Patrycja Sasnal Analyst Managing Editor PISM Strategic Files sasnal@pism.pl +48 (22) 556 80 00

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Patrycja Sasnal, PISM research fellow in Middle Eastern studies, will be a visiting Fulbright scholar at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University in Washington DC starting September 2010 through February 2011.

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Education

2007 - PhD candidate (Jagiellonian University)

2005 - MA in International Relations (Jagiellonian University)

2005 - MA in Arabic Philology (Jagiellonian University)

Professional experience and research

Languages
English, Arabic, French, Polish (mother tongue)

Fields of expertise

• International Relations in the Middle East
• American Policy in the Middle East
• Modern Arab Thought
• Political Philosophy
• Syria (Politics, People & Language)
• USA (Politics & Society)
• Pakistan (Politics & Society)

Bibliography

• Baza bez bazy [Baseless Base], "Polityka" no. 39/2009. (in Polish)
• U.S. Policy Towards Actors in the Arab-Israeli Conflict, PISM Research Papers, August 2009.
• Obama: Beyond Military Intervention, ISN Security Watch, International Security Network, 22 July 2009.
• Barack Obama’s Visit to the Middle East and Importance of Cairo Address of 4 June 2009, PISM Bulletin 33(33)/2009, also available in Spanish from Centro de Estudios Internacionales para el Desarrollo La Visita de Barack Obama a Medio Oriente e importancia de la Declaracion de El Cairo del 4 de junio de 2009
• Greater Middle East and Polish Presidency of the EU Council, PISM Bulletin 23(23)/2009
• Parliamentary Election in Israel - Foreign Policy Consequences, PISM Bulletin 9(9)/2009, also available in Spanish from Centro de Estudios Internacionales para el Desarrollo Elecciones parlamentarias en Israel. Consecuencias de la politica exterior
• The International Context of the Israeli Offensive in the Gaza Strip, PISM Bulletin 3/2009
• Syria-Israel Talks: High Stakes and Low Expectations, PISM Strategic File, 5/2008
• The Struggle for Hearts and Minds - American Public Diplomacy in the Middle East, Polish Diplomatic Review, 2(42)/2008 (in Polish)
• US Presidential Visit in the Middle East, PISM Bulletin 2(470)/2008 (in Polish)
• Political Crisis in Lebanon and the Doha Agreement, PISM Bulletin 23(491)/2008 (in Polish)
• Pakistan's Domestic and International Challenges after Coalition Break-up, PISM Bulletin 39(507)/2008 (in Polish)
• State of Emergency in Pakistan, PISM Bulletin 48(462)/2007 (in Polish)
• Annapolis Conference, PISM Bulletin 51(465)/2007 (in Polish)

Co-author:

• New initiatives in the British Policy in the Middle East, PISM Bulletin 61(529)/2008
• Consequences of Withdrawing the Polish Military Contingent from Iraq, Polish Diplomatic Review, 1(41)/2008 (in Polish)

Speeches

• Pakistan: The Need for Security Guarantees, SWP-PISM Seminar, Berlin, July 2009.
• The idea of freedom in different cultures. The case of the Middle East, European Liberal Forum Summer School on Leadership, Ustroń, July 2009.
• Pakistan: Between a Client State and a Client State, International Institute for Strategic Studies/PISM, London, July 2008
• Syria and the Palestinians in Polish Foreign Policy, PISM, Warsaw, June 2008 (in Polish)
• Iran as a regional player, Polish-Pakistani Dialogue, Institute of Strategic Studies/PISM, Islamabad, May 2008
• Israeli Separation Barrier vs. International Law, JKD, Krakow, April 2008
• 'Let the cleaners in': On Some Misperceptions of the Israel-Palestine Conflict, The Middle East Peace Process after Annapolis, PISM, Warsaw, April 2008
• US Role in Global Affairs, India-Poland Dialogue, PISM, Warsaw, November 2007

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