Czerski Robert, Kustra Marek, Goniewicz Krzysztof. Safety NATO Policy in Developing Polish Security Sector. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2019;9(5):113-119. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2702249 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/6892 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/913137 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2019; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 26.04.2019. Revised: 26.04.2019. Accepted: 09.05.2019. SAFETY NATO POLICY IN DEVELOPING POLISH SECURITY SECTOR Robert Czerski¹ *, Marek Kustra¹, Krzysztof Goniewicz¹ ¹ Department of Security Studies, Polish Air Force Academy, Poland; * Correspondence: Robert Czerski r.czerski@law.mil.pl ABSTRACT Participation of countries in international alliances stems from a desire to increase the level of national security through the support of its own defense capabilities guarantees the assistance provided by the allies. The North Atlantic Treaty was based on the concept of collective defense of the member countries against various types of threats. Polish membership in NATO recognizes the importance of the Alliance as an entity acting on behalf of the global and regional security. The aim of the study was to present and analyze the impact of Polish membership in NATO at the level of security of the state. Deliberations on this matter are useful for policy and military sector, they enable to describe the facts and indicate the arguments in favor of participation in the alliance. Keywords: National security; NATO; security policy.