JANUSZ REITER, CIR FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, IN AN INTERVIEW FOR SWR2 – 07/06/2017

I am afraid that Trump’s visit to Poland may only increase the mutual distrust between Poland and Western European members of the European Union. Only united Europe can be a reliable partner for the USA. The priority in the UE should be to try to work on a common position...

Together with think tanks from the Czech Republic, Moldova, Slovakia, Ukraine and Hungary, we have implemented a project dedicated to counteracting online disinformation in Central and Eastern Europe. We monitored internet media, trying to identify common mechanisms and key subjects subject to manipulation. We tried to capture similarities and differences...

Once again, the Center for International Relations, together with the renowned Aspen Institute Prague analytical center, implemented the project as part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs competition – The Polish-Czech Forum – for bringing societies closer, deeper cooperation and good neighborliness. 2017 Forum was dedicated to the development opportunities...

The TRANSFAM project, financed from the so-called Norwegian funds, focused on the issue of transnational migration and settlement of Polish families in Norway. It was implemented by CIR as part of the Polish-Norwegian consortium (CIR, Jagiellonian University, Agder Research, Nova) and lasted from July 1, 2013 till June 30, 2016....

The project was implemented by the CIR in cooperation with the Institute of International Relations in Prague (a renowned independent analytical center) as part of the competition organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland “Czech-Polish Forum for the rapprochement of societies, deepened cooperation and good...

The Center for International Relations is the architect of the initiative, in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the Yunus Social Business Chair at Korczak University in Warsaw. The debates “Poland – Europe: social fiction exercises” (“Poland – Europe – World” – June 9, 2015 and “Future of Europe”...

It is difficult for contemporaries to be a fair and unequivocal judge of events in which they participated. A quarter of a century, however, is a sufficient length of time to calm emotions and to look objectively at the changes that have occurred in Poland and in Europe. On the...

The Center for International Relations have been awarded a grand from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for developing a publication and organizing the debate “The future of Europe: (de)cohesion protocol”, which took place on October 2nd 2014, during the European Forum for New Ideas in Sopot. The aim of the...

In this year’s expert meeting, with specialists from over 20 countries around the world, participants discussed, the impact of Russian annexation of Crimea on the international security, NATO conclusions from intervention in Afghanistan, and cyber security challenges. The “NATO – Asia / Pacific Dialogue” project provides a unique opportunity to...

The Polish-German Energy Forum was initiated by the CIR, and implemented in cooperation with the German partner – Pflüger Internationale Beratung GmbH. Professor Friedbert Pflüger, former Secretary of State in the first government of Chancellor Merkel, Member of the Bundestag 1990-2006 and lecturer at King’s College in London is a ...

On December 2, 2013, the CIR in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Alumni Association and the THINKTANK analytical center, organized a debate devoted to importance of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations for the US-EU relations. The aim of the conference was to outline the most important challenges for...