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Poland and Norway have been working together on addressing various hard security challenges since Poland joined NATO in 1999. Also, their participation in various formats in the EU cooperation – Poland as a full-fledged member and Norway as an EEA member – have helped them to deal with other, non-military, but increasingly more important societal, economic, and political aspects of broadly understood security.

Norway and Poland border Russia which is involved in an aggressive and bloody war in Ukraine, forcing both to reconsider their relations with their Eastern neighbour and invest more in their security.  Being NATO members, they also face and deal with various types of challenges emerging in the transatlantic partnership.

Norway has become one of the most important suppliers of energy to Poland, while Poland has helped Norway to fill important gaps on the labour market as more then 100 000 Polish citizens have decided to move to Norway, building an important human connection between the two countries. 

This event will be focusing on these important topics, with participants from both Poland and Norway. It is held at NUPI and will also be streamed live to our YouTube channel. No registration needed for digital participation.

The seminar is part of the NORPOLFACTOR2 project funded by the Polish-Norwegian Bilateral Fund/ EEA Grants in which NUPI works closely together with the leading Polish think tank the Casimir Pulaski Foundation in Warsaw.

PROGRAMME: 

14:30: Official opening by Kari M. Osland, Director, NUPI

14:35: Formal introduction by Zbigniew Pisarski, President, Casimir Pulaski Foundation 

14:40: Introduction to the project NORPOLFACTOR2 by Jakub M. Godzimirski, Research Professor, NUPI

14:45: First panel: Bilateral cooperation between Poland and Norway: New dimensions of a comprehensive partnership

• Jakub M. Godzimirski, Research Professor, NUPI
• Zbigniew Pisarski, President, Casimir Pulaski Foundation
• Tomasz Orłowski, Minister-Counsellor, Head of Political and Economic Section, Polish Embassy in Norway
• Moderator: Karolina Pawlik, Senior Analyst, Casimir Pulaski Foundation

15:25: Second Panel: Poland and Norway: between security, prosperity and global disruptions

• Jacek Siewiera, Head of the National Security Bureau (2022-2025), Member of the WSF National Security Advisors Council
• Svein Efjestad, Senior Adviser, NUPI
• Håkon Lunde Saxi, Professor, Norwegian Defence University College
• Moderator: Øyvind Svendsen, Senior Researcher, NUPI

16:00   Official closing of the seminar by Jakub M. Godzimirski, NUPI

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Research project

2023 - 2024 (Ongoing)

Norway and Poland as actors in a changing security landscape (NORPOLFACTOR)

The aim of the project is to develop enhanced knowledge of the security-related challenges, risks and threats Poland and Norway face in their strategic environment in the aftermath of ...

• Defence
• Security policy
• NATO
• Foreign policy
• Russia and Eurasia
• The Arctic
• The Nordic countries
• Conflict
• Energy
• The EU

• Defence
• Security policy
• NATO
• Foreign policy
• Russia and Eurasia
• The Arctic
• The Nordic countries
• Conflict
• Energy
• The EU