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14 December 2021

Dr habil. Tomasz Stępniewski took part in the conference: Ukraine in the Context of Thirty Years of Identity-Building in Post-Communist Europe

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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22 November 2021

Webinar: North Macedonia: (un) predictable changes in the political scene / November 24

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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5 November 2021

Newest IEŚ Policy Papers 5/2021: Security dilemma in the Black Sea region in light of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict

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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25 October 2021

The Lublin Triangle vis-a-vis Belarus – a panel within the Cross-Border Cooperation Congress Lublin 2021

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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14 October 2021

Newest „IEŚ Policy Papers” 3/2021: Serbia Twenty Years After the Fall of Slobodan Milošević: Success, Evolution, or Continuation?

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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13 October 2021

Zbigniew Rokita receives Nike Literary Award

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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8 October 2021

Dr. Aleksandra Kuczyńska-Zonik and Marlena Gołębiowska during the celebration of the centenary of establishing Polish-Estonian diplomatic relations

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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1 October 2021

„Russia’s hybrid war against Ukraine: informational and semantic dimensions”

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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29 September 2021

The Lublin Triangle vis-a-vis Belarus – panel at the Cross-Border Cooperation Congress Lublin 2021.

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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10 September 2021

“The state and perspectives of a partnership between Poland and Ukraine” – presentation of the report at the Economic Forum in Karpacz

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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31 August 2021

Dr. Andrzej Szabaciuk participated in the debate “Public diplomacy and concern for the good name of Poland abroad”

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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30 August 2021

New series: Central Europe

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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27 August 2021

“People on the Polish-Belarusian border are victims of Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s cynical game” – an interview for PAP with dr. Andrzej Szabaciuk

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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24 August 2021

Independence Day of Ukraine

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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7 August 2021

Prof. Tomasz Stępniewski at ICCEES 10th World Virtual Congress

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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30 July 2021

„Wyszehrad porwany. Rozmowy o Europie Środka” – the newest IEŚ monograph

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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30 June 2021

Panel “The Three Seas Initiative – where are we today?” during the Local Government Economic Congress – II Three Seas Initiative Forum of Regions, 29th June 2021

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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23 June 2021

IEŚ experts at Local Government Economic Congress – II Three Seas Initiative Forum of Regions, 29th-30th June 2021

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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18 June 2021

IEŚ experts met the College of Europe students in Natolin

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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16 June 2021

Our experts at FIFTH ANNUAL TARTU CONFERENCE ON RUSSIAN AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES

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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