CIR is an independent, non-governmental, 12-year old think-tank, dedicated to the study of international relations and those foreign policy issues, which are of crucial importance to Poland, Europe and transatlantic relations in both the long and the short-term. CIR carries out its own research...

This article develops a theoretical framework to analyze the rise and spread of global public policy. After an introduction to the background of sociological institutionalism, it first elaborates on the role and functions of international organizations, identifying instruments by which these can...

Die Analyse zeigt die formellen und informellen Rahmenbedingungen, Kompetenzen und Interaktionsmuster im Handlungsspektrum sicherheitspolitischer Interventionen der Europäischen Union auf, welches von struktureller Prävention bis hin zu militärischen Eingriffen reicht. Sie wirft überdies die...

The global balance of power is changing, and the role of the US as the only superpower is being challenged by emerging new powers and a still more powerful China. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the Persian Gulf. Two wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and continually rising debt have meant that...