We invite you to watch the webinar: North Macedonia: (un) predictable changes in the political scene. Local elections in North Macedonia caused major political turmoil. While the perspective of European integration is fading and Bulgarian veto undermines foreign policy of North Macedonia in the SEE region, the internal domestic reforms still wait for adoption and implementation....
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We cordially invite you to read our newest IEŚ Policy Papers 5/2021: Security dilemma in the Black Sea region in light of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Edited by: Oleksii Polegkyi i Tomasz Stępniewski. Oleksii Polegkyi, Tomasz Stępniewski, Security dilemma in the Black Sea region in light of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict: Introduction. Stephen Blank, Russia’s War in...
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We cordially invite you to watch the webinar: From the Soviet Union to New Forms of Cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region, which took place on 26th October 2021. Participants: Aleksandra Borowicz (University of Gdańsk) Damian Szacawa (Institute of Central Europe, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin)...
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We invite you to watch the panel The Lublin Triangle vis-a-vis Belarus, which took place on October 5, 2021 at the Ibis Styles Lublin hotel. The event was a part of the 10th-anniversary edition of the Cross-Border Cooperation Congress Lublin 2021 Moderator:prof. Beata Surmacz – director of the Central Europe Institute (Poland) Panel members:Eduardas Borisovas – Ambassador of...
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We cordially invite you to read the newest „IEŚ Policy Papers” 3/2021: Serbia Twenty Years After the Fall of Slobodan Milošević: Success, Evolution, or Continuation? Agata Domachowska, A landmark event? Disappointment? Lost hope? Memories of October 5, 2000 in Serbia twenty years later Jacek Wojnicki, The evolution of the social and political situation in the Republic...
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We would like to congratulate Zbigniew Rokita who won the Nike 2021 literary award for his book Kajs. We are glad that he is co-editor – together with Tomasz stępniewski – of the series “Europa Środkowa”. The full texts are available on our website: Europa Środkowa. Rozmowy o (nie)pamięci, red. Tomasz Stępniewski, Lublin 2020 Sojuz ruszymyj. Związek...
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On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of establishing Estonian-Polish diplomatic relations and the 30th anniversary of their restoration, the Embassy of the Republic of Estonia in Warsaw organized a seminar “Estonia and Poland: Common Past and Future”. The event took place on October 7, 2021 at the Palace on the Isle at the Royal Łazienki Museum. Its first part was...
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Diana Kupar, PhD (Uzhhorod National University) will deliver a lecture „Russia’s hybrid war against Ukraine: informational and semantic dimensions”. Date: Monday, 4 October 2021Time: 11.30-12.30 amPlace: Institute of Central Europe Diana Kupar, PhD is a lecturer at Uzhhorod National University (Ukraine). Her research includes Russian foreign policy in Central Europe,...
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We invite you to participate in The Lublin Triangle vis-a-vis Belarus panel, which will be held on October 5, 2021 at 10:15 at the Ibis Styles Lublin Hotel (al. Solidarności 7). The event is part of the 10th Jubilee edition of the Cross-Border Cooperation Congress Lublin 2021. The meeting will also be broadcast online. swfa Moderator: Beata Surmacz – director of the...
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As part of the 30th edition of the “Europe of the Carpathians” conference, the report “The state and prospects of a partnership between Poland and Ukraine” was presented, prepared by the Institute of Political Sciences and Administration of UMCS, the Institute of Central Europe in Lublin and the T. Shevchenko Institute of International Relations KUN. During...
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On August 27-29, 2021, in the building of the Józef Piłsudski Museum in Sulejówek and in Warsaw, the Past / Future Review was held, organized by the Janusz Kurtyka Foundation. This event had a dynamic and multifaceted formula, which consisted of a series of debates, a scientific conference, a Foundation Prize Gala, an exhibition presenting initiatives commemorating the...
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We invite you to read our new series: Central Europe. ewgw The full texts in Polish are available on our website.Central Europe. Conversations about (un)memory, edited by Tomasz Stępniewski, Lublin 2020 Soyuz ruszymyj. The Soviet Union 30 years after the collapse, ed. Zbigniew Rokita, Tomasz Stępniewski, Lublin 2021 Vysehrad torn. Conversations about Central Europe, edited by...
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People on the Polish-Belarusian border are victims of Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s cynical game aimed at destabilizing the political situation in Poland, says political scientist, dr. Andrzej Szabaciuk in an interview with PAP. In his opinion, the president of Belarus wants to force concessions regarding the sanctions imposed on this country by the EU. The full article is to read...
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Today we are celebrating the Independence Day of Ukraine. Happy Birthday! Сьогодні cвяткуємo День Hезалежності України. Бажаємо всього найкращого. Слава Україні. [photo: Jakub Olchowski, graphiti in Netishyn] Udostępnij
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Prof. Tomasz Stępniewski, Deputy Director of the Institute of Central Europe for Research and Analytical Affairs, participated in the international ICCEES 10th World Virtual Congress (August 3-8, 2021, Montreal, Quebec, Canada). On August 4, 2021, he delivered the speech “NATO’s Eastern Flank at the Time of Russia’s Invasion and Occupation of Ukraine”...
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We present you with the collection of conversations “Visegrad torn” – a story about Central Europe told by some of the most interesting people dealing with these matters in the region. While preparing it, our main goal was to present an intriguing perspective on the issues of the region – and we are convinced that our authors have managed to do so. The book...
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The newest IEŚ monograph Sojuz ruszymyj. Soviet Union 30 years after its collapse, edited by Zbigniew Rokita and Tomasz Stępniewski, is now available. It is a collection of interviews about the countries that emerged after the collapse of the former empire of the Soviet Union. The book in Polish is available here. dfh Udostępnij
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During the Local Government Economic Congress – II Forum of the Three Seas Regions, the director of IEŚ, Ms. Beata Surmacz, had a conversation with the Japanese ambassador, Mr. Akio Miyajima. The conversation concerned the situation in Central Europe and the presence of Japan and China in this space. Udostępnij
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The Local Government Economic Congress – the 2nd Forum of the Three Seas Regions, the content partner of which is the Institute of Central Europe, is currently held in Lublin. Our experts – Marlena Gołębiowska from the Baltic Team and dr Łukasz Lewkowicz from the Visegrad Team participated in the panel “The Three Seas Initiative – where are we...
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The Local Government Economic Congress – the 2nd Forum of the Three Seas Regions will take place next week in Lublin. The event aims to strengthen the cohesion of the regions of the European Union by strengthening the socio-economic and scientific cooperation of local governments from Central and Eastern European countries participating in the Three Seas Initiative, i.e....
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Dr Marta Drabczuk, dr Andrzej Szabaciuk (Department of Eastern Europe) and dr hab. Beata Piskorska (Chairperson of the ICE Board) met the students of College of Europe in Natolin. They held for them lectures about the perspectives of EU’s Eastern Partnership policy in the context of the internal situation in Ukraine and Belarus and relations with Russia. Photos thanks to...
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IEŚ experts (prof. Tomasz Stępniewski, dr Aleksandra Kuczyńska-Zonik and dr Andrzej Szabaciuk) took part in FIFTH ANNUAL TARTU CONFERENCE ON RUSSIAN AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES, “Post-Socialist (dis)Orders”, which was held online between 6th and 8th June in Tartu (Estonia). During the panel „Geopolitics, security and migration in East-Central Europe and in the...
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The Institute of Central Europe cordially invites you to the webinar “Thirty Years of Ukraine’s Independence: Achievements and Challenges”. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, at 12:00 Central European Time (CET). This webinar will be held in English on Zoom. Please use the link below to register in...
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Welcome to the first edition of the Lublin Central Europe Forum organized by the Institute of Central Europe in cooperation with numerous partners from Poland and Europe. In 2021, we are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the events crucial to the region. Thirty years ago, in February 1991, the Visegrád Group was established as a structure integrating the central part of...
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We cordially invite you to take part in our webinar “Albania after the Elections: More of the Same Old Story?” which will take place on May 11, at 1:30 p.m. via ZOOM. wfqw Our speakers: Prof. Asoc. Ilir Kalemaj, PhD, University of New York Tirana Prof. Asoc. Gentiana Kera, PhD, University of Tirana Dr. Tobias Rüttershoff, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V. Gjergji...
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