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This paper provides a theoretical explanation of what causes historical issues to impact bilateral relations between two states. The case which was chosen for analysis – popularly known as the Katyń issue – involves changes in Polish foreign policy towards the Russian Federation due to the remembrance of the Katyń Massacre. The main assumptions are based on the concept of securitization and its analytical framework, particularly the societal portion, which is proposed by the Copenhagen School of security study. The process of European integration can be seen as the main causal factor leading to a complex of vertical and horizontal competition between Poland, the EU, and Russia over the construction of their historical identities with a referent object of securitization in Poland. The main conclusion of this paper suggests that significant differences in the understanding of various nations’ roles in WW2 between the EU and Russia have led to the securitization of the Polish historical image of WW2. The Polish audience considered it important to accept the historical truth. The Katyń issue in Polish–Russian relations has become a case that reflects the process which leads to securitization of disputes between historical victims and victimizers on a state–to–state level.
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The investigation of insurance debts, ie, unpaid premiums, and insurance subrogation, is an important issue in the insurance business. The importance of issue was confirmed by the legislature – according to the law on insurance activity, collecting of insurance debts is among insurance operations. To achieve the aim of debt collecting, insurance companies look for tools to improve the efficiency of proceedings. Economic information bureau and a process of debt securitization of insurance with an investment fund are good examples of the instrument to improve the efficiency. The threat of transmission of an information about a debtor to an economic information bureau makes a debtor more willing to pay a debt. The main reason is difficulty in obtaining credit when a debtor is recorded in an economic information bureau. Information about a debtor may be forwarded to an economic information bureau in cases strictly defined by law. It is not allowed to inform an economic information bureau about a debtor who doesn’t pay an insurance subrogation. The purpose of the securitization of insurance debt is to improve the cash flow of a insurance company as well as financial indicators of a insurance company.
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The article describes the significant impact social media has on politics and handling political emergencies. After analysing key characteristics of social media, the author takes a closer look at the notion of crisis as a social phenomenon and explores what use can be made of social media in the face of critical situations. Using the theoretical framework provided by Barry Buzan in his securitization theory, she looks back at the recent examples of political crises in which social media played an important role, to eventually pose a  question of the perspectives given by social media to the future political discourse.
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W artykule opisano znaczący wpływ mediów społecznościowych na politykę i  możliwości zarządzania politycznymi sytuacjami kryzysowymi. Po przeprowadzeniu analizy najważniejszych cech charakteryzujących media społecznościowe, autorka koncentruje się na pojęciu kryzysu jako zjawiska społecznego i  potencjalnych zastosowaniach mediów społecznościowych w obliczu sytuacji kryzysowych. Korzystając z  aparatury pojęciowej zawartej w teorii sekurytyzacji Barry'ego Buzana, przygląda się niedawnym przykładom kryzysów politycznych, w których media społecznościowe odegrały istotną rolę, by w końcu zadać pytanie o perspektywy oferowane przez media społecznościowe przyszłemu dyskursowi politycznemu.
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This article is a contribution to security sciences which underlines, on the basis of the multidisciplinary approach, the importance of skill levels in relation to the resistance to the securitization of security issues in connection with the development of European integration. It enriches the field of security management using the method of securitization as well as the the perspective of political science, sociology, and economic theory. Through the example of French referendum on the European constitutional treaty, it demonstrates the importance of skill level for the susceptibility of different population groups to the securitization of the topics of the campaign, namely within the context of the deepening of European integration, which respectively threatens certainty and increases uncertainty. The paper also draws attention to the possibility of emergence of the so-called paradox of securitization.
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Background. The intensification of migratory flows has opened up a discussion on the values on which the European Union is based. Securitization of migration in Italy has influenced changes in migration law and political discourse. Aim. The main aim of the article was to determine the impact of legislation and policies on migration and migrants in Italy. Method. We conducted a review of the narrative literature from the studied area. In our work we used the methodology of political sciences. We have subjected normative acts to in-depth analysis. In addition, we used the results of statistical research. Results. There is a strong link between the securitization of Italian migration and asylum law and the situation of migrants and refugees in Italy. The architecture of Italian migration law reflects the politicisation of the problem. Securitization has enabled extraordinary legal measures to be taken in the name of security. Italian migration policy and law from 2017-2019 has negatively affected the quality of life and the integration of migrants. Additional information. The results provide a starting point for broader research into other European migration systems and policies. The results of an in-depth comparative analysis and the use of countries’ experiences may be a starting point for redefining the Polish migration law and policy on migration and migrants.
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Analyzing Poland’s current activity regarding the influx of refugees and the formulated attitude towards action in the field of restriction and control of the influx undertaken by European and international institutions, one should notice increasing reluctance to accept immigrants. What is more, there is a growing trend in the public debate in Poland to identify (to correlate) the influx of refugees with the problem of security. Although Poland is neither located on the main transit routes nor a destination for immigrants (including refugees), there is a process of systematically including this issue in the public discourse and analyzing the consequences of the potential increase in the influx of immigrants in the context of state security. Relationships that arise at the interface between migration and security point to the process of securitization of immigration, which involves integrating migration issues into a catalogue of state security threats and considering them through the lens of possible threats to the receiving societies.
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Motivation: Financialization is a multidimensional, complex process, which is currently developing very strongly and which can affect the economy in a positive or negative way. A positive impact usually materializes in the form of an increase in the level of GDP, and a negative one in the form of supremacy of the financial area over the real sphere, an increase in the role of financial activity of non-financial entities, and even the autonomy of the financial sphere in relation to the real sphere.Aim: The purpose of this article is to identify and assess the impact of the financialization process on the modern economy and to look at this process as one of the potential sources of financial crises. This article focuses on the negative effects of financialization and uses the example of the American crisis of 2008.Materials and methods: review and critical review of the literature and reports from the financial sector, with particular emphasis on the negative impact of financialization on the US financial sector in 2008.Results: The first part presents the essence and characteristics of financialization and attempts to systematize this process. In the second part, financialization was looked at through the prism of the risk it brings, the materialization of the effects of which may lead to serious economic turbulence, and even to financial crises. The level of these effects was presented and assessed, as well as the methods of action of the American government, which contributed to minimizing the effects of the 2008 crisis, but which at the same time cannot be considered effective in the fight against financialization.
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This article is a contribution to security sciences which underlines, on the basis of the multidisciplinary approach, the importance of skill levels in relation to the resistance to the securitization of security issues in connection with the development of European integration. It enriches the field of security management using the method of securitization as well as the the perspective of political science, sociology, and economic theory. Through the example of French referendum on the European constitutional treaty, it demonstrates the importance of skill level for the susceptibility of different population groups to the securitization of the topics of the campaign, namely within the context of the deepening of European integration, which respectively threatens certainty and increases uncertainty. The paper also draws attention to the possibility of emergence of the so-called paradox of securitization.
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2023
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vol. XX
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issue 1
43-54
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Russia’s attack on Ukraine has had huge and destructive consequences for Iran. The war began when the nuclear negotiations between Iran and the Western countries for the revival of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ( JCPOA) were in a promising state and the parties were in the final stages. This paper seeks to examine the effects of this war on Iran’s foreign policy by considering securitization and desecuritization. Considering this, the paper concludes that Iran has faced the direct consequences of the war in its domestic and foreign policies. At the foreign policy level, Iran has faced a decrease in international prestige due to its proximity to Russia, the use Iranian drones by Russia on the battlefield and the ‘death’ of the JCPOA. As the West securitized the issue of Iran, Iranian authorities desecuritized Iran’s relations with Arab countries, while securitized relations with the Caucasus.
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The research objective of the study is to analyse the essence and specificity of energy security in the light of research on international security. Thus, various theoretical approaches, useful in the analysis of energy security issues, were taken into account. The analysis allows us to conclude that energy security issues take into account long-term development trends as well as unpredictable events related to the functioning of energy market and energy technology. Thus, unexpected, sudden phenomena resulting from the dynamics of the international environment gain in importance. The dilemma related to non-linear thinking often ignores a variety of solutions that, taken together, can cause a radical turn in the energy security concept and its evolution.
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The article looks at capital markets union (CMU), i.e. an action plan of the European Commission to mobilise capital in Europe and channel it to companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The main aim of the study is to examine the sources of financing identified in the CMU plan and discuss whether European SMEs will make use and benefit from the proposal. The evaluation of the CMU as an initiative aimed at supporting the EU economy and the growth of their SMEs by providing a greater choice of funding sources is also presented in the paper.
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Established in 2008, the Council of Europe’s Intercultural Cities Network “supports cities in reviewing their policies — and developing comprehensive intercultural strategies to help them manage diversity positively and realize the diversity advantage” (ICC, 2018). According to their website, the ICC approach “helps build trust between members of the community through policies which encourage mixing, interaction and participation” (ibid). More than a hundred cities are now members of the ICC network, but their discourse — based on dialogue and trust — is challenged by another apparently contradictory discourse. According to Asa and Yaari (2014), two Israeli military experts, the era of wars between nationstates has passed, but has not brought about a kind of ‘world peace’ as expected. What has emerged are the ‘new wars’ — which are conducted within a civilian environment, between the authorities and enemies who are citizens of the state or its residents. Unlike the ‘enemy of the past’, who could be identified by means of his uniform, language, appearance or simply being a foreigner, the new enemies are hard to recognize, as, in the age of globalization, the cosmopolitan city is full of aliens — most of whom, of-course, are not enemies at all. (Asa and Yaari, 2014). According to Arjun Appadurai (2006) the globalization process makes it very difficult to define who ‘we’ are and who ‘they’ are, thus creating feelings of constant uncertainty. This is the discourse of mistrust and suspicion, which challenges the ICC’s discourse of trust and dialogue. The current paper is part of a PhD research done in the years 2015–2018 for the Haifa University Anthropology Department, supervised by Prof. Amalia Sa’ar. It was based on about 20 interviews with integration officers in European cities which are members of the ICC network, as well as observations in different conferences and trainings held by the organization. The paper examines the complex and fascinating ways these two discourses challenge each other, contradict, react or get entangled with one another in trying to deal with the reality of these years of terror.
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2023
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vol. LII
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issue 3
11-28
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Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has led to an increased interest in knowledge about warfare. The public debate about this war has become a test for the expertise skills of numerous scholars and government analysts. Within a few months, a new epistemic community emerged, which began to create a security discourse around the problems of the Russian-Ukrainian war. The article tries to explain the key terms used in this discourse and to indicate what classical texts in the field of international relations say about the causes and course of the Russian-Ukrainian war. In order to compare theory with practice, the author analysed several hundred expert publications on the war and conducted a total of several dozen interviews and surveys in 2022 in the Polish expert community. This text is therefore based on both a theoretical analysis and an insight into the reasoning of the epistemic community of experts educated in the field of security studies.
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Central Asia is revealing itself as an area where the problem of access to water and its current regional dynamics are almost at a radically critical level, where the potential risk of water disputes is still one of the highest in the world. Therefore, water scarcity issues and challenges triggered by the Aral Sea syndrome, the existing water mismanagement system, infrastructural and investment projects of dams and water reservoirs (Rogun, Naryn, Kambarata, Toktogul, etc.) and their transformation towards an existential threat will be analyzed within the securitization prism through the selected speech acts. This article will contribute to developing a new analytical framework of Regional Security Complex Theory (RSCT) and the securitization theory in water stress. The efforts undertaken in this article will ultimately lead to the development of a new approach to issues of water security and hydro politics within the concept of the Regional Water Security Complex (RWSC) on the example of the Central Asian region. The main research question will be to what extent water, as an immanent feature of this complex, is politicized and securitized. An important question will also be how the formulated security language indicates the existential nature of water as a security problem in the region.
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Celem artykułu jest analiza bezpieczeństwa w Zatoce Perskiej przez pryzmat teorii regionalnych kompleksów bezpieczeństwa. Bliski Wschód stanowi formację konfliktu nawiązującą do modelu współzależności bezpieczeństwa między państwami regionu, który jest kształtowany przez lęk przed wojną i prawdopodobieństwo wystąpienia przemocy. W stosunkach między państwami Zatoki Perskiej panuje nieufność i wszechobecne zagrożenie. W odpowiedzi kraje te tworzą sojusze, przyczyniając się do stworzenia dylematu bezpieczeństwa. W artykule postaram się odpowiedzieć na pytania: jakie determinanty wpływają na bezpieczeństwo państw Zatoki Perskiej oraz jaką rolę odgrywają USA w kwestiach bezpieczeństwa w Zatoce Perskiej?
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The aim of the article is to analyze security in the Persian Gulf through the prism of the theory of regional security complex. The Middle East is a conflict formation that refers to the model of security interdependence between the countries of the region, which is shaped by the fear of war and expectancy of violence. Distrust and ubiquitous threat prevail in the relations of the Gulf States. In response, these countries form alliances, which creates a security dilemma. In the article I will try to answer the questions: what determinants affect the security of the Gulf States and what role the U.S. play in security issues in the Persian Gulf?
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The article presents the impact of the process of securitization of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) on the changes in Ukrainian law on religion since the Revolution of Dignity (Euromaidan). Securitization as a concept originated in security sciences belongs to constructivist approaches because under these approaches the threat is not a real phenomenon. The threat is subjectively indicated by the actor of the process and recognized as such by its recipients. Although this study is not concerned with the securitization process itself, it emphasizes the circumstances surrounding its consequences for law on religion. Among these circumstances is the war in Donbas and granting autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church by the Ecumenical Patriarchate. The article discusses the normative acts adopted after 2013, which oblige the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to include its subordination to the Russian Orthodox Church in its name, making it easier for parish communities to change their jurisdictional subordination and hindering the functioning of military pastoral care in the Armed Forces and other military formations.
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W artykule przedstawiono wpływ procesu sekurytyzacji Ukraińskiego Kościoła Prawosławnego w jedności z Patriarchatem Moskiewskim na zmiany w ustawodawstwie wyznaniowym Ukrainy od rewolucji godności (Euromajdanu). Wyodrębniana na gruncie nauk o bezpieczeństwie sekurytyzacja należy do podejść konstruktywistycznych, ponieważ zgodnie z tym ujęciem zagrożenie nie jest zjawiskiem realnym. Zagrożenie jest subiektywnie wskazywane przez aktora procesu oraz za takie uznawane przez jego odbiorców. Na gruncie pracy sam proces sekurytyzacji nie jest przedmiotem zainteresowania. Podkreślono okoliczności towarzyszące jego skutkom w zakresie regulacji wyznaniowych, wśród których zidentyfikowano wojnę w Donbasie i przyznanie autokefalii Kościołowi Prawosławnemu Ukrainy przez Patriarchat Ekumeniczny. Omówione zostały akty normatywne przyjęte po 2013 r., zobowiązujące Ukraiński Kościół Prawosławny do uwzględnienia w swojej nazwie podporządkowania Rosyjskiemu Kościołowi Prawosławnemu, ułatwiające wspólnotom parafialnym zmianę podporządkowania jurysdykcyjnego, a także utrudniające funkcjonowanie duszpasterstwa wojskowego w Siłach Zbrojnych i innych formacjach wojskowych.
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Securitized financial instruments market is one of the segments of the financial markets of the euro area. The main instrument of this market are: MBS (Mortagage Backed Securities), ABS ( Asset Backet Securities), CDO (Collateralized Debt Obligations) and ABCP (Asset Backed Commercial Papers). Securitization market instruments developed in the euro zone by 2009, growing turnover and emissions. As a  result of the global financial crisis, this market has shrunk considerably. This article presents the main groups of securitized financial instruments in the euro area and to assess the changes that have taken place during the global financial crisis.
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Artykuł nie zawiera abstraktu w języku polskim
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O ile kryzysy z lat 2015 i 2022 – każdy z nich obarczony innym brzemieniem obowiązków i odpowiedzialności – miały charakter ogólnoeuropejski, o tyle kryzys na pograniczu polsko- -białoruskim i polsko-litewskim można uznać za kryzys regionalny, w który zaangażowane są kraje bezpośrednio nim dotknięte. Z tego powodu kryzys ten jest najmniej zbadany i rozpoznany poza granicami kraju. Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie genezy, przebiegu i skutków kryzysu na pograniczu polsko-białoruskim w kontekście prawa europejskiego. Polski rząd zakwestionował podstawowe regulacje dotyczące prawa do ubiegania się o udzielenie ochrony międzynarodowej, powołując się na kwestie ochrony bezpieczeństwa narodowego, a także posługując się suwerenistyczną narracją. Hipoteza badawcza zakłada, że zeuropeizowana wcześniej polityka migracyjna i azylowa została w Polsce znacjonalizowana w związku z działaniami polskich władz w odpowiedzi na kryzys. Analiza zostanie przeprowadzona przez pryzmat teorii europeizacji, z wykorzystaniem elementów teorii sekurytyzacji.
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While the crises of 2015 and 2022, albeit with different burdens and responsibilities, were pan-European, the crisis on the Polish-Belarusian and Polish-Lithuanian borders can be considered as a regional crisis in which the countries directly affected are involved. For this reason, this crisis is the least studied and recognized outside the country. The aim of the article is to present the genesis, course, and consequences of the crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border in the context of European law. The Polish government has challenged the basic regulations regarding the right to apply for international protection, citing issues of national security protection, as well as using a sovereign narrative. The research hypothesis assumes that the previously Europeanised migration and asylum policy has been nationalised in Poland in connection with the actions of the Polish authorities in response to the crisis. The analysis will be conducted through the prism of the theory of Europeanization, using elements of securitization theory.
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The collapse of the US mortgage market began in 2007 and was one of the most severe in terms of scale and impact on both financial markets and its participants. The financial engineering (securitization) used by financial institutions to create securities based on subprime mortgages led to a contagion effect, causing systemic institutions to collapse. The purpose of this article is to present the asset securitization process and to confirm that despite the negative experience stemming from the subprime crisis, this financial instrument should be assessed positively, mainly due to its considerable role in increasing the efficiency of financial markets. The first part describes how securitization works and which entities are involved in it. Then the author focuses on showing the events that took place in the US in 2007-2009 and presenting the role the asset securitization process played in all of this. Finally, an analysis of the financial instrument itself is conducted through the prism of the subprime crisis on the basis of which it was assessed.
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Załamanie na rynku kredytów hipotecznych w Stanach Zjednoczonych rozpoczęło się w 2007 r. i było pod względem skali oraz skutków jednym z najbardziej dotkliwych zarówno dla rynków finansowych, jak i jego uczestników. Wykorzystywana inżynieria finansowa (sekurytyzacja) przez instytucje finansowe do tworzenia papierów wartościowych opartych na kredytach hipotecznych z segmentu subprime doprowadziła do efektu zarażania, powodując upadek instytucji o znaczeniu systemowym. Celem niniejszego artykułu jest zaprezentowanie sekurytyzacji oraz potwierdzenie, że mimo negatywnych doświadczeń płynących z kryzysu należy pozytywnie ocenić ten instrument finansowy, głównie ze względu na jego istotną rolę w zwiększeniu efektywności rynków finansowych. W pierwszej części zaprezentowano działania sekurytyzacji oraz jakie podmioty są w nią zaangażowane. Następnie skoncentrowano się na pokazaniu zdarzeń, jakie miały miejsce w USA w latach 2007-2009 oraz jaką rolę w tym wszystkim odgrywał proces sekurytyzacji aktywów. Na koniec przeprowadzono analizę samego instrumentu finansowego poprzez pryzmat kryzysu subprime, na podstawie której dokonano jego oceny.
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The article presents an attempt to conceptualise the theory of regional security complexes (Regional Security Complex Theory, RSCT) in the light of the general condition on the security studies, in particular the international one. The discussed theory was created on the basis of the research of a Canadian – Barry Buzan during the years 1983–2003, so this is an approach, which had a big importance for shaping the identity of the international security studies. This outline indicates also the implications of the theory of regional security complexes for Polish research achievements as regards the regional security.
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Artykuł przedstawia próbę konceptualizacji teorii regionalnych kompleksów bezpieczeństwa (Regional Security Complex Theory, RSCT) na tle analizy ogólnej kondycji studiów nad bezpieczeństwem, zwłaszcza międzynarodowym. Omawiana teoria powstała na podstawie badań Kanadyjczyka Barry’ego Buzana w okresie 1983–2003, jest to więc podejście, które miało duże znaczenie dla kształtowania się tożsamości międzynarodowych studiów nad bezpieczeństwem (international security studies), jako subdyscypliny nauki o stosunkach międzynarodowych. Niniejszy szkic wskazuje również na implikacje teorii regionalnych kompleksów bezpieczeństwa dla polskich osiągnięć badawczych w zakresie bezpieczeństwa regionalnego.
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