KOLEKTYWNA OBRONA NATO. WYBRANE PROBLEMY PRZYGOTOWAŃ OBRONNYCH W POLSCE, W KONTEKŚCIE ZOBOWIĄZAŃ SOJUSZNICZYCH
NATO COLLECTIVE DEFENCE: SELECTED PROBLEMS OF DEFENCE PREPARATIONS IN POLAND IN THE CONTEXT OF ALLIANCE OBLIGATIONS

Summary/Abstract: Poland's accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) in 1999 was one of the most important events in the history of the Third Republic. Participation in the collective creation of the defence strength of the member states of the North Atlantic Alliance entails an obligation for member states to maintain and develop individual and collective capability to repel armed attack. This obliges Poland, among other things, to conduct defence preparations at both the national and allied level. This gives rise to numerous tasks for Poland, including those related to the presence of foreign troops on the territory of another state within the framework of Host Nation Support (HNS) tasks and defence planning, in accordance with the principles and procedures adopted by the Alliance. The attempt made in the article to systematise defence preparations in Poland, in the context of allied obligations, stems from the change in the applicable legal provisions introduced by the Act of 11 March 2022 on the Defence of the Homeland. The authors' guiding maxim in deepening their knowledge in this area was the well-known saying that today it is not enough to "know that" or "know how", but one must "know why". The content presented in this article represents an attempt to present the legal, institutional and instrumental aspects of the issue of defence preparations in Poland in the context of allied obligations. Given the nature of the problem, it should be remembered that Poland's integration into NATO is a long-term process requiring the constant engagement of all state structures and institutions.

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