The Center for International Relations (CIR) together with THINKTANK and Business Link Poland organized the next meeting from the cycle: “Globalization”. This debate was held under the patronage of “Citi Handlowy” bank as part of the project: “AIP Business Startup”. Special guest of this event was: Dr. Daniel S. Hamilton, executive director of the Center for Transatlantic Relations at John Hopkins’ University in the USA and executive director of the American Consortium for Studies in European Union. During the meeting, we have talked about the current political situation affects the US economy and about what influence would have Donald Trump’s presidency on investment and trade agreements in which the US take part or will take in the nearest future.

We have a pleasure to inform that Centre for International Relations has been ranked among TOP5 think tanks in Central and Eastern Europe according to the University of Pennsylvania Global Go To Think Tank Index Report for 2017. 

CASE (Center for Social and Economic Research) organized conference: “Split for a two-speed Europe. The role of think-tanks” on the occasion of “Day of think-tanks” on 30th January. Panelists on this conference were: Dr. Izabela Styczyńska (vice-president of the CASE), Michał Baranowski (director of the German Marshall Fund), Dr. Małgorzata Bonikowska (President of the CIR), Bartosz Wiśniewski (Head of the PISM Research and Analyzes Office). During the meeting, it was announced results of the Global Go To Think Tank Index 2017 (annually published by University of Pennsylvania). CIR once again was in the TOP5 of Polish think-tanks in the “Central and Eastern Europe” category.