Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, 2022, an escalation of the ongoing war since 2014. From the beginning, our experts analyze the course and causes of the conflict. Below we present the links in English version: COMMENTARIES On a regular basis we publish our opinions in a series of comments, since the beginning of the aggression all relate to the situation in...
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On March 23, IEŚ held a meeting with the ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to Poland Luc Jacobs. The Institute was represented by Prof. Beata Surmacz (Head Director), Prof. Tomasz Stępniewski (Deputy Director) and dr. Jakub Olchowski (Head of the Eastern Europe Team). The conversation was about the current geopolitical situation in the region. Udostępnij
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We invite you to watch the webinar: Southeast European Reactions to the war in Ukraine / 4 March 2022 In Central Europe the war in Ukraine is overwhelmingly percieved as a threat not only to the regional stability but also to the peace in Europe. The conflict triggers implications also for the future of NATO’s Eastern Flank. Despite the membership in the Alliance of most of the...
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We invite you to read the newest IES Policy Papers 4/2021: Romania, NATO and the geopolitics of the Black Sea Tomasz Stępniewski, Romania and the geopolitics of the Black SeaIulia-Sabina Joja, Romania’s role on NATO’s eastern flankTeodor Lucian Moga, Romania’s actions in the eastern neighbourhood (external views of Ukraine and Moldova) The whole publication is...
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At this difficult time, we stand in solidarity with the citizens of Ukraine. Udostępnij Udostępnij
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland firmly condemns the decision of president Vladimir Putin on the recognition by the Russian Federation of two self-proclaimed republics situated on the territory of Ukraine – the so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic” and “Luhansk People’s Republic”. It amounts de facto to Russian side’s rejection of the Minsk...
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We invite you to participate in the webinar: The Demographic crisis in the Western Balkans / 17 February 2022 / Time: 12.00 CET...
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We are glad to inform you about the publications of our experts in “Studies in European Affairs”, University of Warsaw, in issue 4/2021, edited by Tomasz Stępniewski and Artur Adamczyk. Issue 4/2021 of the scientific quarterly journal “Studies in European Affairs” has just been published. This is the last of the jubilee issues on the occasion of the 30th...
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We would like to invite you to read our newest IEŚ Policy Papers 8/2021: NATO’s Eastern flank: Towards NATO 2022 Madrid Summit. Editors: Dominik P. Jankowski, Tomasz Stępniewski Dominik P. Jankowski, Tomasz Stępniewski, Introduction Tomasz Kowalik, NATO’s Eastern Flank: Towards a More Robust Defence Marcin Kozieł, NATO-Ukraine Relations on the Road to the...
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We would like to invite you to read The Yearbook of the IEŚW 4/2021: The 30. Anniversary of the Breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: Post-Cold War Dissolution Processes and its Consequences in the Balkans. Where Are We Now? Editors: dr hab. Agata Domachowska and dr hab Konrad Pawłowski. PAPERS Sławomir Lucjan Szczesio, International aspects of the...
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We invite you to read the newest IEŚ Policy Papers 11/2021 – Evolution of the Council of the Baltic Sea States: three decades of regional cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region (1991-2021). Author: dr Damian Szacawa. The Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) was established in March 1992 to ensure a regional forum for political dialogue among states from both sides of the...
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The International Research Team on Relations between Poland and Ukraine, co-founded by the Institute of Political Science and Administration, UMCS, the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University and the Institute of Central Europe invite you to read the report: State and Prospects of the Strategic Partnership between...
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We invite you to read the newest volume of the Yearbook of the Institute of East-Central Europe: The Baltic Sea Region: States, Societies, and Future Development. Editors: Aleksandra Kuczyńska-Zonik, Peteris F. TimofejevsTable of contents: Kazimierz Musiał, The integrative potential of science and research cooperation for suturing the Baltic Sea Region in the 21st...
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On December 18, 2021, the Institute of Central Europe celebrated three years of activity. It was an intense and creative time, full of hard work and new ideas. At the end of the year we will present a comprehensive summary of our work. We are glad that you have been with us for so long. In the meanwhile, we have launched a series of films promoting the activities of the...
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On 14 December 2021, Institute of Central Europe hosted a meeting with Prof. Oleksandr Shubaly, the Head of the Economics Department of the Lutsk National Technical University, who is currently a scholarship holder of the Kirkland Research Programme. The Institute was represented by director, prof. Beata Surmacz, Deputy Director, prof. Tomasz Stępniewski and Senior Analyst of the...
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The Institute was a partner of the conference: Ukraine in the Context of Thirty Years of Identity-Building in Post-Communist Europe As part of the event, Dr habil. Tomasz Stępniewski moderated the panel: Post-Communist Transition: The View from Within / 30 November 2021 CHAIR:TOMASZ STĘPNIEWSKI | Associate Professor, Institute of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences,...
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We recommend reading IEŚ Policy Papers 7/2021: The Habsburg heritage in collective memory and politics of memory: the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia (1989-2020) by Dr. Agata Tatarenko. The entire text is available on our website. Udostępnij
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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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