The University of Wrocław - the Institute of International Studies will organize an international event entitled The Wrocław Security Summit - 2nd International Science Conference NATO and the EU – strategic partnership and cooperation within Euro-Atlantic security area, co-financed under the NATO Public Diplomacy Division's Co-Sponsorship Grants and implemented under the patronage of the NATO Headquarters in Brussels.
The main goal of the project is to initiate an international debate and to create a consortium of universities and research centres as part of the pioneering and cyclical concept of the Wrocław Security Summit, concerning the NATO and EU security policy, based on current doctrines and programs as the basis of the transatlantic and European security and defence architecture.
The international conference is aimed at experts in the field of security and defence as well as representatives of academia. The direct audience of the project will be Polish and foreign specialists in the field of security research, as well as diplomats, officers of the armed forces, experts of analytical centres, and students. Journalists and the media, including social media, will also be an important target group.
The group of invited experts includes representatives of international organizations, institutions, universities and centers, such as NATO (Belgium), University of North Georgia (USA), European Security and Defense College (Belgium), Centre for European Policy Studies (Belgia), International Institute for Strategic Studies (UK), Stellenbosch University (South Africa), University of Žilina (Slovakia), Baltic Defense College (Estonia), Strategic Research Center, Latvian Defence Academy (Latvia), Taras Schevchenko National University (Ukraine), International Security and Partnership Center (Ukraine), Tbilisi State University (Georgia), The Center for International Studies at the International Black Sea University (Georgia), George C. Marshall Alumni Union (Georgia), Georgia International and Security Research Center (Georgia), National University of Lviv (Ukraine), Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (Ukraine), Ukraine Analytica (Ukraine), Nişantaşı University (Turkey), NATO Joint Force Training Center (Poland), University of Wrocław (Poland), Jagiellonian University (Poland), University of Warsaw (Poland), University of Gdańsk (Poland), War Studies Academy (Poland), Polish Institute of International Affairs (Poland).
Wishing to emphasize this important event, the authorities and employees of the Institute of International Studies of the University of Wrocław would like to invite interested persons to participate in this international scientific conference -The Wroclaw Security Summit - 2nd International Science Conference NATO and the EU – strategic partnership and cooperation within Euro-Atlantic security area which will take place on 14-16 December 2021 in the building of the Library of the University of Wrocław.
The main goal of the conference will be to exchange views expressed by representatives of national and foreign research centres and other institutions, dealing with the issues of international security, national security, and military security. The conference will also bring closer NATO's current agenda by examining aspects such as:
- Defence and security (including defence investment and capabilities);
- Projecting stability/NATO Partnerships;
- Defence, deterrence and dialogue (with focus on NATO-Russia relations);
- Transatlantic security cooperation & new security challenges.
Thematic areas of the conference:
- Development of national and allied capabilities in the field of building resilience to new types of threats - NATO and the EU cooperation in the face of hostile information and disinformation
- Capacity building in the field of conventional and unconventional forces as one of the basic elements of the NATO strategy
- Russia's influence on the Euro-Atlantic security system - threats and challenges
- Increase of China's global importance and consequences for Euro-Atlantic security
- NATO's policy towards new global challenges and the NATO 2030 process
- Building peace and security in the southern neighbourhood of NATO and the EU
The conference is co-organized and co-financed by the NATO Public Diplomacy Division's Co-Sponsorship Grants, the state budget of the Ministry of Education and Science, the Program: „Doskonała nauka – Wsparcie konferencji naukowych" (project number: DNK/SP/513960/2021), the European Commission Regional Representation in Wrocław and the City of Wrocław.
Honorary Patronage of the Rector of the University of Wrocław
Prof. Przemysław Wiszewski
Honorary Patronage of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Honorary Patronage of the European Security and Defence College
Honorary Patronage of the Head of the National Security Bureau
Minister Paweł Soloch
Honorary Patronage of the Voivode of Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Jarosław Obremski
Honorary Patronage of the Major of Wrocław
Jacek Sutryk
Media Patronage
Polish Radio Wrocław
Magazine Polska Zbrojna
Magazine Frag Out!
EURACTIV.pl
Language of the conference: English
Important dates:
Registration of participants: by December 12, 2021
The date of the scientific conference: 14-16 December 2021
Deadline for submitting papers for the monograph: May 31, 2022
Registration platform:
Publication:
Accepted articles will be published in the monograph entitled: NATO and the EU - strategic partnership and cooperation in the field of the Euro-Atlantic security area.
Scientific Committee:
Prof. Przemysław Wiszewski (Rector of the University of Wroclaw, Poland)
Prof. Robert Alberski (Dean of the Faculty of Social Scienes of University of Wroclaw, Poland)
Prof. Krzysztof Kociubiński (University of Wroclaw, Poland) – Chairman
Prof. Bolesław Balcerowicz (University of Warsaw, Poland)
Dr. Pikria Asanishvili (Tbilisi State University, Georgia)
Dr. Savas Bicer (Nişantaşı University, Turkey)
Dr. h.c. Dirk Dubois (European Security and Defense College, Belgium)
Prof. Andries M. Fokkens (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)
Col. Prof. Pavel Foltin (University of Defence, Czech Republic)
Prof. Jarosław Jarząbek, (University of Wroclaw, Poland)
Maj. Gen. Dr. Adam Joks (Polish Armed Forces)
Prof. Valerii V. Kopiika (Taras Schevchenko National University, Ukraine)
Prof. Dariusz Kozerawski (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
Dr. Oleksandr Kuchyk (National University of Lviv, Ukraine)
Prof. Larysa Leschenko (University of Wroclaw, Poland)
Prof. Jan Maciejewski (University of Wroclaw, Poland)
Prof. Piotr Krzysztof Marszałek (University of Wroclaw, Poland)
Prof. Markiyan Malskyy (National University of Lviv, Ukraine)
Prof. Piotr Mickiewicz (University of Gdańsk, Poland)
Prof. Edward Mienie (University of North Georgia, USA)
Prof. Maciej Mróz (University of Wroclaw, Poland)
Prof. Fatma Zeynep Özkurt (Nişantaşı University, Turkey)
Prof. Grigoriy Perepelitsya (Taras Schevchenko National University, Ukraine)
Prof. Jozef Ristvej (University of Žilina, Slovakia)
Dr. Simona Soare (The International Institute for Strategic Studies, UK)
Col. Prof. Andrzej Soboń (War Studies Academy, Poland)
Col. Prof. Dariusz Majchrzak (War Studies Academy, Poland)
Prof. Elżbieta Stadtmüller (University of Wroclaw, Poland)
Prof. Elżbieta Szyszlak (University of Wroclaw, Poland)
Prof. Zdzisław Śliwa (Baltic Defense College, Estonia)
Prof. Rudolf Urban (Ambis University, Czech Republic)
Prof. Mariusz Wiatr (Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland)
Prof. Dlynn Williams (University of North Georgia, USA)
Prof. Barbara Wiśniewska-Paź (University of Wroclaw, Poland)
Prof. Marek Wróblewski, (University of Wroclaw, Poland, WTO)
Prof. Natalia Yakovenko (Taras Schevchenko National University, Ukraine)
Organizing committee:
Prof. Piotr Krzysztof Marszałek, (University of Wroclaw, Poland) – Chairman
Prof. Larysa Leshchenko, (University of Wroclaw, Poland)
Prof. Jarosław Jarząbek, (University of Wroclaw, Poland)
Dr. Justyna Arendarska (University of Wroclaw, Poland)
Lt. Col. Dr. Marcin Bielewicz (NATO ACT, Poland)
Dr. Artur Drzewicki (University of Wroclaw, Poland)
Dr. Katarzyna Jędrzejczyk-Kuliniak (University of Wroclaw, Poland)
Dr. Bartłomiej Łódzki (University of Wroclaw, Poland)
Dr. Ing. Marek Kulczycki (University of Wroclaw, Poland)
Dr. Marek Musioł (University of Wroclaw, Poland)
Dr. Michał Piekarski (University of Wroclaw, Poland)
Dr. Adam Sokołowski (University of Wroclaw, Poland)
Dr. Jarosław Stróżyk (University of Wroclaw, Poland)
Mgr Tomasz Wieteska (University of Wroclaw, Poland)
Aleksandra Janikowski (University of Wroclaw, Poland)
Contact:
Scientific conference coordinators:
Dr. Marek Musioł - marek.musiol@uwr.edu.pl
Dr. Ing. Marek Kulczycki - marek.kulczycki@uwr.edu.pl
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