President of the Management Board

Scholarship holder at the Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security in Washington and an expert in the field of international relations. Graduate of the University of Warsaw and the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. During studies he was a trainee at the Department of International Security Policy of the Ministry of National Defense and the Department of Strategic Analyzes of the National Security Bureau, among others.

Member of the Programme Board

Doctor of Humanities in the field of Political Science specializing in International Relations. Her research interests focus on the issues concerning post-Soviet countries, as well as the security of the Middle East.

Member of the Programme Board

Lawyer, Director of the Legal Department at the PGZ Group, former Plenipotentiary of the Minister of Digital Affairs for information society (2020-2023). AI Policy and Ethical expert for Gov of Poland, EC, OECD, UNESCO, Council of Europe, GPAI.

Member of the Programme Board

Habilitated doctor in Social Sciences, author of numerous publications and organizer of scientific conferences covering topics related to Africa and the Middle East.

Ph.D. in economics, associate professor and head of the Department of International Economic Relations, Business and Management at Concordia Ukrainian-American University (Kyiv). She currently teaches at the University of Economics and Humanities in Bielsko-Biala. She conducts research on macroeconomic aspects of security and environmental policy.

Research and teaching fellow at the War Studies University, Faculty of National Security. Head of the Department of International Security and Diplomacy and postgraduate studies in International Military Relations. Her research interests include: international aspects of economic policy and economic security. Author of three books, including scientific editing of more than a dozen monographs, author of more than 80 articles and book chapters, co-author and editor of two textbooks on international security.

International lawyer, Doctor of Social Sciences, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen, Norway. She was awarded a scholarship by the Government of New Zealand to study at Victoria University of Wellington, the German Institute of Cultural Diplomacy, the French Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques. She has received certificates from the Russian School of Humanitarian Law, the UN CIMIC Training School and the NATO Stability Policing Centre of Excellence.

Director of the Three Seas Program at the New Europe Institute. He focuses on international relations in Central and Eastern Europe. Professor at the University of Opole. Associated with the Łukasiewicz Research Network (ITECH – Institute of Innovation and Technology), and previously with the Land Forces Academy. He has been working with INE since 2023. Author of several books and dozens of analyses and scientific articles, published in Poland and abroad.

President of the World Business Bridge Foundation, publisher and chief-editor of capital24.tv. Expert in international trade, media, as well as digital and content marketing. Economic journalist and producer of TV programmes.

Graduated in Law & International Business, studied also in Vienna. Jakub interned for parliamentary (European Parliament, US Congress) and diplomatic (Polish Mission to UN in Vienna, US Consulate in Krakow) institutions. In 2016-2019, he worked as Assistant to Swiss Ambassador in Poland for Political & Economic Affairs. At INE, he researches Central European and Balkan countries.

He specializes in relationship of sports and politics. Author of analysis, comments and interviews in the field of sports diplomacy and international politics. Former Polsat News and Polish Television’s foreign desk journalist.
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PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Warsaw. Sport’s politicization and globalization specialist. Analyzes cases related to the sports diplomacy, “sportswashing” and meaning of sporting “soft power” in contemporary international relations.

B.A. of Far East Philology with a specialisation in Chinese at the University of Wrocław and M.Sc. in China and International Relations at Aalborg University and the University of International Relations (国际 关系 学院) in Beijing. His research interests include political and economic relations between the European Union, China and the countries of Southeast Asia.

Expert on the Mediterranean and migration. Author of three books and over a hundred publications on migration, economics, and politics in Mediterranean countries. He has appeared as a commentator in Polish, Spanish, Algerian, Tunisian, and Egyptian media. North African correspondent for the XYZ.pl portal. Since August 2025, representative of the Polish Investment and Trade Agency in Casablanca, and previously (2022-2025) in Algiers. Former employee of the Polish Embassy in Cairo. On March 14, 2025, his latest book was published, entitled „Brama do Europy. Czy Afryka Północna zdecyduje o przyszłości Starego Kontynentu?”.

Graduate of International Relations at the Faculty of International and Political Studies, University of Lodz. She is a PhD student at the Doctoral School of Social Sciences at the University of Lodz. Author of publications on historical and territorial disputes in East Asia. Her main areas of research interest include Central Europe, the Korean Peninsula and Japan.

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A graduate of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków (international relations, MA), he also studied Arabic there. A former analyst at the Centre for International Initiatives (CIM) and the Center for Eastern Studies (OSW). Currently an analyst for the Institute for New Europe on U.S. foreign and domestic policy as well as international security.

PhD candidate at the University of Warsaw, Erasmus scholarship holder at Helmut Schmidt Universitat Bundeswehr in Hamburg, also took part in a course at the EGE University Izmir. Previously he worked for the Ministry of National Defence. Organiser of scientific conferences and author of publications focused on international security.

Extremism & OSINT analyst. MA Government Graduate at Reichman University, Israel. InterPol and Intelligence Studies alumni at Aberystwyth University, UK. Former intern at NATO LANDCOM in Izmir. His research interests are counterterrorism, P/CVE, international security, as well as the Middle East.

Marta specializes in EU politics, particularly in the context of international relations, as well as energy, social and migration policy. She holds a Master’s degree in Politics Research from the University of Oxford and a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Utrecht University. Professionally, she has worked extensively in political and business consulting and published journalistic aricles. She is the co-author of the report “Financing the Future. How to attract more foreign investors to the Three Seas Region”

PhD student at the Warsaw School of Economics. He studies innovation policy in China and Sinosphere countries, with a particular focus on the development of space technologies and the links between science, industry, and the state. Graduate of Asian and African Intercultural Relations at the University of Warsaw and technical studies. He received a “Belt and Road Scholarship” at the South China University of Technology in Guangzhou and ERASMUS+ at SNSPA in Bucharest. As part of the NAWA STER program, he completed research internships and queries at the University of Salerno and KAIST in Seoul.

He holds a master’s degree in international relations, is a political scientist, and graduated with honors from the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Warsaw. He specializes in Middle East politics, with particular emphasis on the political systems of the region’s countries, armed conflicts, and rivalries between superpowers. Speaker at national and international academic conferences.

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A graduate of international relations at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. His research interests focus on the foreign policy of contemporary superpowers, their impact on current international relations, and the development of the international system after the end of the Cold War.

Head of Project Management Office

Graduate of quantitative methods in economics and information systems at the Warsaw School of Economics. Member of the Society of Polish Economists and the Forum of Young Diplomats. Winner of the Young Experts Day competition in 2024. His research interests include: arms diplomacy and military, international security and public finance.

Director of the Analysis Office

Graduate of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Warsaw University and the Warsaw School of Economics. Scholarship recipient of The Fund for American Studies in Washington, DC.

Multiple award winner including the best student of the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Warsaw, or the Head of the Internal Security Agency competition for the best master’s thesis on security in Poland.

He gained analytical experience through scholarships, internships, and academic programs at renowned research institutions such as The Institute of World Politics (USA), the Economic Policy Institute (Bulgaria), ELIAMEP (Greece), Sichuan University (China), and George Mason University in Virginia (USA). He also served as an Academy Fellow at The Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. In 2025, he was selected by the Belgian Centre for European Policy Studies to take part in Young Thinkers 2025 Program.

In 2024, he was named to the “30 Under 30” program of the American Chamber of Commerce, which supports the development of young leaders. A year later, he was recognized by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), the world’s oldest defense and security think tank, and joined its prestigious NextGen Leader Community. He was also selected by the French Chamber of Commerce to participate in NextGen30 – CCIFP Young Leaders Program.

Author of numerous publications and a speaker at nationwide conferences. His research focuses on the security of the People’s Republic of China, as well as on simulations and forecasting of power dynamics in international relations. Professionally, he is also engaged in business, organizational, and leadership consulting, supporting many leading companies across the CEE region.

PhD candidate at the Faculty of Social Sciences in the University of Wroclaw, the President of the Polish National Associations of PhD Candidates in 2020. The author of dozen of scientific papers, concerning security studies, political science, administration, international relations. Laureate of the I, II and III International Geopolitical Olympiad. Director of the Security Programme.

Graduate of BA in European Studies at the European Centre of the University of Warsaw, currently a fifth year law student at the Faculty of Law and Administration and second year student of master’s degree in international relations, specialisation in Regional and Global Studies. Her research interests include socio-political situation in South America and ethical issues related to the development of new technologies.

Graduate of political science at the Jagiellonian University and international relations at the University of Warsaw. During his studies, he was involved in student and non-governmental organizations. Research interests are divided between the countries of Eastern Europe, especially the socio-political situation in Russia, Poland’s internal and foreign eastern policy. He currently conducts his research on Russia’s energy sector and its relations with the EU.

Analyst at INE and NGO specialist, focusing on the implementation of artificial intelligence within the third sector and public administration. He built his professional experience within international and state structures, working for the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In the research field, he co-coordinated the work of the Three Seas Initiative Research Centre at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

He developed his diplomatic and research expertise in Tehran, Tbilisi, and at the Center for the Study of Democracy in Sofia. A law graduate from the University of Silesia, he is a fellow of the European Academy of Diplomacy and the PISM Foreign Policy Program. He was awarded the Minister of Education and Science scholarship, the Orlen Bonafide program grant, and the Blavatnik School of Government Scholarship at the University of Oxford.

Member of the Institute of New Europe team. Analyst and communications and social media specialist. She is the initiator and host of the original series of talks “Świat pod napięciem”, dedicated to geopolitics and security challenges. Her research interests focus on the security of Central and Eastern Europe, with particular emphasis on the Russian-Ukrainian war and the policies of Ukraine and the Russian Federation. Her analyses also cover aspects of energy security and the role of disinformation in hybrid conflicts. She is a member of the European Financial Congress (EFC) Academy and a two-time finalist in the EFC essay competition. She is studying in the field of national security and energy economics, and is a scholarship holder of the Rector of the University of Economics in Krakow and NAWA. During her studies, she co-founded the Geopolitics and Economic Geography Research Club (over 100 members), within which she organized over 20 scientific events.

Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Lawyer, member of the Centre for Legislative Process Research at the Lazarski University, graduate of the SGH Warsaw School of Economics with a degree in economics.