A Worrying Present and an Uncertain Future. Challenges for Security in Central and Eastern Europe Region

Table Of Contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Introduction (Agnieszka Kampka and Wojciech Mincewicz)
• References
• Defense Preparedness Against Russian Military Aggression. Strategic Challenges for Poland and the Baltic States (Eugeniusz Cieślak and George Spencer Terry)
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Shared Challenges
• 2.1. Geography, Institutions, and Allies
• 2.2. Defense Policies and the Development of the Armed Forces
• 2.3. Non-Military Preparations
• 2.4. Defense Budgets
• 3. Inverse Challenges in a Status Quo or a Negotiated Settlement
• 4. Conclusions
• References
• Challenges to Epistemic Rights in the Era of AI: (Re)mediation(s) of Russian-Ukrainian War (Katarzyna Molek-Kozakowska)
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Epistemic Rights
• 3. Information Security
• 4. Study Design of Using ChatGPT to Represent the Ukraine War
• 5. Analysis of Similarities and Differences Across User Profiles
• 5.1. Explaining the Motivations for War
• 5.2. Ascribing Accountability for War
• 5.3. Envisioning the Post-War Future
• 6. Conclusion
• References
• On the Brink of the Third World War: The Russian-Ukrainian Conflict and the Threat of a Global War in Political and Media Narratives (Przemysław Wywiał)
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Concept of Another World War
• 3. The Russian-Ukrainian War as the Start of the Third World War in Politicians’ Narrative
• 4. The Threat of Global Conflict in the Views of Academics and Analysts
• 5. Analogies to the International Situation in 1939
• 6. Not just Ukraine …
• 7. Conclusion
• References
• Energy Under Fire, Cyberattacks as a New Battlefield (Michał Bukowski)
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Cyberattacks on Ukraine: Methods, Consequences, and Foreign Actors
• 3. Lessons for Poland From the Ukrainian Experience
• 4. Strengthening Defenses Against Phishing
• 5. Developing National Capacity to Respond to Cyberattacks
• References
• Building Climate Resilience With Renewable Energy (Aleksander Wasiuta)
• 1. Introduction: The Importance of Building Climate Resilience
• 2. Changing Climate Conditions as a Global Challenge
• 3. Technological Contributions of Renewable Energy to Climate Resilience
• 4. Challenges of Implementing Renewable Energy
• 5. Technological Innovations Supporting Renewable Energy in Climate Resilience
• 6. Strategic Pathways to Climate Resilience Through Renewable Energy
• 7. Synergies Between Renewables and Other Adaptive Actions
• 8. Future Directions for Research and Policy
• 9. Conclusion and Takeaways
• References
• Security and Climate in the Political Parties Manifestos (Piotr Swacha and Renata Putkowska-Smoter)
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Linking Climate With Security
• 3. Climate Policy and the Polish Political Parties
• 4. Climate Securitization/Desecuritization in Manifestos of Polish Political Parties
• 5. Social Network of Climate-Related Political Message
• 6. Conclusions
• References
• Energy Security and Transition—Spatial Analysis of Energy Infrastructure Vulnerability to Flood Hazards (Grzegorz Kunikowski)
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Literature Review
• 3. Materials and Methods
• 4. Results
• 5. Discussion and Conclusions
• 6. Limitations of the Study and Interpretational Implications of the Results
• 7. Summary
• Declaration of Generative AI in Scientific Writing
• References
• Paperless Money: How the Disappearance of Cash Is Changing the State and Society—Trend Analysis. Facing the Consequences of Transformation (Wojciech Mincewicz)
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Material and Methods
• 3. From Cash to Digital Currencies—Trend Analysis
• 4. In Search of an Alternative—the Development of Virtual Currencies
• 5. Discussion and Conclusions
• 5.1. Global Trend of Digitization of Payments vs. Regional Differences
• 5.2. Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Accelerating Digitization of Payments
• 5.3. Financial Exclusion and the Cashless Society
• 5.4. Cryptocurrencies and CBDC as Alternative Forms of Value Exchange
• 5.5. Political and Economic Consequences of Digitization of Money
• References
• Demographic Challenges in the Context of Aging Societies and Migration: Analysis of Risk Parameters of Selected Countries (Janusz Gierszewski and Marek Bednarz)
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Theories of Aging Societies and Migration
• 3. Risk Parameters
• 4. Aging Societies in Selected EU Countries
• 5. Emigration to Selected EU Countries
• 6. Conclusions
• References
• Healthy and Safe Aging of Seniors in Poland—Challenges Related to Institutional and Informal Care (Małgorzata Herudzińska and Izabela Podobas)
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Challenges Related to the Care of the Elderly—the Healthcare System in Poland
• 3. Challenges Related to Caring for the Elderly—Informal Care
• 4. Summary. Is Old Age (Not) Safe?
• References
• The Issue of Risk Perception by the Academic Community as a Significant Social and Educational Challenge (Joanna Sadłowska-Wrzesińska and Michał Skwierczyński)
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Materials and Methods
• 3. Results
• 3.1. Analysis of Responses Regarding the Sense of Security
• 3.2. Evaluation of Evacuation Procedures
• 3.3. Awareness and Identification of Potential Threats in the Building
• 4. Discussion
• 5. Conclusion
• References
• Administration and Politics (Jacek Zieliński and Sylwia Zakrzewska)
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Legal Aspects of Coexistence
• 3. Coming Back to the Mainstream of Considerations
• 4. Filling Managerial Positions in Administrative Departments
• 5. Conclusion
• References
• Fear in the Digital Age: A Focus Group Study on Young People’s Responses to Visual Content on Social Media (Marcin Kesler, Iga Szymańska, Wiktoria Ługowska, and Oliwia Chomontowska)
• 1. Introduction: Purpose and Rationale of the Study
• 2. Research Method and Procedure
• 3. Topics of Fear-Inducing Messages
• 4. Context of Messages
• 5. Reactions to Fear-Inducing Messages
• 6. Conclusions and Discussion
• References
• Security Challenges in a Changing World: Preliminary Results of a Quantitative Study (Wojciech Mincewicz, Filip Marć, Dominika Kliszczak and Zuzanna Pietrucha)
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Methodology of the Survey
• 3. The Essence and Role of Preliminary Research in the Project
• 4. Security Challenges: Trying to Identify
• 5. General Assumptions of the Quantitative Study and Partial Results
• Military Security
• Subjective Assessment
• Assessment of the Reality of the Threat
• Political Security
• Subjective Assessment
• Assessment of the Reality of the Threat
• Economic Security
• Subjective Assessment
• Assessment of the Reality of the Threat
• Demographic and Social Safety
• Subjective Assessment
• Assessment of the Reality of the Threat
• Cultural Safety
• Subjective Assessment
• Assessment of the Reality of the Threat
• Environmental Safety
• Subjective Assessment
• Assessment of the Reality of the Threat
• Security in Cyberspace
• Subjective Assessment
• Assessment of the Reality of the Threat
• 6. Discussion and Conclusions
• References