STATE OF WAR AS A FACTOR CONDITIONING THE SENSE OF SECURITY

Анотація

Each war has its purpose, most often political, additionally it remains a kind of armed
clash of states and international coalitions, bringing at the same time the breakdown and
destruction of societies. Modern wars often become so-called «non-contact wars», leading
to an advantage by breaking the state’s economy and disrupting its essential functions.
The aim of the undertaken analysis is to show war as a signifi cant carrier of security
disturbances not only in the international context, but above all in the local context, in
connection with the confl ict between Ukraine and Russia and related unrest in Poland.
For this purpose, issues related to security and defi nition problems of this concept were
presented. War is shown as a carrier of social unrest in relation to the local population.
On the basis of periodically presented research published by CBOS and other research
units, such as the Political Poznan Laboratory, the sense of security of Polish women and
men was shown, with particular emphasis on the inhabitants of the borderland. It turned
out that young people who are fi ghting for their good future are most afraid of war. They
are the ones brought up in the world of dynamic civilizational progress, who value peace
more than freedom, life than death. In general, Poles present a moderate level of war threat
from Russia. However, they fear an economic war that will contribute to the emergence
of worrying economic phenomena. It can be said that the Russian-Ukrainian confl ict,
which has been going on for some time, even if it ends soon, has become an important
catalyst for dynamic changes not only in the context of international cooperation, but
also in building a sense of security in the context of active grassroots social initiatives.
Key words: security, sense of security, war, threat to security, confl ict between Russia
and Ukraine.