TRANSFORMATIONS IN POLISH STRATEGIC CULTURE IN THE CONTEXT OF CHALLENGES AND THREATS OF THE 21ST CENTURY

Abstract

Culture must be reckoned with. At the beginning of the 21st century, Lawrence E. Harrison and Samuel P. Huntington reminded us about it. The events of September 11, 2001 further strengthened the importance of cultural factors in the analysis of international relations and contributed to the development of research using the civilisation paradigm. The purpose of this article is to analyse Poland’s strategic culture, its sources and features. It was conducted on the basis of professional literature with the aim of answering the following questions: What determines Polish strategic culture? What are its features and what actions and omissions do they manifest?
The main conclusion of the above analysis is confirmation that Poland has its own strategic culture shaped by historical experience.