Six and a half decades after independence, India has grown into a regional power which is a member of the G20 and BRICS, has nuclear weapons and aspires to play a leading role in the global world. At the same time, India suffers from lack of electricity and water, it is constrained by bureaucracy and torn by economic inequality and social tensions. Governing India – a multi-ethnic and multi-religious sub-continent inhabited by 1.2 billion people – calls for many abilities on the part of its leaders. Their experiences could prove valuable for the political leaders of Europe - writes Malgorzat Bonikowska, phd in her analysis of post-election India.

Diplomatic relations between Germany and Turkey date back more than 250 years. During this time, the two countries have developed quite a specific relationship. Even such a rich history, during which their fates intertwined in various ways, did not allow to build a relationship that would be free of serious shocks - writes Karol Wasilewski in the latest issue of the German Bulletin entitles "German-Turkish relations - a loose partnership".

The conference "Capacity market - solution for the future?", which was organized by the Centre for International Relations in cooperation with the Warsaw office of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung was an invitation to discuss to what extent this mechanism is needed in Poland, and what the status of discussions on this topic is in other countries.

The conference “Capacity market – a solution for the future?” is organized by the Center for International Relations in cooperation with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Office in Poland with the aim to offer a platform for the exchange of views on capacity market regulation instrument. The conference will take place on May 26, 2014, at 10.30am to 2pm, in Zielna Conference Center, ul. Zielna 37, Warsaw.

In mid-May Centre for International Relations was hosting five public leaders from Myanmar, Honduras, Bolivia and Nicaragua - participants of the Rising Stars Alumni Program: Theory and Practice for Emerging Democratic Leaders. During week long sessions, workshops and studio visits, the CIR’s guests found out on Poland’s example how the process of transformation from totalitarian state into a well-functioning democracy and market economy looked like, and how the Polish civil society was created.

On May 6 2014 in Riga a seminar on the Visegrad Group's and the Baltic states' strategic dialogue was held. It was attended by CIR's analyst, Andrzej Turkowski. During the seminar and public discussion such issues as: cooperation of V4 + B3 countries in terms of the Eastern Partnership, energy, transport and environmental protection were addressed.

In November 2013, qhen the revolution began in Ukraine, Germany was still stuck in a political vacuum. After the September parliamentary elections, the German political discourse was dominated by issues related to the results of the elections and the formation of a new government - write Liana Fix and Andrea Gawrich in the latest issue of the German Bulletin entitled "German foreign policy and the revolution in Ukraine".