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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Turkey’s closer ties with the BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is part of Ankara’s tactical game with the West.” – Dr Bruno Surdel, CIR – CSM’s senior analyst for TVP World
Dr Bruno Surdel, senior analyst with CIR- CSM, during an interview with TVP World as part of the “How We Got Here” series, expressed the…
CIR Comment: “Sri Lanka Elections: Tamil’s voice”
Sri Lanka’s newly elected President, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, dissolved parliament to pave the way for a snap general election on November 14, 2024, aiming to…
CIR Analysis: “Hassina out, Yunus in”
On August 5th, widespread social protests in Dhaka escalated into powerful demonstrations against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who has ruled Bangladesh for 15 years. Facing…
CIR Report: “Saudi Arabia 2024”
For several decades, Saudi Arabia projected the image of a dormant giant, content with its oil wealth and creating the illusion that reforms or exploration…
“The best fruits for Europe in Asia lie outside China” -another episode of the current affairs program WARSAW DEBATE, which was created in cooperation between the Centre for International Relations and TVP World. This time we talked about Asia!
This time the Warsaw Debate has taken the thesis: “The best fruits for Europe in Asia lie outside China” and the guests of hosts Dr…
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Turkey’s closer ties with the BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is part of Ankara’s tactical game with the West.” – Dr Bruno Surdel, CIR – CSM’s senior analyst for TVP World
Dr Bruno Surdel, senior analyst with CIR- CSM, during an interview with TVP World as part of the “How We Got Here” series, expressed the…
“The best fruits for Europe in Asia lie outside China” -another episode of the current affairs program WARSAW DEBATE, which was created in cooperation between the Centre for International Relations and TVP World. This time we talked about Asia!
This time the Warsaw Debate has taken the thesis: “The best fruits for Europe in Asia lie outside China” and the guests of hosts Dr…
Dr Małgorzata Bonikowska, CIR’s President for TVP World: “The visit of Antony Blinken to Poland underscores that Poland is truly one of the key countries in the new security architecture of Europe”.
Dr Bonikowska added: “Nothing of significance happens in this domain without Polish involvement. It’s also a positive indication that the partners are strictly coordinating all…
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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…