Poland as a leader of European cooperation on the North-South line: The Three Seas Initiative
Centre for Europe of University of Warsaw, Centre for International Relations and Institute of Central Europe invite you to a webinar “Poland as a leader of European cooperation on the North-South line: the Three Seas Initiative”. The webinar is part of a project entitled “Balkan Ambitions and Polish Inspirations”. This is...
Warsaw Security Forum, 4-5 October 2022
The Warsaw Security Forum is one of the leading European security conferences devoted to transatlantic cooperation and focused on elaborating shared responses to common challenges, with an emphasis on the security of Central and Eastern Europe. Organized since 2014, the Warsaw Security Forum gathers annually over 1500 highest representatives of governments, international...
European Forum for New Ideas, 12-14 October 2022, Sopot
The European Forum for New Ideas is one of the largest conferences in this part of the continent, dedicated to global trends, new ideas and the future of Europe. Business representatives, charismatic speakers, leaders and policy-makers as well as authorities from the world of culture and science discuss the most...
Poland as a leader in shaping the European Union’s Eastern policy: the Eastern Partnership
Centre for Europe of University of Warsaw, Centre for International Relations and Institute of Central Europe invite you to a webinar “Poland as a leader in shaping the European Union’s Eastern policy: the Eastern Partnership”. The webinar is part of a project entitled “Balkan Ambitions and Polish Inspirations”. This is a...
“It is not about nationalists being in power” – said Eugeniusz Smolar, CIR’s senior fellow, during a debate “The integration and disintegration tendencies in the EU in the context of the war in Ukraine” [13.07.2022]
Of course we should fear them, and the EU was all about taming them. But what we have been facing now it is not just that objectives are wrong, but the mechanism has not been fully implemented in the manner that would involve not just the national elites of all...
“The presidency country is responsible to bring the Union together, also meaning the responsibility to announce objectives and see if these objectives were fulfilled” – said Małgorzata Bonikowska from the Centre of International Relations for TVPWorld [03.07.2022]
The Czech Republic will continue all the efforts which started under the previous presidency – France and will want to leave at the end of the year with some results. That’s the role of the presidency – to push further, which is difficult, but to push further the things which...
“NATO will open up to Finland and Sweden. It is ready to defend Europe against threats from Russia” – said Dr. Małgorzata Bonikowska, president of CSM, commenting on current events related to the war in Ukraine on the Arab TV Asharq News الشرق للأخبار [16/05/2022]
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Quieter on air!
Due to the information chaos in the era of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Centre for International Relations (CIR) has launched a series of essays and podcasts on disinformation which is to be a continuation of our Start2Think project – this time literally from the front lines of the information...
President of Ukraine, Zelenskyy wants a decent peace, meaning – to finish the war but not on the Russian conditions – said Dr Małgorzata Bonikowska – President of the Centre for International Relations during a debate with Anwar Goswami on Republic TV – India [07.04.2022]
It should be on the conditions taking into account that Ukraine is able to fight Russia, able to stop Russia to take Kiev, and in the same way Ukraine is able to keep the integrity of its territory – which is the major rule of the international law – said...
“European Union counts on India’s wisdom” – says Dr. Małgorzata Bonikowska during The Debate With Arnab Goswami [31.03.2022]
The real point is how to solve this particular war and what to do in a larger sense to be able to survive on this planet – this question Dr. Małgorzata Bonikowska asked during The Debate With Arnab Goswami “World Rushes To India To Find Way Out Of Russia-Ukraine War”...
The prime ministers’ visit from Poland, Czech Republic and Slovenia to Kiev was significant when it comes to showing European support for Ukraine and the debate on the future of Ukraine – stated Dr. Małgorzata Bonikowska, president of Centre for International Relations on Asharq News الشرق للأخبار Saudi Arabia [17.03.2022]
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“Russia cannot afford to lose control” – said Dr Małgorzata Bonikowska in the World News (TVP World) analyzing the developments in Kazakhstan and Russia’s involvement there [10.01]
Russia tries to keep its influence in Central Asia, and Kazakhstan is the most important country in the region with many natural resources. So Russia cannot afford to lose control and it is acting now as a leading power in the Collective Security Treaty Organisation and provides help to the...
Strategic cooperation with THINKTANK institute
As part of the cooperation between the Centre for Analysis and Research THINKTANK and the Centre for International Relations, the following projects are underway: talks from the series Diplomatic Coffee meetings from the series BOOK TALK online debates More about THINKTANK you can find HERE
KonwersAzja
KonwersAzja is a podcast series produced in collaboration between the Asia Department of the New Confederation and the Center for International Relations In one of the podcasts, guests on the programme commented on decisions that have been made at the highest global level from an Asian perspective. It is this...
Europe Asia Review
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“The South China See situation just shows that that’s not to have it [fleet], but also to use it” – dr Małgorzata Bonikowska, CIR’s president, commented on investitions in Chinese army for PolandIn [28.10.2021]
Dr. Bonikowska confirmed that US feels concerned about growing Chinese military potential, also in view of the tense situation surrounding Taiwan. US creates new alliances to fight with threats posed by China – such AUKUS between US, UK and Australia. Dr. Bonikowska also said that ASEAN member states have strategic...
“Compromise (a temporary license) does not eliminate the problem of the future of the independent TVN television network” – writes Eugeniusz Smolar, analyst at the Centre for International Relations
The Polish government’s attempt to force the American company Discovery to sell the popular TV station TVN and the TVN24 news channel shocked many in the country and beyond. This move goes against the policy of all of Poland’s governments since 1989 to pursue the closest possible transatlantic relations and...
“The European Commission exists to obey the functioning of European law in its territory on behalf of all Member States ” – said dr. Bonikowska, CIR’s president [07.09.2021]
Dr. Małgorzata Bonikowska in” Fakty po Faktach: The European Commission has asked the Court of Justice of the European Union to impose financial penalties on Poland regarding the system of disciplining judges. Poland may be punished because it is the next stage of the infringement procedure. These obligations consist, inter...