“British referendum: the day after” – CIR’s Debate

The fate of Brexit was decided by members of the older generations and their sentiments towards good old England that doesn’t exist anymore. The United Kingdom is constantly changing. Even the campaign that preceded the referendum was very unusual; instead of the traditional keep calm and carry on slogans, it...

Security is not a commodity, security is a value. Every citizen and every society deserves to be safe. The key role of NATO is to defend peace – said Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland, during the opening of the Warsaw Summit Experts’ Forum. The event was held...

Polish society is very divided and these divisions go even further now. No one says that the ruling party shouldn’t propose the changes, but the way the party in power is doing it is very controversial and needs a wide political debate. Unfortunately, the government doesn’t want to discuss. This...

Dialogue is the axis of the Polish-German relations. Instead of discussing the dissymmetry of Polish-German relations we should talk about interdependency. – said Janusz Reiter, Founder of CIR, Chairman of the Foundation Board and the former Polish ambassador to Germany, during the opening of the Polish-German Energy Forum on the...

For almost 30 years of existence, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has tried more than a dozen defendants, possible, which 8 were found guilty – writes prof. Klaus Bachmann, a collaborator of CSM, professor of political science at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, member of the Stefan Batory...

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...

The Centre for International Relations is among EFNI’s knowledge partners. The Forum is organised every year by the Lewiatan Confederation in Sopot at the end of September. Dr Małgorzata Bonikowska, President of the CIR, is a member of the EFNI Programme Council, ensuring the high level of the Forum. The...

Economic and demographic trends are already affecting the socioeconomic environment in Europe. The latest forecasts according to which the European continent will become a field of drastic changes related to, among others, become fashionable. with the uncontrolled development of robotics, huge unemployment, or with the Islamization of Europe – writes...

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...

Economic and demographic trends are already in motion that will determine the macro-level socio-economic and socio-political environment of mid-century Europe. Fashionable prognostications for the middle future focus on cataclysmic changes like the rise of robotics, the end of work, or the Islamization of Europe. These are possible, but perhaps a...

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...

“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...

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...

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...