Obszary badawcze
The establishment of the Department of Eastern Studies in 2019 was made possible by the potential and scholarly achievements of the faculty members in the field of Eastern studies, conducted at the now-dissolved institutes—the Institute of International Relations, Political Science, and European Studies. The department continues the political science research previously conducted primarily within the Institute of Political Studies’ (INP) Department of Eastern Studies and the Inter-Institute Research Center on Russia and Post-Soviet States, and focusing on political transformation, leadership and political elites, ethnopolitics, geopolitics, international relations, and foreign and security policy in Central Asia and the Caucasus, Russia, Belarus, and other post-Soviet states. In addition to the regions mentioned, the department’s Eastern Studies program also covers Central Europe and the Balkans.
- Political, socioeconomic, and cultural changes in the post-Soviet states.
- Leadership and Ruling Elites in Central Asia and the Caucasus.
- Ethnopolitics, Nationalism, and Nation-Building Processes in the Post-Soviet Space and the Balkans.
- The international identity of the countries of Eastern and Central Europe and the Balkans.
- Geopolitical rivalry in the post-Soviet space and the Balkans.
- Poland's Eastern Policy.
- Russia in the International System.
- Security Issues in the Post-Soviet Space and the Balkans.