Obszary badawcze
The field of regional and global studies focuses on international relations at the regional and global levels, as well as the interrelationships between the state, the regional level, and the global system. We distinguish the following main areas of research:
- Conceptual Categories in Regional Studies: the concept of a region and a regional system, regionality, regionalism, regionalization, regional integration, regional cooperation, regional communities, regional security, regions in states’ foreign policy, functions of regionalism, the relationship between regionalism-globalism, institutions of regional cooperation;
- The Specific Characteristics of International Relations in Non-European Regions: Asia and the Pacific (Indo-Pacific), the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and North America;
- Conceptual categories in global studies: processes of globalization and interdependence, global issues, processes of internationalization, the concept of the international community, global mechanisms of cooperation, emerging powers (including India, China, Brazil, South Africa), global strategies of major powers, international regimes, the concept of global governance, concepts and forms of international order, alter-globalization and anti-globalization movements, the interdependence of politics and economics in international relations, policies of liberalization and protectionism, the global trade and financial system, geoeconomics, economic nationalism, international development, international aid, multinational corporations, culture, religions, and civilizations in international relations;
- The European Union in the global international system: the EU’s relationship with the Global South, EU trade agreements and development aid, EU interregional cooperation, interregional dialogue, EU-emerging markets relations (including India, China, Indonesia, Mexico), transatlantic relations (economic, political, and cultural-civilizational dimensions);
- Poland’s relations with non-European countries: Asia, Latin America, North America, the Middle East, and Africa (economic, political, and cultural-civilizational dimensions); Poland’s stance on global issues (including humanitarian aid).