On the 70th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and 20th anniversary of Polish accession to NATO, Casimir Pulaski Foundation together with British Embassy Warsaw organize a competition for the best essay “UK & Poland – Perspectives for Future Security Cooperation”. The essays will try to show how NATO – including Poland and the UK as key allies – can influence the European and transatlantic security cooperation and the responses to future threats. Further details about topics of the essays, rules of the contest and formal requirements can be found on British Embassy Warsaw’s website: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-poland-security-cooperation-essay-competition The winning essay will be published on British Embassy Warsaw’s website and social […]

The European Academy of Diplomacy is now accepting applications for the Academy of Young Diplomats, the top-tier postgraduate diplomatic program, which empowers a new generation of global leaders! An innovative annual training experience, ending with an Executive Diploma in the Art of Diplomacy (EDAD). The Program is known for its world-class faculty, practitioner-oriented approach and a network of more than 3000 graduates from over 60 countries. It is also accredited with the Ministry of Education of Poland. A selected cohort of approximately 100 promising talents from around the world will take part in over 140 hours of lectures, workshops, practical exercises, study-visits, and personal leadership development groups. The participants of […]

We have the pleasure to announce that General Andrzej Fałkowski joined the Casimir Pulaski Foundation as a Senior Fellow. Andrzej Fałkowski is a Lieutenant General (Ret.) and Doctor of Economics. He is a Former Polish Military Representative to NATO and the EU Military Committees in Brussels, Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces (DCHoD), Defence, Military, Naval and Air Attaché in Washington D.C., Director of the Logistics and Resources Division of the NATO International Military Staff in Brussels, Director of the MoD Budget Department as well as Deputy Chief of General Directorate of Strategic Planning (J-5) in the General Staff of the PAF.

The 2019 edition of the Warsaw Security Forum (WSF) is scheduled to take place on October 2nd and 3rd in Warsaw. One year – 4 anniversaries. 70 years after the North Atlantic Treaty was signed and NATO was founded, 20 years of Poland in NATO, 15 years of Poland in the European Union, and 10 years since the Eastern Partnership project was launched. The 2019 edition of the Warsaw Security Forum will focus not only on commemorating important anniversaries for Poland and its allies – but it will also aim to draw the conclusions and envision the way forward. As experts and the representatives of the public administration, military, and international […]

On January 16-17, 2019, the Casimir Pulaski Foundation organised a simulation entitled “Energy Crisis Management Simulation”, focusing on the state level energy sector crisis management. 15 participants (from the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Ukraine) took part in this project, which is being carried out in cooperation with the International Visegrad Fund. Participants were divided into five teams representing individual countries. Each country had its own goals and national interests that had to be realised. Interests of different states were not known to other participants. The purpose of this simulation was to reach an agreement within an energy crisis, that would be acceptable to all parties. Before starting the […]

Discussions about foreign propaganda, disinformation and misinformation remain at the heart of the political debate in the European Union (EU) and across the transatlantic area. In the context of on-going disinformation campaigns targeting our democratic societies, National Endowment for Democracy, in collaboration with the Beacon Project of the International Republican Institute (IRI), the Centre for Propaganda and Disinformation Analysis and the Casimir Pulaski Foundation held a conference dedicated to strengthening a networked response, addressing disinformation and its causes on both the transatlantic and the national level. The conference was a side event of the Warsaw Security Forum 2018. The conference started with a panel entitled “A Networked response to Disinformation” […]

At the Warsaw Security Forum 2018 the Casimir Pulaski Foundation presented three new reports: „European offensive in defense sphere – EDF, PESCO and CARD”, „From Newport to Brussels – NATO adaptation to the Russian threat” and „Balance Sheet of U.S. Allies and Implication for Alliance Policy”. All reports are available on the Pulaski Foundations websites. „European offensive in defense sphere – EDF, PESCO and CARD” report is an analysis of three programs (EDF, PESCO and CARD) of the new EU defense package. Since the initiatives that are now coming into force are closely related, they should undergo joint assessment. The report indicates the connection between the European Defense Fund, Permanent […]

State of the transatlantic relations, future of NATO, place of Central and Eastern Europe within the global security architecture – are just a few of issues touched upon during this year’s Warsaw Security Forum, which took place on October 24 and 25, 2018. Participating in the Conference were over 20 former and current heads of states, prime ministers and ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defence from around the world, as well as over 1200 experts, representatives of governments, armed forces and high level representatives of business and industry. This year’s Warsaw Security Forum was organized with three numbers in mind – 5, 15 and 100, with each underscoring an overarching […]

In October 2018 Warsaw will once again host most prominent heads of states, military representatives and experts in the fields of foreign policy, security and defence. This year the Warsaw Security Forum (WSF) will be held on 24 – 25 October, for the 5th consecutive year. Warsaw Security Forum is organised by the Casimir Pulaski Foundation. The upcoming edition of WSF just like in previous years will focus on fundamental challenges to be addressed by NATO, the European Union and Eastern Partnership as well as both organiations’ member states. The scope of topics will encompass international relations and cooperation between states as well as security issues putting pressure on security […]

APPLY FOR CASIMIR PULASKI FOUNDATION’S SCHOLARSHIPS! CLICK HERE The Casimir Pulaski Foundation offers fully funded scholarship covering the Academy of Young Diplomats #AYD – annual diplomatic program for emerging global leaders founded by the European Academy of Diplomacy. The Academy of Young Diplomats (AYD) is an annual diplomatic program for emerging young global leaders, preparing future diplomats, civil servants and social entrepreneurs for international careers in a spirit of responsibility for the surrounding world. Addressed to senior students and young graduates, the program offers, among others, 70-hours of hands-on diplomatic training, a special workshop session, study visits and one study-session outside of Warsaw. Since 2004 over 2800 participants from 60 countries have graduated from the Academy of […]

The presentation of the report “Organized crime and Terrorism in Poland – Threats and Convergence” took place in Warsaw, Poland on the 24th of July. The meeting was a result of cooperation between the Collegium Civitas University Centre for Research on Terrorism and the Casimir Pulaski Foundation. The seminar served as a starting point for the discussion on the preliminary report investigating the links between terrorism and organised crime in Poland, the risks posed by this conflation, and just as importantly developing a series of recommendations for mitigating those threats. The report is a part of the Crime and Terror Nexus project, which will produce a series of 28 such […]

On July 2nd, a roundtable meeting “Strategy for the energy crisis communication” was held at the office of Hennadii Udovenko of the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine. It was the third workshop of the “Energy security and effective strategic communication the civil and governmental actors: V4+Ukraine” project, sponsored by the International Visegrad Fund. The project is a collaborative effort of think tanks based in Visegrad 4 countries and Ukraine based: Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland (www.pulaski.pl) Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association, Slovakia (www.sfpa.sk) KNO Czech, the Czech Republic (www.kno.cz) Center for Global Studies Strategy XXI, Ukraine (www.geostrategy.org.ua) Center for Fair Political Analysis, Hungary (www.meltanyossag.hu) During the event experts from Casimir Pulaski […]