Warsaw Security Forum

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 Warsaw Security Forum is organized by the Casimir Pulaski Foundation, a Polish think tank dealing with international relations and security issues. The aim was to create a platform on which experts and decision-makers could regularly exchange views on security challenges and strategies in order to promote dialog and cooperation between NATO allies and partners and contribute to strengthening the international security architecture.

History of the Warsaw Security Forum
The Warsaw Security Forum was founded in 2014 by Zbigniew Pisarski 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.

Patricipants
The Warsaw Security Forum brings together over 1,500 representatives of governments, industry and civil society actors from over 90 countries to exchange views on foreign, security and defence policy issues within the framework of transatlantic cooperation and to develop joint security strategies and solutions for global challenges.

International Advisory Council
The International Advisory Council advises the Forum on strategic issues, strengthens the network and contributes diverse perspectives and expertise in the transatlantic security debate as well as insights into the international perception of Polish politics.

The members of the Advisory Board are Catherine Ashton, Jacek Czaputowicz, Mark Carleton Smith, Ben Hodges, Hanna Hopko, Linas Linkevičius, David Petraeus and Norbert Röttgen.

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.

Partner
The Warsaw Security Forum is supported by numerous Polish and international partners. These include state actors, non-governmental organizations, companies and annually changing partner countries in the cultural program.

Strategic Partners

Patronage
 * National Security Bureau of the Republic of Poland
 * NATO
 * Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Poland
 * Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland
 * Municipality of Warsaw

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 Foundation
 * 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

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