Where are we now? – project on the identity of Poles
Experts from the Centre for International Relations conducted a survey among Poles living in Great Britain in order to gain knowledge about their sense of belonging to their homeland. Conclusions were published in a report, which will help the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland in developing...
Muhammad Yunus Social Entrepreneurship Department in Warsaw
The department was created in 2013 as a part of the Janusz Korczak Pedagogical University in Warsaw and is carried out by the University, together with the Centre for International Relations, THINKTANK and UN Global Compact. The department was inaugurated by prof. Yunus during his visit in Poland. It aims...
EU-Russia Civil Society Forum
The EU-Russia Civil Society Forum is a permanent common platform for cooperation and coordination of civil society organisations from Russia and the European Union, aiming at strengthening links between societies in the field of rule of law, human rights and democracy building. Centre for International Relations is a member of...
Polish-German Energy Forum
The Polish-German Energy Forum was initiated by the Centre for International Relations and is executed in cooperation with the German partner Pflüger Internationale Beratung GmbH. Professor Friedbert Pflüger, former Secretary of State in the first government of Chancellor Angela Merkel, Member of the Bundestag 1990-2006 and lecturer at King’s College...
India EU Council
This project is implemented as a continuation of India EU Council Association’s activities, which was merged with Centre for International Relations at the end of 2013. The aim of the project is to improve the awareness about Indian subcontinent in Poland and other Middle and Eastern European countries. The project...
World: Inspirations
This project is co-executed with THINKTANK – Centre for Dialogue and Analysis. Its aim is to improve Polish executives’ knowledge about foreign markets, with special consideration for Africa, Asia and South America. Within this project, THINKTANK and CSM’s experts participate in economic missions, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,...
TRANSFAM Project
The TRANSFAM project, funded by Norway Grants, is focused on studying transnational migrations and “creating families” by Poles in Norway. CIR and its partners from the Polish-Norwegian consortium (Jagiellonian University, Agder Research, Nova) have started the project in July 2013 and it will last till June 2016. CIR has a...
Assessment of Kremlin’s Soft Power Tools in Central Europe
Together with partners from the Czech Republic: Prague Security Studies Institute (PSSI), Hungary: Centre for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Democracy (CEID), and Slovakia: Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA) we are conducting an in-depth country monitoring and examining the variety of influence measures being leveraged by Russia, focusing on three areas: economic...
ELF Expert Forum on Security and Defence
The event is organised by the European Liberal Forum with the support of Project:Polska and ALDE Party. This event is part of a series of Expert Forums organised around Europe on topical matters and challenges facing the European Union, and will be conducted as the ALDE Party considers its manifesto...
Analyses CSM: “The Visegrad Four’s Migration Dilemma”
Many leading politicians of the Visegrad Group countries, which include Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary, are openly and strongly opposed to the admission of migrants. One of the key arguments is to defend national identity against foreign and Western multiculturalism, ” writes Robert Steenland, associate and analyst at...
Analyses CSM “Georgia’s post-soviet transformation”
Recent events, whose main hero was the former president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, including his arrest in Ukraine and deportation to Poland, has once again attracted the attention of the whole world. The role that Saakashvili played during democratic and economic changes in Georgia between 2004-2013 and his short political...
CIR Comment: “Time for peace. Inter-Korean summit”
The idiom ‘well begun is half done,’ perhaps fits best for what the world witnessed last week. The two Koreas seeking to put the past behind and give peace a chance. The big step literally was taken by North’s Chairman Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, – writes...
Analyses CSM “After NATO summit. Europe needs a plan B”
“The decisions taken at the Brussels Summit show that the world is changing. Europe and North America are one and operate jointly within NATO, “declared the Secretary General of the Alliance. Still, the behavior and actions of the President of the United States point to something else. , but also...
Analyses CSM: “MIKTA: an innovative partnership”
MIKTA is a cooperation platform that consists of five countries: Mexico, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Turkey and Australia. This informal group was formed on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, which was held in New York in 2013. From the very beginning, the MIKTA platform was promoted as...
Analyses CSM: “Dutch vision of the UE: principles or pragmatism?”
Brexit has given new meaning to the Netherlands, which for years has played an important, diplomatic role in Europe and was a mediator of European powers, said Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte recently. In the shadow of Brexit and Franco-German integration, the Netherlands is gaining importance in the European arena...