Key words: Poland, safety management, anti-missile shield, analytic network process

Abstract

Peace and safety are the most important challenges in the hierarchy of human needs. Poland in 2007 accepted the new Strategy of National Safety (SBNRP). Nowadays, Poland is before making a momentous decision about installation a part of American anti-missile shield (NMD). It is important not only for Poland, but also for Europe and world. In this article we want to present various alternatives of Poland safety management. The aim of the paper will be to choose the best variant for our country. In the article it was showed complexity of this problem (many criteria and subcriteria and their dependences and feedback. In this problem it is possible to find solution only by using multicriteria decision making methods. We used ANP (Analytic Network Process). In the paper we accepted three mutually non excluding defensive systems of Poland. As a result of conducted prioritatization of the model, two mathematical formulae (multiplicative and additive – negative) give similar results for the common defence policy within EU, including middle and far of anti-missile shield.

INTRODUCTION

Peace and safety have always been the most important challange in the hierarchy of human needs. For ages the human kind has weighted two different values – freedom and safety have been in conflict. In a sense one limits the other. You cannot have full freedom and full safety. Poland's fate was connected with numerous conflicts and wars whereby our country lost milion of its citizens. The off the communist regime in 1989 arose hope for stable peace in Poland and Europe. We stood in front of a chance of building a stable safety system. Polish negotiation and mediations in 1989 at around table between communist goverment and opposition are best case for other countries.

Unfotunately, safety does no have one, easily acceptable perspective for analysis. Understanding of safety shall always be related to one of theoretical academic orientations.