Przedmiot badań w naukach o obronności

The paper raises the issues connected with the identification of the subject of research in academic disciplines related to defence of the state. These disciplines exist alongside the disciplines related to security, which means that their areas of research often overlap. The author explains what the subject of research is in social sciences and describes its place in three selected processes of research. The paper emphasizes that the determining of the subject of research is important for the process of research, and describes its connection with the research problem. There is also an explanation of the difference between defence of the state and security. Generally speaking, the subject of research in academic disciplines related to defence of the state is defence systems that counteract threats.