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Warsaw Security Forum

Formation	2004 in Warsaw
Founder	Casimir Pulaski Foundation
Purpose	International Conference on Foreign and Security Policy
Location	Warsaw, Poland
Chair	Zbigniew Pisarski, Katarzyna Pisarska
Website	warsawsecurityforum.org

The Warsaw Security Forum (WSF) is an international conference focusing on security and defense issues. It takes place annually in Warsaw, Poland, and brings together politicians, experts and business representatives to discuss current security challenges and strategies. The forum covers a wide range of topics, including transatlantic relations, European security, cybersecurity, hybrid threats and regional conflicts. ^[1]

The Warsaw Security Forum is organized by the Casimir Pulaski Foundation, a Polish think tank dealing with international relations and security issues. The aim of the forum is to promote dialog and cooperation between NATO allies and partners and to contribute to strengthening the international security architecture. ^[2]

History of the Warsaw Security Forum

The Warsaw Security Forum was founded in 2014 by the Casimir Pulaski Foundation and has been held annually ever since. In the years that followed discussions covered topics such as NATO strategies, regional security issues and the changing geopolitical landscape.The forum continued to expand in 2017, adding cybersecurity, hybrid threats and security in the Baltic Sea region to the topics covered. Special panels and workshops were also introduced to enable in-depth discussions on selected topics.Despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic the forum continued to take place in a hybrid format with virtual and physical eventsThe pandemic itself became an important topic, especially in connection with the resilience of security systems. From 2021, the forum focused on current security policy developments, including the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, China's role in the global security architecture and NATO's adaptation to new threats. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Patricipants

The Warsaw Security Forum brings together over 1,500 representatives of governments, international organizations, industry, think tanks and civil society actors from over 90 countries to exchange views on foreign, security and defense policy issues and to develop joint security strategies and solutions to global challenges within the framework of transatlantic cooperation. ^[1]

Knight of Freedom Award

As part of the Warsaw Security Forum, the Casimir Pulaski Foundation has presented the " Knight of Freedom Award" every year since 2005 to outstanding personalities and institutions who have contributed to the promotion of the values represented by Casimir Pulaski such as freedom, justice and democracy.

Among the laureates are Norman Davies, Władysław Bartoszewski, Aleksander Milinkiewicz, Lech Wałęsa, Valdas Adamkus, Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Javier Solana, Bernard Kouchner, Richard Lugar, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Micheil Saakashvili, Carl Bildt, Radosław Sikorski, Toomas Ilves, Michail Chodorkowski, Mary Robinson, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Dalia Grybauskaitė, Thorbjørn Jagland, Alexei Nawalny, Olena Zelenska and NATO. ^{[5] [6]}

Partner

The Warsaw Security Forum is supported by numerous Polish and international partners. These include state actors, non-governmental organizations and companies as well as annually changing partner countries for the cultural programme. ^[7]

Patronage

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland
• Municipality of Warsaw

Strategic Partners

• Nationales Sicherheitsbüro der Republik Polen
• NATO

Institutional Partners

• Visegrad Fund
• Open Society Foundations
• NATO
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland
• Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies
• Friedrich Ebert Foundation
• Heinrich Böll Foundation
• Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
• Centum Mieroszewskiego
• Central European Initiative
• Foundation for German-Polish Cooperation
• German Marshall Fund
• Polish-American Freedom Foundation
• Leaders of Change Foundation
• National Endowment for Democracy

Strategic Industrial Partner

• Saab

Strategic Resilience Partner

• Google

General Defence Partner

• Hyundai Rotem

General Industrial Partners

• Lockhead Martin
• Northrop Grumman
• Babcock
• General Dynamics
• Siemens Energy

Supporting Industrial Partners

• Kongsberg
• Boeing
• Teldat

Programm Partners

• Center for European Policy Studies
• Centrum Stosunków Międzynarodowych
• International Centre for Ukrainian Victory
• Munich Security Conference
• New Strategy Center
• Observer Research Foundation
• Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies
• European Council on Foreign Relations

Media Partners

• tvn24
• Politico
• Polska Agencja Prasowa
• tvn24 Bis

Logistic Partner

• Polskie Porty Lotnicze

Partners

• Jack Strong Fundacja
• Forum Młodych Dyplomatów

Legal Partner

• B2R LAW

References

[[Category:Diplomatic conferences]] [[Category:Events in Warsaw]]