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A. Gruszczak - Joint EU Intelligence School – a real asset or an empty shell?
19.02.2020
Attentive observers of European security were electrified by the news about a project of establishing a Joint European Union Intelligence School as part of the Permanent Structural Cooperation within the Common European Security and Defence Policy. This proposal was made on 19 November 2018 in Brussels at the meeting of ministers of defence and foreign affairs of EU member states. Ministers from the 25 countries participating in the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) adopted 17 new projects on security and defense. One of them refers to the initiative of a Joint EU Intelligence School (JEIS). Media specializing in European topics immediately spread out this information, seeking to impress the public with the image of a "spy school" or "EU intelligence academy". The JEIS project illustrates the needs and limitations of EU cooperation in the field of security and defence and at the same time points to the challenges and threats that Member States must confront in the coming years. However, it raises many doubts regarding its conceptual bases and possibilities of their implementation.
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B. Kosowski - Collecting and storing waste in the context of internal security
19.02.2020
Fires in landfill sites that occurred recently brought not only large losses to the environment, but also pointed to the need of strengthening law as well as the activities of approppriate security authorities in regard to preventing such events in the future. Therefore, this commentary refers to the provisions of the amended Waste Act, in force for less than one month, in which new tasks for entrepreneurs have been included with reference to collecting and storing waste. The commentary highlights selected aspect of the implementation of normative measures, as well as contains proposals of improving legal regulations in the context of the effectiveness of security bodies assigned with responsibilities in the given scope. This has a direct impact on the state of internal security.
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J. Niemiec - What impact can the killing of a Saudi journalist have on the balance of power in the Middle East?
19.02.2020
The killing of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia’s Istanbul consulate caused another friction in the diplomatic relations between Ankara and Riyadh. The reaction of the Saudi authorities, which confirmed the death of a prominent journalist only after Turkish side had published irrefutable evidences, has been criticized internationally. The government in Ankara hopes that the Khashoggi case will lead to the decline of Saudi Arabia's importance in world politics, which in turn will allow Turkey to take over the role of a leader of Muslim countries. Hence, the actions of the Turks are intended to portray the Sauds as bloody despots who are brutally murdering their own citizens. However, it is highly unlikely that these accusations would prompt the United States (Saudi Arabia’s most important ally in the region) to cut off relations with the House of Saud.
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P. Frankowski - The European Space Programme 2018
20.02.2020
The new space strategy for Europe adopted in October 2016 and a joint statement by the European Union and the European Space Agency provided a new impetus for the establishment of a European space program that would integrate the existing EU space programs (Galileo, Copernicus, EGNOS) and the EU’s activities in the space. The new space program, the proposal of which was announced in June 2018, aims, on the one hand, to simplify and harmonize the Union acquis regarding space activities, on the other hand is a step towards the creation of a new European Union Agency for the Space Program. However, the EU's action should be read primarily in the context of challenges from the international environment, the growing role of Chinese private companies in the space sector and changes in the American doctrine of the use of space.
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M. Czajkowski - The S-300s for the Syrian Army – a Bluff or a Game-Changer?
20.02.2020
In October 2018 the Kremlin decided to provide the Syrian Arab Army with the sophisticated air defence system S-300. As of mid-November much is still unknown about key characteristics of the given variant and of the number and location of its elements. It is, however, often said, especially in the Russian media, that this weapon has the potential to prevent Israeli Air Force from attacking the Iranian targets in Syria. Furthermore, many experts draw the opposite conclusions, pointing at political, operational and technical constrains of utility of the S-300s in the Syrian airspace.
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