2013-05-15 North America Oil: A Game Changer in a Global Energy Landscape?
In its annual “Medium-Term Oil Market Report”, released Tuesday (14 May), the International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts a new oil shock in global markets. Yet unlike the well-known OPEC-driven crises, which marked sharp price rises, this will be a supply shock created by a surge in North American oil production.
More >> | | 2013-05-16 Seminar: Towards the 2013 Bundestag elections - do the Germans want an Alternative?
On 16 May, the Polish Institute of International Affairs organised the experts seminar “Towards the 2013 Bundestag Elections: Do the Germans Want an Alternative?”.
Taking part in the seminar were Piotr Buras (The European Council on
Foreign Relations), Sebastian Płóciennik (University of Wroclaw) and
PISM analyst Ryszarda Formuszewicz. The meeting was moderated by Roderick Parkes, PISM’s EU Programme Coordinator.
The discussion was focused on three issues: an assessment of the
prospects of the ruling coalition CDU/CSU-FDP to remain in power, the
opposition SDP-Greens programme, and the importance of new players on
the German political scene.
Photos by Jadwiga Winiarska
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2013-05-07 Are Poland and Israel able to become strategic partners?
Are Poland and Israel able to become strategic partners? This question
was posed during the first round of the Polish-Israeli strategic
dialogue. On 7th May 2013 in the Israeli city of Herzliya, a delegation
from PISM along with Polish and Israeli diplomats, members of the armed
forces, and scientists and researchers held a roundtable discussion on
these and other matters.
More >> | | 2013-05-07 PISM Report: The Renegotiation Delusion? Nine Questions about Britain's EU future
Is the UK leaving the EU, or just on the way to a new membership status?
Would a special, looser membership status for the UK affect Poland and
its position as a non-eurozone member? These issues and others are
discussed in the latest PISM report
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2013-04-25 Seminar: Regional Dynamics in the South Caucasus Region: Consequences for the EU and NATO
On 25 April 2013, the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) in cooperation with the Centre for European and North Atlantic Affairs (CENAA) organised the closed seminar “Regional Dynamics in the South Caucasus Region: Consequences for the EU and NATO”.
More >> | | 2013-05-16 PISM at the Warsaw Book Fair
On 16–19 May 2013, PISM took part in the
Warsaw Book Fair organised at the National Stadium, presenting its
publications, including the two most recent ones: a Polish edition of Andres
Kasekamp’s A History of the Baltic States and a new volume of Polish Diplomatic Documents
focused on Polish foreign policy in 1937.
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2013-04-24 PISM is co-hosting the NATO Advanced Research Workshop
NATO Advanced Research Workshop 984495 titled “The Perseverance of Terrorism: Focus on Leaders” convened in Belgrade between April 24 and April 26, 2013.
The workshop’s venue was the centrally located and prestigious Hotel
Balkan, itself situated only circa 50 metres away from the venue of a
terrorist attack by the Croat separatists in Belgrade in 1978. The NATO
country co-director of the event was PISM’s analyst, Kacper Rekawek who was assisted by the non-NATO country co-director – Marko Milosevic of the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy.
More >> | | 2013-04-24 PISM Report: The Warsaw Workshop Prospects for Information Sharing and Confidence Building on Non-Strategic Nuclear Weapons in Europe
The Polish Institute of International Affairs is pleased to present the
final report from “The Warsaw Workshop: Prospects for Information
Sharing and Confidence Building on Non-Strategic Nuclear Weapons in
Europe”, which was held on 7 and 8 February 2013.
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2013-04-23 Conference: Safety of Journalists – Current Challenges
On 23-24 April PISM is co-hosting with the Embassies of Austria and Switzerland and the MFA, conference titled Safety of Journalists – Current Challenges.
More >> | | 2013-04-23 New Issue of The Polish Quarterly of International Affairs
PISM is pleased to announce that issue no.
1/2013 of The Polish Quarterly of International Affairs is now
available. The quarterly published since 1992 now has a new cover.
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2013-04-23 Seminar: Germany and Poland—Towards an Energy Transformation Partnership
On 23 April 2013, the Polish Institute of International Affairs, in cooperation with the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung organized the seminar “Germany and Poland—Towards an Energy Transformation Partnership”. The event took place in Berlin and has been prepared within the framework of the PISM–SWP energy dialogue.
More >> | | 2013-04-18 Meeting at PISM with Frank A. Rose, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Space and Defense Policy
On 18 April, the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) hosted a closed expert seminar with Frank A. Rose,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Space and Defense Policy. The meeting
served as an opportunity to discuss in depths the developments with
regards to U.S. Missile Defence program, especially the recent
announcement of modification of the project made by the U.S. Secretary
of Defense Chuck Hagel.
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2013-04-17 Meeting at PISM with Félix Fernández Shaw
On 17 April, the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) hosted the closed experts debate “EU Development Policy in a Changing World: Actors and Instruments”, with the participation of
Félix Fernández Shaw, head of the Development Cooperation Coordination
Division of the European External Action Service (EEAS). Representatives
of think tanks, nongovernmental organisations as well as governmental
and academic environments took part in the meeting moderated by PISM Deputy Director Beata Wojna.
More >> | | 2013-04-16 Hubert Védrine and Adam Daniel Rotfeld debate on the future of NATO
On 16 April 2013, The Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)
organised the debate: “Twenty Years after the Demise of the USSR and on
the Eve of Leaving Afghanistan: France's and Poland's Views of NATO and
European Defence”, which included a presentation by former French
Foreign Affairs Minister Hubert Vedrine and former Polish Foreign
Affairs Minister Adam Daniel Rotfeld. The meeting was opened by Marcin
Zaborowski, PISM’s director, and Pierre Buhler, the ambassador of France
to Poland.
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