The main purpose of this article is to study the specifics of the 2025 presidential campaign in the Republic of Poland from the perspective of foreign policy analyses and strategies contained in the programs of the registered candidates. The author uses the method of comparative analysis of political programs in combination with the methods of qualitative political analysis. An analysis of the platform discussions in the 2025 presidential campaign leads to the following conclusions: candidates are approaching the publication of their fundamental views as a necessary attribute of the election campaign, relying primarily on political communication tools, targeted advertising on social media, and political debates. In the 2025 campaign, foreign policy discussions are absent from the election platforms of the two leading presidential candidates. However, some candidates facing an unsuccessful bid have focused on foreign policy issues, including proposing a reconsideration of Poland’s relations with the European Union and its neighbors.

The “Russian threat” factor is constitutive for the logic and guiding principles of Poland’s security policy implementation, as evidenced by a systematic analysis of the corpus of strategic‑planning documents in the domain of foreign and security policy. The article’s primary objective is to trace the evolution of strategic assessments of Russia in the key documents of Polish security policy adopted in 2014 and 2020. The author employs elements of institutional and comparative analysis in combination with qualitative political analysis and expert assessment, while the analytical framework conceptualises international‑political dynamics as a shifting outcome of political design, shaped by the national strategies of states and institutional actors. The study boasts not only significant academic value, contributing to the empirical investigation of security‑theory case studies, but also substantial applied relevance for the Russian foreign‑policy forecasting and planning system.