Professor at the European Center of the University of Warsaw, former head of the Political Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs (2001–2003) and a longtime diplomat.

Specializations: SOUTH-EASTERN ASIA, CHINA, HUNGARY, GLOBALIZATION, NEW WORLD ORDER

Professor at the European Center of the University of Warsaw, former head of the Political Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs (2001–2003) and a longtime diplomat. In the years 2003-2008, the Polish ambassador to Thailand, the Philippines and the Union of Myanmar (formerly Burma). Earlier, in the years 1991-1998, he was at a diplomatic post in Hungary. Author of many books and publications on China, Asia and Hungary. Radio and television commentator. Regular guest on the pages of the portals: observer Finansowy.pl. wp.pl. Mojeopinie.pl and in the monthly magazine “Nowe Książki” and in the quarterly magazines “Przegląd Polityczny” and “Aspen Review – Prague”. He also publishes frequently in Hungary.

Publications (selected):

• “Beijing Spring 1989. The Birth of the Democratic Movement in China” (Warsaw 1999);
• “Hungarian package” (Warsaw 2000); Hungarian version Budapest 2001);
• “Hungary. Post-communist transformation 1990-2003” (Warsaw 2003);
• “Dusk and Dawn. Notes from Bangkok” (Toruń 2009);
• “Chinese phoenix. The Paradoxes of a Growing Power” (Warsaw, 2009);
• “The golden earth sheds tears. Burmese Essay” (Warsaw 2011);
• “Poland-China. Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow” (Toruń 2009; collective work of which he is the editor and co-author); “Awakening of the Dragon. China’s return to the global stage” (Warsaw 2012);
• “Sun Jat-sen. Missionary of the Revolution” (Warsaw 2013).

Permanently in: Warsaw