Pulaski Policy Papers

The breakdown in talks between the Polish Ministry of Development and the Airbus Company over a potential offset agreement, as well as the political impact of unsuccessful negotiations, has been widely discussed over recent months.

The Kingdom of Norway is one of a small group of NATO member states that in recent years has consistently modernized its armed forces and made substantial efforts to strengthen its military security.

  ASIA A second month in the siege of Mosul After initial successes, an Iraqi Army and allies-led offensive has eased down. Entry of military forces into Mosul has started

At the end of November 2016 reports appeared in Russian media about the deployment of K-300P Bastion-P system to Kaliningrad Oblast.

Donald Trump’s surprising victory in the U.S. presidential elections has put a question mark over the future of the superpower’s foreign and security policy. This applies to essentially every direction

Preliminary results of the presidential elections in the United States indicate that Republican Donald Trump will be the 45th President of the United States. This may have big implications for U.S. allies because Trump in the course of the election campaign repeatedly promised to limit U.S. commitments in the world. This may be another catalyst for the European Union to enhance the Common Security and Defense Policy.

On the night of 16 October 2016, the long-awaited offensive in Mosul began.

Taiwan (officially the Republic of China, ROC) is a country paying close attention to its security as well as the efficiency of its armed forces.

A turnaround in Russian-Turkish relations has become the main topic of discussion and source of concerns for Western countries for several weeks.

In July 2016, the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (the lower house of the Parliament) passed a resolution recognising the massacre of Poles in Volhynia in the 1940s as a genocide, which in turn has affected Polish–Ukrainian relations

A turnaround in Russian-Turkish relations has become the main topic of discussion and source of concerns for Western countries for several weeks. A thaw in relations between these two countries

France has had no need to possess a typical ballistic missile defence system thus far. The country is not threatened with a ballistic missile strike, in contrast to states like the United States or Israel.

Despite the fact that the head of the Iranian Government is the President chosen in general elections (this is currently Hassan Rouhani, who is perceived as a relatively moderate politician), the actual power in Iran is in the hands of the Supreme Leader (Rahbar)

The post-Cold War era of international security in Europe has come to an end in 2014. An open political confrontation between the West and Russia is currently emerging.

The origins of the Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) of the United States are associated with the Cold War arms race with the Soviet Union.

At the Warsaw summit held on 8 and 9 July 2016, the North Atlantic Alliance made numerous significant decisions in order to strengthen NATO member states’ security and the entire North Atlantic Treaty area, including the so-called eastern flank in particular.

Just over a year ago (14 July 2015) international agreement was developed on the controversial nuclear program of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

During the interview given to the American television in April 2016, US President Barack Obama admitted that the US policy toward Libya, after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011,

The upcoming presidential elections in the United States and the migration crisis in Europe have serious consequences for the whole of the West.

In early days of March 2016, Polish experts, including representatives of the Pulaski Foundation, have visited Raytheon’s manufacturing plant in Andover, MA

The procurement of military equipment and related services in the system of Foreign Military Sales (FMS) might appear to be simple and convenient for those responsible for the maintenance of military equipment and specialized training at various levels of command due to the selective implementation of the Public Procurement Law of January 29, 2004.

Financial issues are among main difficulties delaying Polish-American inter-governmental negotiations on the purchase of the ‘Wisla’ medium-range air defense system.

Since the summit meeting in June 2015, the EU has been working to develop of a new internal policy and security strategy, which is to be reviewed at the EU summit meeting planned for June this year, dedicated to the issues of Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP).

Due to the rapid development of new technologies and the emergence of new threats on the modern battlefield, there is a need for new solutions in terms of weapon systems, the implementation of which cannot take place without considering the specific skills of their operation and maintenance.

At the beginning of December 2015, the foreign ministers of NATO member states decided to invite Montenegro to the Alliance. It would be the first expansion of the organization since

On February 23, 2016, the Ministry of Digitization published its “Assumptions of Cyber Security Strategy for Poland” document, announcing the legislative work of the Ministry of Digitization in the field of security concerning civil systems of critical ICT (information computer technology) infrastructure

On January 12 2016, U.S. President Barack Obama, in his final State of the Union address, outlined a more aggressive plan to combat the so-called Islamic State (ISIS)

In September 2015, during the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, representatives of Russia’s Gazprom, along with Western companies E.ON, BASF-Wintershall, Royal Dutch Shell, OMV and Engi, signed an agreement to build a gas pipeline: Nord Stream II.

Western diplomats described the abolition of sanctions against Iran as a ‘diplomatic victory’. In the current situation there is a great possibility for economic rapprochement between Iran and the European Union, and the resulting economic benefits are obvious for the two sides

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), the Syrian civil war is responsible for the deaths of nearly 250,000 people since it began in 2011.

On November 25, 2015 Minister Antoni Macierewicz confirmed that in the near future the Ministry of Defense is to review the most important tenders for armaments.

The United Nations celebrated its 70th anniversary (1945-2015) at a difficult time. For the first time since the end of the Cold War the number of armed conflicts around the world has increased.

The attacks in Paris on 13 November 2015, the deadliest in Europe for a decade, will undoubtedly contribute to major changes in the socio-political climate in the European Union and affect the future of the European integration process

According to the latest report from Frontex, the EU border management agency, 710,000 immigrants crossed the borders of the European Union between January and the end of September 2015

The Russian military operation in Syria, launched at the end of September 2015, surprised all observers and participants of the conflict in that country.

The profile of Russia’s Air Force (Voyenno-Vozdushnye Sily, VVS) is one that has not evolved much since the end of the Cold War. Due to the fact that Russia is

Launched almost a decade and a half ago, the international war against Islamic extremism and terrorism is still far from resolution.

The NATO Summit in Newport, which took place in September 2014, was conducted in the shadow of the Russian military intervention against Ukraine and its increasing assertiveness towards the entire region of Central and Eastern Europe

After twelve years of tough negotiations, Iran and the states of P5 + 1 group (China, France, Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany) have reached an agreement to limit Iran’s nuclear program for peaceful purposes.

At the end of April 2015, the newly-elected Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter announced the second strategy in cyberspace in the history of the Pentagon. The strategy presentation was held in Silicon Valley, the heart of the American IT sector. The published document replaced the strategy from 2011.

The negotiations completed on February 12, 2015, between the leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine (the so-called ‘Normandy format’) led to the signing of the Minsk II agreement

On 10 March 2015 Russia announced the suspension of its participation in the Joint Consultative Group of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE).

China has once again showed its greater ability to compete with advanced products and technologies on a global scale. Soon the term ‘Made in China’ will not necessarily mean products of dubious quality and low price.

2015 was supposed to be important for Central Asia because of the presidential and parliamentary elections. These have already taken place or will take place in four of the five countries of the region (the only exception is Turkmenistan).

The first months of 2015 were full of events that have significantly worsened the already tense Shia-Sunni relations.

Despite initial difficulties with the F-35 aircraft program,  which is being introduced to the United States Air Force and allied forces within the Joint Strike Fighter program – the program has achieved significant successes in recent months

On December 9, 2014, half a year after the parliamentary elections, the government in Kosovo was appointed with Isa Mustafa as the Prime Minister.

In today’s world the proper identification of risk and the ability to respond immediately to emergencies are essential

The Islamist terrorist attack that took place in Copenhagen on February 14, 2015 is the latest incident of this kind in a Western European country in recent months.