of the Cold War until the current strategic documents were published. The perception of threats to the external security of the EU and Poland was correlated with the results of public opinion polls of the member states of the EU and Poland. The general findings lead to the conclusion that the perception of threats to external security contained in the strategic documents of the entities concerned is basically the same, but they perceive differently their priorities in reducing the risks associated with the occurrence of specific threats. Besides, Poland is more focused on military than none-military threats to its security especially from Russia’s side.

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