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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...

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...

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 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...

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 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...

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...

The Konrad Adenauer Foundation has implemented a project, which aimed at conducting a regular dialogue between Europe and Asia (especially Eastern Asia) and at improving cooperation between the continents. For the last fifteen years, representatives of international think tanks and research institutes have met alternately in one of the European...

In 2007, CIR started participation in the project financed by the European Commission under the 6th edition of the CLANDESTINO Framework Programme – “Irregular Migration: Counting the uncountable Data and Trends Across Europe”. The project has a comparative and interdisciplinary character, and provided a critical analysis of the undocumented migration...

In 2006, CIR started participation in the project financed by the European Commission under the 6th edition of the EMILE Framework Programme – “European approach towards to the multicultural citizenship: legal, political, and educational challenges”. Its aim is to develop well-established research solutions to the current multicultural crisis in Europe....

The project is financially supported by the Delegation of the European Commission as a part of interdisciplinary programme PHARE-ZZ9724.

Sponsored by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Promotion Department)

Sponsored by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Promotion Department)

Sponsored by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Promotion Department)

The project is financially supported by the Delegation of the European Commission as a part of interdisciplinary programme PHARE-ZZ9724.