dr Maciej Gaca, CIR expert, about how China controls the narrative in the Indo-Pacific region in TVP World
Dr Małgorzata Bonikowska, President of CIR-CSM, on Express Biedrzyckiej: “Russia has declared war on Europe.” Is the American security umbrella no longer holding?
Corruption Scandal in Ukraine – International Repercussions. Dr Bruno Surdel for “Trójka” – Polish Radio 3
Dr Bruno Surdel for “Orissa Post”, India: “Europe between Trump and Putin”
Dr Małgorzata Bonikowska, President of the Centre for International Relations (CSM), on Newsroom WP: “We do not know what is going on in Putin’s mind. Most likely, he lives in constant fear of coups, especially since the Prigozhin affair.”
“Russian Economy Is Bleeding Out.” Dr Małgorzata Bonikowska, President of the Centre for International Relations (CIR-CSM), in an interview with Wirtualna Polska News
Dr Bonikowska, President of CIR for Polsat News: “Good preparation for a conflict with Russia requires the West to “mentally switch”. [21.04.24]
General elections in India – Akshaya Venkateswaran
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Analysis CIR: “Enlargement imperative. Is the EU on an adequate path?”
“The unprecedented environment in which Ukraine has been preparing for EU membership, reminds that the fight for Ukraine’s future goes beyond the battlefield and security…
dr Maciej Gaca, CIR expert, about how China controls the narrative in the Indo-Pacific region in TVP World
“What makes Chinese disinformation different is that it rarely looks like disinformation at all. Instead of pushing Latin falsehood, it works by reshaping the conceptual…
Comment CIR: “Europe’s Shadow War: Indian perspective”
“Across Europe, a quiet but escalating shadow war is unfolding. A series of sabotage attempts, mysterious fires, drone incursions and hybrid operations—linked by investigators to…
CIR Comment: “The World in the Interregnum”
“Antonio Gramsci, writing from a fascist prison cell in the 1930s, famously observed that “the crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying…
CIR’s Comment: “Financing Europe’s Future. Strategic Multiannual Financial Framework 2028–2034”
“The history of the European budget demonstrates that traditionally the European Union has measured its ambitions and strategic goals against financial possibilities and the political…
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dr Maciej Gaca, CIR expert, about how China controls the narrative in the Indo-Pacific region in TVP World
“What makes Chinese disinformation different is that it rarely looks like disinformation at all. Instead of pushing Latin falsehood, it works by reshaping the conceptual…
Dr Małgorzata Bonikowska, President of CIR-CSM, on Express Biedrzyckiej: “Russia has declared war on Europe.” Is the American security umbrella no longer holding?
Europe is entering its most dangerous moment in decades. Dr Małgorzata Bonikowska, President of the Centre for International Relations (CIR-CSM), speaks with stark clarity: Russia…
Corruption Scandal in Ukraine – International Repercussions. Dr Bruno Surdel for “Trójka” – Polish Radio 3
On air at Trójka – Polish Radio 3, Dr Bruno Surdel, analyst at the Centre for International Relations, said: “The corruption scandal in Ukraine has…
About Us
The Centre for International Relations Foundation (CIR) was registered in 1996. It is an independent, non-governmental think tank which deals with international policy issues, as well as Polish foreign and European policy.
CIR has become an influential forum for foreign policy analysis and debate, involving leading politicians, diplomats, civil servants, local government officials, businessmen, journalists, students and representatives of other NGOs.
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Diplomatic Coffee: Cuba
Centre for International Relations invites you to another conversation in Diplomatic Coffee series, organized by the CIR-CSM jointly with the National Geographic Traveler Polska, THINKTANK…
Diplomatic Coffee: Nigeria
Centre for International Relations invites you to another conversation in Diplomatic Coffee series, organized by the CIR-CSM jointly with the National Geographic Traveler Polska, THINKTANK…
Diplomatic Coffee: Pakistan
Centre for International Relations invites you to another conversation in Diplomatic Coffee series, organized by the CIR-CSM jointly with the National Geographic Traveler Polska, THINKTANK…
Diplomatic Coffee: Afghanistan
Centre for International Relations invites you to another conversation in Diplomatic Coffee series, organized by the CIR-CSM jointly with the National Geographic Traveler Polska, THINKTANK…
Diplomatic Coffee: China
Centre for International Relations invites you to another conversation in Diplomatic Coffee series, organized by the CIR-CSM jointly with the National Geographic Traveler Polska, THINKTANK…
Diplomatic Coffee: Singapore
Centre for International Relations invites you to another conversation in the Coffee with the Ambassador series, organized by the CIR-CSM jointly with the National Geographic…
Europe-Asia Review
Global Sino-American rivalry in the context
of the war in Ukraine
The Russia-Ukraine war fits into the broader context of the new rivalry between the superpowers in the multipolar world that has been developing…
The G20 summit in the shadow of the Ukraine-Russia war
The G-20 nations produce over 80 percent of the global gross product, are responsible for 75 percent of trade and their meetings are…
War in Ukraine and China’s expansion – challenges for Southeast Asia
The meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN) in Cambodia, Bali and Bangkok (to be held on November 8-13, 2022) are…
The war in Ukraine from the Japanese perspective
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has opened a new chapter in the history of the post-Cold War world. It has shaken the political and…