Polish-Israeli Foreign Policy Conference

Belweder Palace, Warsaw, Poland
March 31, 2009

Photo gallery

Programme

9.30–9.45            

Conference opening:

• Sławomir Dębski, PhD, Director, Polish Institute of International Affairs
• Laurence Weinbaum, PhD, Executive Director, Israel Council on Foreign Relations

9.45-10.15                 

Keynote Speech:

Władysław Bartoszewski, Prof., Secretary of State, Chancellery of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland

10.15–11.45        

Session 1: Poland – Israel bilateral relations: How Should We Shape Our Strategic Partnership?

Speakers:

• Mordechai Palzur, Amb., Chairman, Institute of the World Jewish Congress, Israel
• Mariusz Handzlik, Undersecretary of State, Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland
• Laurence Weinbaum, PhD, Executive Director, Israel Council on Foreign Relations
• Maciej Kozłowski, Amb., Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland

Chair: Sławomir Dębski, PhD, Director, Polish Institute of International Affairs

Discussion

11.45–12.00 Coffee break

12.00–13.30        

Session 2: Bringing EU and Israel closer: the role of Poland

Speakers:

• Roman Kuźniar, Prof., University of Warsaw, Poland
• Avi Primor, Director, Trilateral Center for European Studies, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel
• Leszek Jesień, PhD, EU Programme Coordinator, Polish Institute of International Affairs
• Yahel Vilan, Embassy of Israel in Warsaw

Chair: Aharon Klieman, Prof., University of Tel Aviv, Israel

Discussion

13.30–15.00  Lunch

15.00–16.30        

Session 3: Dealing with the Only Superpower – Polish and Israeli Experience in Shaping Relations with the U.S. 

Speakers:

• Aharon Klieman, Prof., University of Tel Aviv, Israel
• Artur Orzechowski, Director, Department of America, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland
• Moshe Arad, Amb., former Ambassador of Israel to the U.S., Israel
• Zbigniew Lewicki, Prof., University of Warsaw, Poland

Chair: Leszek Jesień, PhD, EU Programme Coordinator, Polish Institute of International Affairs

Discussion

16.30–16.45        

Conclusions