“Ukraine’s path to join the European Union will be very long because it depends not only on Ukraine” – dr Małgorzata Bonikowska in TVN24 [03.02.2023]

While commenting on the EU-Ukraine summit, which took place on 3.02.2023 in Kyiv, dr Bonikowska drew attention to the complexity of the EU enlargement process. It is already difficult for some institutions to coordinate joint actions of member states, so the potential increase in their number to more than thirty...

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 Traveler Polska, THINKTANK and Weco-Travel. Once a month, together with invited guests, former ambassadors, we present you a different region of the world. Our next...

Germany’s eastern policy has strained the country’s position in Europe. However, it is still the largest country in the EU in terms of population and the largest EU economy. It is also Poland’s first and most important economic partner , said Dr. Bonikowska. This is the moment in which Germany...

Any economic forecasts are too risky at the moment. But let me give you an interesting example. In the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, which joined the euro in a very turbulent economic period, the very impact of anticipation of accession, i.e. before their accession, was positive. Both in...

Asked to identify the most crucial changes going on in the current world, Dr. Bonikowska responded that the biggest challenge firstly is to understand that there are two proposals on the table for states to choose from regarding their political systems. On the one hand, there is a liberal system...

We are currently seeing massive rocket attacks. At one point, the Russian army was keen to stabilize the front – a strategic pause to prepare the recently mobilized citizens for combat. It seems that Russia is now more determined than at the beginning of the war. Putin is also determined...

For Putin’s Russia, now with the international status of a terrorist state, it is likely that it will continue its anti-western campaign and military attacks in Ukraine in order to achieve those victories that were planned but not realized in the last year. However, all forms of Western support for...

I perceive it as proof of weakness. The handbook recommends to emphasize that Vladimir Putin, sending troops, made the only right decision to pre-empt the impending attack by Ukraine and NATO. Of course, Russia should continue to emphasize that the special operation is successful, said Eugeniusz Smolar, the CIR expert....

The European Union is a pillar of strength and stability, said the president of CIR in an interview with Grzegorz Kajdanowicz. She also reminded that the funds from the National Reconstruction Plan mean “temporary money, so you have to hurry”. Find out more

This visit took place at an extremely important, difficult, critical moment, when you can see that Russia is using its double advantage. Numerical superiority – material and human. Ukraine must respond to this. And in order to answer, he needs strong support from the West, especially from America. Ukraine received...

The Eurobarometer shows very stable support for the Ukrainian case as well as the military domain within the EU. At the same time, however, Europeans do not want a wavering conflict or aim at overpowering Russia by any means, but prefer to end this crisis with a peaceful method of...

Eugeniusz Smolar writes that the war between Russia and Ukraine ploughed through the awareness of threats. The reorientation of Western politicians and societies is not an easy process, given the persistence of the previous assumptions and economic consequences – the energy crisis, high inflation and recession, which threatens to undermine...

There should be no illusions that Russia has enormous potential to negatively influence European security, which does not mean that Russia should find its place in the new security architecture of Europe, said Eugeniusz Smolar. He pointed out that the refusal to talk is also a form of communication while...

It so happens that in foreign policy, when we decide, for example, on sanctions against Russia, unanimity is necessary. Thus, even a small Hungary, or even a smaller Malta, can block the work of the other members, Dr. Bonikowska commented on Hungary’s actions. Hungary now takes advantage of this and...

The whole thing looks indeed theatrical, were it not for the fact that there is a social basis for right-wing radicalism, which in Germany is considered the greatest threat to the stability of democracy – Eugeniusz Smolar, CIR expert, about the detention of people suspected of preparing a coup d’état....

On the occasion of President Andrzej Duda signing the amendment to the Penal Code on Friday, December 2, Adam Bodnar comments that the President had ignored the voices of scientists who have criticized the proposed regulations to be incompatible with human rights standards as well as inadequate in terms of...

A group of people who have no real entrenchment in German society has been caught. They mean nothing politically. The very person of their leader, this prince whom no one had heard of until recently, shows that this is a complete marginality – said Janusz Reiter, Chairman of the Council...

In this short interview conducted during the Open Eyes Economy Summit 2022 in Krakow in November, Adam Bodnar elaborates on the question of how human rights relate to urban space. At the same time, Bodnar promotes the concept of universal design. Read more

“In Poland, apart from completely marginal groups from the extreme right, there is an undoubted consensus that the United States is a strategic ally in the security sphere. However, there is no such cross-party agreement and unity in terms of relations with Poland’s key neighbor, Germany, as well as in...

In the interview, Bruno Surdel contextualizes recent actions undertaken by the Turkish Government, especially in Turkish foreign policy. Among other things, Surdel comments on the Turkish economic crisis as well as on the ongoing conflict between Turkey and Greece evolving around territorial claims of islands in the Aegean See. Find...