
The Foreign Policy programme is the broadest programme of the Pulaski Foundation. The subject of this thematic research programme concerns the current developments and long-term trends in international politics as well as global issues. The analysts of the Foundation focus specifically on certain key geographical areas from the point of view of the interests of the Republic of Poland, ie. the Transatlantic area, Russia and former Soviet states. The Foundation’s experts also carry out research on the Middle East, East Asia, and South-Eastern Europe amongst others.
Foreign Policy Programme Director is dr. Tomasz Smura.
Team & Experts
Tomasz Smura
Director of Research Office
Tomasz Smura, PhD, is a graduate of the Institute of International Relations at Warsaw University and Director of Research Office at the CPF.
Marcin Bużański
SENIOR FELLOW
Specialization: INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS, UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM, SECURITY POLICY, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, FOREIGN POLICY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, PEACE NEGOTIATIONS AND MEDIATION, STATEBUILDING AND POST CONFLICT GOVERNANCE Political scientist, Senior Advisor and Senior Fellow at Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Principal at the IGD Group, with a career with the United Nations in areas of political transitions, conflict analysis, supporting peace processes and mediation and post conflict governance. Specialized in: planning and implementation of policy and programmes for post-conflict state-building; UN peace operations; supporting peace negotiations and mediations, democratization and humanitarian aid. Former employee of UNDP and UNICEF, recently as coordinator of the UNDP inclusive political process support in Somalia, and working with political institutions […]
Bogdan Góralczyk
Senior Fellow
Professor at the European Centre of the University of Warsaw, former Chief of Policy Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs (2001-2003) and longtime diplomat.
Kowal Paweł
SENIOR FELLOW
Member of Polish Parliament, Secretary of State in Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2006-2007), Member of European Parliament, Chairman of EU-Ukraine Committee, Member of Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee (2005-2006), Staff Member of Institute of Political Studies of Polish Academy of Science
Adam Jarczyński
MEMBER OF THE FOUNDATION COUNCIL
Director of the Polish Academy of Public Relations and the Polish Academy of Protocol and Etiquette. He has more than 10 years of field experience in public relations.
Janusz Mrowiec
Senior Fellow
Career diplomat, former ambassador, Doctor of Humanities, specialised in research concerning international aspects of social organisation and public sector.
Jan Wojciech Piekarski
Senior Fellow
Ambassador ad personam. Ambassador Piekarski holds experience in numerous departments of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Łukasz Polinceusz
Senior Fellow
Deputy Director of the Human Resources Development Centre, graduated from School of Business and Administration in Warsaw (specialisation: Administration).
Thomas Yeager
Senior Fellow
Retired Diplomat and Captain of the US Navy. Lawyer (doctorate in the field of Law at Georgetown University). Former Head of the political-economic section of the US Embassy.
Daniel S. Zbytek
Senior Fellow
Affiliated with the South Asia since late 70', at first as a representative of the Polish shipyard in Mumbai, Kolkata, Karachi, Rangoon and Colombo.
Joanna Bocheńska
Research Fellow
Currently employed at the Oriental Studies Institute of the Jagiellonian University (specialisation: Iran). Co-founder of the Kurdish Studies Workshop.
Robert Cheda
Research Fellow
Political scientist and diplomat. Member of editing staff of "Sprawy Polityczne" and "Nowe Sprawy Polityczne" magazines, cooperating with "Polityka" and Rambler Publishing House.
Lucyna Czechowska
Research Fellow
Doctor at the faculty of Political Science at UMK (Nicolaus Copernicus University) in Toruń. Former intern at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and at Polish Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Grzegorz Demel
RESEARCH FELLOW
Ukrainian studies specialist and Ph.D. in cultural anthropology, coach. Working for the „Znak” Foundation as well as the „ObywatelskaPerspektywa” Foundation.
Agata Dziewulska
RESEARCH FELLOW
Professor of security studies at the Centre for Europe at the University of Warsaw. She was an election supervisor in BiH for the OSCE and a Council of Europe expert.
Wojciech Dzięgiel
Senior Fellow
Jakub Gajda
Research Fellow
Graduated from Iranian Studies at Jagiellonian University and holds postgraduate certificates in Diplomacy and International Relations from the Jagiellonian University.
Katarzyna Kwiatkowska
Research Fellow
Coordinator of the Res Publika Nowa project "Partnership for Freedom of Speech", member of the editorial board of Res Publika Nowa.
Grzegorz Lewicki
Research Fellow
Foresight and communications consultant, author of „State Power Index”, journalist and researcher of civilizational complexity. Graduate of London School of Economics and Maastricht University.
Dominik Mierzejewski
Research Fellow
Doctor, adjunct professor at the East Asia Faculty of the University of Łódź. Chinese language and culture studies at the Shanghai International Studies University.
Olga Nadskakuła
Research Fellow
Doctor of Humanities, graduated from the Faculty of International Studies and Political Science at the University of Łodź. Lecturer at the University of John Paul II in Cracow.
Witold Repetowicz
RESEARCH FELLOW
He is an expert in the Middle East, terrorism and geopolitics, an author of ,,My name is Kurdistan” as well as lots of accounts of frontal fields, such as Iraq and Syria, a constant associate of the media.
Yaropolk Tymkiv
Research Fellow
Lecturer at the Faculty of International Information at Lviv Polytechnic National University, consultant of the European Integration Committee to the Ukrainian Parliament.
Wilczewska Alicja
Research Fellow
Ph.D. in Social Sciences in the area of Security Studies. Lecturer at Akademia Sztuki Wojennej. Communications professional with over ten years of experience in the field of media communications and communications project management.