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    Bezpieczeństwo. Teoria i Praktyka 2021, nr 3 (XLIV): Wyzwania dla bezpieczeństwa w dwudziestą rocznicę zamachu na World Trade Center
    (Oficyna Wydawnicza AFM, 2021) Lasoń, Marcin; Klisz, Maciej; Reczkowski, Robert; Lis, Andrzej; Lindahl, Sondre; Kraj, Kazimierz; Strzelecki, Michał; Gacek, Łukasz; Mydel, Rajmund; Partow, Negar; Buemberger, Raymond John; Johanson, Terry; Quero, Felipe; Issa, Alex; Białas, Tomasz; Wojcik, Ray; Suderio, Elmer; Wiśnicki, Jarosław; Kuśmirek, Karolina; Marcinkowski, Tomasz; Sikorski, Juliusz
    From Introduction: "This issue is different from all previous ones. Thus, an introduction to it needs to be different from earlier ones. There has to be a place for reflection, which used to be included in an interview preceding academic articles. Clever readers will find out soon why this is so if they only think about the professional path of one of the editors. However, it is not the only reason. A special character of this issue is also due to the anniversary, the 20th already, of the September 11, 2001 attacks which have changed the world around us. They led it onto a new path which became the global war on international terrorism, or rather with terrorists and organisations bringing them together. The fight was joined by many states whose governments reached for armed forces, regarding this as the best tool for winning the war. They forgot that this was a way to eliminate only one generation of terrorists, but not the sources of the phenomenon which would motivate a generation after generation. For example, according to the wave theory of terrorism, those who did not participate directly in the struggle watched it carefully, and everybody felt its consequences, both as ongoing wars and their aftermath, changes in internal legislature perceived as limiting civil liberties, and terrorist attacks happening in various places. Attacks which were tragic and spectacular, but not with as many casualties as on September 11."(...)
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    Bezpieczeństwo. Teoria i Praktyka 2022, nr 3 (XLVIII): The Total Defence 21st century.COM – building a resilient society
    (Oficyna Wydawnicza AFM, 2022) Lasoń, Marcin; Klisz, Maciej; Elak, Leszek; Jones, Derek; Love, J. Bryant; Borkowski, Robert; Reczkowski, Robert; Lis, Andrzej; Czarny, Roman S.; Kubiak, Krzysztof; Michalak, Artur; Bonomi, Nicola; Bergonzini, Stefano; Majchrowska, Elżbieta; Wiśniewska-Paź, Barbara; Polko, Paulina; Mehan, Brian; Fiala, Otto C.; Allers, Edgars; Śliwa, Zdzisław; Fabian, Sandor; Johanson, Terry; Grzela, Joanna; Bērziņš, Jānis; Stringer, Kevin D.; Issa, Alex; Grandi, Marco Massimo; Łazarek, Sławomir; Lipert-Sowa, Monika; Lakomy, Miron; Kuśmirek, Karolina; Marcinko, Marcin; Matyók, Thomas; Zajc, Srečko; Pieczywok, Andrzej; Czornik, Katarzyna; Urych, Ilona; Leśniewski, Zbigniew; Lech, Kamila; Laskowski, Mirosław; Pietrzak, Patrycja; Czernik, Paulina; Halicka, Barbara; Ostolski, Paweł Rafał; Marek, Michał
    Introduction: "When we started working on the issue entitled “The Total Defence 21st century. COM – building a resilient society”, we did not know then how topical this issue would become. We were aware of its importance, especially since 2014, which was the beginning of the Russian aggression against Ukraine. However, we did not think that the need to build an effective concept of total/comprehensive defence, and then its implementation, would become so pressing in February 2022. Two of the three general regularities in the history of international relations have also become extremely topical. We are talking about the clash between imperial and polyarchic tendencies, and nations’ desire to express their independence and identity, and as a result, to have their own state. It can be assumed that in order to achieve this goal, as well as for small and medium-sized states to be able to defend themselves against the forces of empires and effectively deter them, they must use the concept of total/comprehensive defence, in its improved, 21st century version."(...)
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    Bezpieczeństwo. Teoria i Praktyka 2023, nr 3 (LII) The causes, course and possible consequences of the Russian-Ukrainian war from the perspective of Poland, France and New Zealand
    (Oficyna Wydawnicza AFM, 2023) Lasoń, Marcin; Issa, Alex; Johanson, Terry; Pawłuszko, Tomasz; Jureńczyk, Łukasz; Mickiewicz, Piotr; Kasprzycki, Daniel D.; Czermińska, Małgorzata; Hlebowicz, Sylwia; Młynarski, Tomasz; Kalos, Aram; Welc, Henry; Kodalazian, Carene; El-Bazzal, Nathalie; Greener, Bethan K.; Wood, Aaron; Barney, Andrew R.; Sanders, Tetyana
    Introduction: "This issue of Security: Theory and Practice represents unique international cooperation among the academics of Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University, ESSEC Business School, and Massey University. Three editors Marcin Lasoń (editor in chief), Alex Issa (editor in France), and Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Terence Johanson (editor in New Zealand) gathered carefully selected authors to share their expertise and personal views on the Russian-Ukrainian war."(...)
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    How to build a resilient society in a weak state: the case of Lebanon
    (Oficyna Wydawnicza AFM, 2022) Issa, Alex
    The Beirut Port explosion brought to the world’s attention the long-term struggle of a population suffering from structural deficiencies due to the lack of efficient public policies and strong state institutions capable of fulfilling their primary roles. The weak Lebanese state is the victim of its rulers’ inability to ensure their population has access to its basic needs and rights. On the other hand, the population itself is stuck in a vicious circle due to the specificity of the Lebanese political culture that gives more power and allegiance to the community than the state itself, creating an atmosphere revolving around corruption, clientelism and violence, and leading to massive flow of educated young people who desperately want to but cannot help their country. In such circumstances, both the state and the population become a target for bigger regional powers that use the Lebanese territory as a battlefield for their own rivalries and interests. Consequently, and with an unprecedent economic crisis, building a resilient society in Lebanon is challenged by various obstacles that need to be addressed as a whole, by including the different actors involved in such processes and mostly the local population itself, whose role is indispensable in building lasting resilience and peace.
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    The Fragmented Middle East: Persistent Insecurity, Rising Instability
    (Oficyna Wydawnicza AFM, 2021) Issa, Alex
    Po ataku na Centrum Handlu Światowego (World Trade Center – WTC) we wrześniu 2001 r. Bliski Wschód stał się centralnym punktem amerykańskiej interwencji wojskowej. Chaos powiększyła kolejna interwencja amerykańska w Iraku w ramach operacji „Iracka Wolność” w 2003 r. W swoim artykule autor podkreśla, że obecnie, dwadzieścia lat po ataku na WTC, region Bliskiego Wschodu pozostaje regionem niebezpiecznym, ze zdestabilizowaną architekturą bezpieczeństwa narodowego i bezpieczeństwa regionalnego. Analizując sytuację w czterech wybranych krajach: Iraku, Syrii, Libanie oraz Egipcie, udowadnia tezę postawioną na początku artykułu. Wskazuje wyraźnie, że wielotysięczne demonstracje z okresu tzw. Arabskiej Wiosny nie przyniosły zamierzonego efektu, przyczyniając się do kryzysów humanitarnych, masowej migracji czy wręcz umocnienia władzy autorytarnych liderów.