The Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM, pl, Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych) in

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is a Polish

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which carries out research and training in international relations. In this field, it ranks as one of the most influential think tanks not just in Central and Eastern Europe but in the European Union as a whole.

History of PISM

PISM was established by the Parliament of the

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in 1947. In 1972, the institute gained the right to confer doctoral degrees, of which the first recipient was

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. In 1993, the institute was closed and an “Office of International Studies – Institute of International Affairs” was created under the

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. In 1996 the institute was reactivated, this time under the name Polish Institute of International Affairs. PISM is funded principally from the Polish state budget and it works closely with the Polish foreign and defense ministries.

Activities of PISM

With a permanent research staff of thirty-five, PISM is prolific in the fields of European and

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affairs,

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with a particular emphasis on

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, EU security policy,

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and

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. The institute has produced notable reports not least on the question of missile defense, British efforts to renegotiate the EU treaties and the future of the EU, as well as being part of the international drafting committee for projects on a Euro-Atlantic/Eurasian Security Community and a European Global Strategy. PISM is one of the twenty-six members of the global Council of Councils, the think-tank counterpart to the

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. Besides its core tasks of research and analysis, PISM organizes regular discussions with international dignitaries and has played host to personalities such as

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as well as then US presidential candidate

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.PISM website
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Directors

*1947 –

Marion Mushkat Marion Mushkat or Marian Muszkat (November 5, 1909 – September 30, 1995), was a Polish lawyer, colonel in the Polish Army formed in the Soviet Union, and military judge in Stalinist Poland specialising in international public law, military la ...

* 1947–1948 –

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* 1949–1951 – Marian Muszkat * 1951–1957 –

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*1957–1960 –

Julian Hochfeld

Julian Hochfeld (16 August 1911, Rzeszów – 21 J ...

* 1960–1964 – Ostap Dłuski * 1964–1968 – Adam Kruczkowski * 1968–1971 – Ryszard Frelek * 1971–1980 – Marian Dobrosielski * 1980–1987 – Janusz Symonides * 1987–1991 – Maciej Perczyński * 1991–1993 –

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* 1994–1996 – PISM as MFA unit * 1999–2004 – Ryszard Stemplowski * 2004–2005 – Jacek Foks (acting director) *2005–2007 – Roman Kuźniar *2007–2010 – Sławomir Dębski *2010–2015 – Marcin Zaborowski *2015–2016 – Anna Zielińska-Rakowicz (acting director) *2016– – Sławomir Dębski

References

External links

Polish Institute of International Affairs(PISM)

Profile Aleksandra Gawlikowska-Fyk, Head of the Energy Programme

Profile Patrycja Sasnal, Head of Middle East Project

Profile Marcin Terlikowski, Head of the European Security and Defence Economics Project
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