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![Event Summary: New York and Building Safety. What Can We Learn from the World’s Most famous city?](https://warsawinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/242995161_575363496948705_6063829000665175958_n.jpg)
Event Summary: New York and Building Safety. What Can We Learn from the World’s Most famous city?
The Guardian Angels have branches in thirteen countries and over a hundred cities. While the original group of thirteen in his hometown has grown to thousands around the world, the mission has not changed: make a positive difference to the community by engaging our community members to take a step forward and play an active role. The creator of this group and a candidate for the mayor of New York is Curtis Śliwa, a guest of the Warsaw Institute.
![Event Summary: Three Seas Initiative (3SI) – New Developments?](https://warsawinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021-09-29_2-kopia.png)
Event Summary: Three Seas Initiative (3SI) – New Developments?
The Three Seas Initiative (3SI) will not only support Europe and NATO’s Eastern flank, but also market competitiveness of the region – said Georgette Mosbacher. On Tuesday, April 17th 2021, Warsaw Institute had the honour to host another special guest within the Diplomacy Talks Series. This time we welcomed former US Ambassador to Poland (2018-2020) to talk about the future of the Three Seas Initiative.
![The Three Seas Initiative (3SI) – New Developments?](https://warsawinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/POST_01-kopia-2.png)
The Three Seas Initiative (3SI) – New Developments?
“We support the approach that does not aim at sanctioning anyone but rather to level the playing field across energy suppliers in Europe,” Tomasz Kijewski, President of the Warsaw Institute tells CEENERGYNEWS, adding that true opposition to Nord Stream 2 is not about anti-Russian policy but it is a fight for fairness and competition on the European energy market.
![Event Summary: Nord Stream 2 is a threat to security in Europe](https://warsawinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/227187899_2341934012610599_6660906394968079764_n.jpg)
Event Summary: Nord Stream 2 is a threat to security in Europe
Nord Stream 2 is a threat not only to energy security, but also to the national security of a number of European countries, assessed Svitlana Zalishchuk – foreign affairs advisor to the deputy prime minister of Ukraine in an interview with the Warsaw Institute think-tank on August 5, 2021.
![Tomasz Kijewski: I think it is a great time to speed up Georgia’s European integration process](https://warsawinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/E6sEYKdWQAEJrIX.jpg)
Tomasz Kijewski: I think it is a great time to speed up Georgia’s European integration process
On July 24, 2021, Tomasz Kijewski, president of the Warsaw Institute, gave an interview to EuropeTime.eu about the July 19 conference in Batumi.
![Warsaw Institute at BATUMI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2021](https://warsawinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/E6rI32fXoAYTTzT.jpg)
Warsaw Institute at BATUMI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2021
On July 19, 2021, the International Conference in Batumi was held, with participation of the president of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili, Giorgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili, the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Moldova Maia Sandu and Charles Michel, President of the European Council. One of the key speakers was also the president of the Warsaw Institute Tomasz Kijewski, who has travelled to Batumi, Georgia to participate in the conference organized by Griogria’s Ministry of Foreign Affaires. on the margin of the conference Warsaw Institute’s representative arranged also several meetings on cooperation with governmental and non-governmental institutions and other stakeholders (President of Ukraine, members of parliament of Georgia, office of President of Moldova, think tanks and Georgian media).
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BATUMI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2021
Tomasz Kijewski, President of the Warsaw Institute, together with, inter alia, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, President of the European Council Charles Michel and Maia Sandu – President of Moldova, will be the speaker at the International Conference in Batumi on July 19, 2021.
![Event Summary: Migration Challenges for the EU – V4 Perspective](https://warsawinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Zrzut-ekranu-2021-07-6-o-12.11.50.png)
Event Summary: Migration Challenges for the EU – V4 Perspective
Migration challenges for the EU from the perspective of the V4 countries were the main topic of the online event organized on July 5, 2021 by the think-tank Warsaw Institute in cooperation with the Migration Research Institute. The guest of Tomasz Kijewski, the president of the Warsaw Institute, was Szabolcs Janik, Deputy Director at the Migration Research Institute.
![Event Summary: Piłsudski, Dmowski, and Paderewski – the Fathers of Polish Independence and Their Vision of the Country](https://warsawinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/HD-kopia.jpg)
Event Summary: Piłsudski, Dmowski, and Paderewski – the Fathers of Polish Independence and Their Vision of the Country
On June 29, 2021, a debate took place and included the following participants: Jan Wiśniewski, PhD – coordinator of the Regional Centre for International Debate in Toruń, lecturer at the College of Social and Media Culture in Toruń; Karol Wołek – chairman of the Kazimierz Wielki Foundation, the Kazimierz Wielki Association, the Main Board of the Union of Soldiers of National Armed Forces, and the Amor Patriae Foundation; as well as Jakub Lachert – expert of the Warsaw Institute. The debate was moderated by Tomasz Kijewski – president of the Warsaw Institute.
![Event Summary: US-German relations – their past, present, and future: energy, security, EU, Russia, NATO | Diplomacy Talks Series](https://warsawinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/203539312_316252820148910_2395266424744899585_n.jpg)
Event Summary: US-German relations – their past, present, and future: energy, security, EU, Russia, NATO | Diplomacy Talks Series
Completion of Nord Stream 2 will likely result in too much economic and political influence of the Russian Federation on Europe, especially the CEE, according to former US intelligence chief and US ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell in an interview for the Warsaw Institute think-tank. The event took place on June 23, 2021 and was organized by the Warsaw Institute think-tank within our Diplomacy Talks Series.
![Meanings on Hybrid Threats for the Security of Poland and NATO Countries](https://warsawinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Newseria2.png)
Meanings on Hybrid Threats for the Security of Poland and NATO Countries
In the following years, there may be a further increase in the significance of hybrid threats for the security of Poland and NATO countries. Disinformation, cyberattacks, subversive activity, and low-intensity conflicts will be exacerbated by the advancing technological revolution and global connectivity – innovations create opportunities, but increase vulnerability, including hybrid threats.
![New developments in US-German relations: energy, security, EU, Russia, NATO](https://warsawinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/HD2-kopia-1.png)
New developments in US-German relations: energy, security, EU, Russia, NATO
Warsaw Institute & The Warsaw Institute Review quartely have an honour to invite you to our upcoming online event – part of the Warsaw Institute’s “Diplomacy Talks Series”: New developments in US-German relations: energy, security, EU, Russia, NATO.
![NATO 2030 at BRUSSELS FORUM](https://warsawinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/brussels-forum-GMF-3.jpg)
NATO 2030 at BRUSSELS FORUM
During the meeting co-organized on June 14, 2021 by the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), one of the guests of which was NATO Secretary General – Jens Stoltenberg, issues related to the Alliance summit organized in Brussels in June this year were discussed.
![Polish-Pakistani Cooperation | Diplomacy Talks Series](https://warsawinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/WhatsApp-Image-2021-06-07-at-14.13.22.jpeg)
Polish-Pakistani Cooperation | Diplomacy Talks Series
On June 7, 2021, aAs part of the Warsaw Institute’s “Diplomacy Talks Series” Tomasz Kijewski, President of the think-tank, together with a representative of the think-tank as well as the Warsaw Institute Review quarterly visited the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan at the invitation of His Excellency Ambassador Malik Muhammad Farooq.