Łukasz Kulesa (Acting) Head of the Research Office Deputy Head of the Research Office kulesa@pism.pl tel. +48 (22) 556 80 00

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Born April 19th, 1978

Education

• Master of Arts degree in International Relations and European Studies from Central European University (Budapest)
• magister of the Law Department of Jagiellonian University (Cracow)

Professional experience

• from 2003 – analyst at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM):
• 2005-2008 - Coordinator of the International Security Project 
• from February 2008 - Deputy Head of the Research Office
• from September 2008 - Acting Head of the Research Office

Current research interests

• non-proliferation of nuclear weapons (esp. the cases of Iran and North Korea)
• role of nuclear weapons
• the future of arms control system
• security policy of Poland
• future of NATO

Languages

English, Russian (communication skills)

Bibliography

(full bibliography in Polish – see: http://www.pism.pl/pracownik_info/id/31)

Books: co-author, chapters

• [not yet published] Polish involvement in Afghanistan. Navigating between policy priorities, realities on the ground, and reluctant public opinion, [in:] D. Long, F. Kernic, “Transatlantic Relations and International Conflict Management”, Carlton University, Ottawa 2009
• Are Security Challenges Facing NATO Really Global?, ПОЛІТИЧНА ТРАНСФОРМАЦІЯ НАТО ТА СТРАТЕГІЯ ПОДАЛЬШОГО РОЗШИРЕННЯ. ВИКЛИКИ ТА ПЕРСПЕКТИВИ ДЛЯ УКРАЇНИ, (conference proceedings),  Видавець ФО-П Т.А.Кінько, Kijów 2008
• Nuclear disarmament in accordance with Article VI and the principle of undiminished security for all, [in:] “Europe and Nuclear Weapons: Deterrence, Disarmament, (Non-) Proliferation”, Bruylant Editions 2008
• Security Challenges of Ukraine and Moldova: The EU Perception (with Adam Eberhardt), [in:] M. Kibaroglu (ed.), „Turkey’s Neighborhood”, Foreign Policy Institute, Ankara 2008
• The Iranian Nuclear Crisis – a Test for the New Transatlantic Partnership, in: S. Debski (Ed.), “Transatlantic Perspectives on Security Imperatives, LIT Verlag, Berlin 2007
• Poland’s Involvement In Iraqi Stabilisation in 2004, in: “Yearbook of Polish Foreign Policy 2005” Akademia Dyplomatyczna MSZ, Warsaw 2005
• Some remarks on the Polish proposal for reforming the United Nations, in: “The United Nations: threats and challenges in the 21st century Conference held at the First Independent University in Poland, Warsaw, 22-23 March 2004”, “Conferences and seminars” vol. 15, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWSBiA, Warszawa 2004.

Articles 

• NATO Looks Towards the East, commentary for the Center for European Policy Analysis (www.cepa.org), IV 2008
• ISAF Operation in Afghanistan and the Future of NATO – Time for Change, PISM Strategic File #2, March 2008.
• Missile Defence Dossier. The Polish Perspective, ‘Points de Vue’, Fondation pour la Recherche Strategique, IV 2007
• (co-author, with R. Tarnogórski):  The Future of the UN – Reinterpretation or Amendment of the UN Charter? “The Polish Foreign Affairs Digest”, Vol. 5, No. 2 (15), 2005

Speeches

• “The U.S.-Europe-Russia trilateral relations after the U.S. presidential election”, SIIS-PISM seminar, Shanghai, 19 December 2008
• “New Actors, New Institutions”, PISM-SIPRI conference, “Arms Control Revisited: Non-proliferation and Denuclearization”, Warszawa, 20-21 November 2008
•  “NATO’s Nuclear Policy – the Polish view”, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung conference, “Creating the conditions for further disarmament - What role for NATO?”, Berlin, 12 November 2008
• “Security Policy and Transatlantic Relations - US Missile Defence and EU-Russia Policy”, conference “Relations of Central Europe to Russia and Prospects of the EU Russia Strategic Partnership”, Prague, 29-30 September 2008
•  “Priorities of Polish Foreign Policy”, meeting with the representatives of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Warszawa, 18 September 2008
• “Are Security Challenges Facing NATO Really Global?”, conference “NATO’s Political Transformation and a Strategy of Further Enlargement. Challenges and Perspectives for Ukraine”, Center for European and Transatlantic Studies, Kyiv, 12 June 2008
• “Iran’s Nuclear Programme”, PISM – Institute of Strategic Studies (ISS) Bilateral Dialogue, Islamabad, 7-8 May 2008
• „NATO-Russia Relations”, conference “The NATO Bucharest Summit and Russia-NATO Relations”, St. Petersburg, 18 April 2008
•  “Polish involvement in Afghanistan. Navigating between policy priorities, realities on the ground, and reluctant public opinion”, conference „Transatlantic Relations and International Conflict Management”, Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada), 7-8 February 2008
• “Recent Developments on the Korean Peninsula: The European Perspective” , European Experiences of the Confidence – and Security – Building Measures (CSBMs): Applicability and Lessons for the Korean Peninsula, IFANS – PISM Joint Seminar, Seul, 23 November 2007
• “Global Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation”, The First Meeting of the India-Poland Dialogue, Warszawa, 19 October 2007
• „Security issues in Eastern Europe”, (PISM- DPE - Bilkent University seminar ) Change and Continuity in Turkey’s Neighbourhood into the 21st Century, Ankara, 18 June 2007
• „Nuclear disarmament in accordance with article VI and the principle of undiminished security for all”, seminar Europe facing nuclear weapon challenges, Aix-en-Provence, 14 June 2007
• „Success in Afghanistan – how to measure victory?”, PISM conference Challenge of Afghanistan: fighting and development, Warszawa, 7 May 2007
• „The Riga Summit and the mission in Afghanistan and their impact on transatlantic relations”, seminar “The EU and its international engagements” (PISM-Federal Trust), Warszawa, 15 December 2006
• „Reform of the Polish Armed Forces”, meeting with the West Point cadets, PISM, 31 May 2006
•  “Different but Able to Cooperate? – Addressing Global Crises: Iran, UN Reform”. Conference „The Future of EU-Russia Relations: Is there a need for a new PCA?”, Potsdam, 5-6 December 2005
• “Discussion on the U.S. and European Ways of War. A Polish Perspective”. Seminar “Collective Identities and Criteria for Security in Transatlantic Relations”, Kraków, 25 September 2004