Chair in the History of Diplomacy and International Politics
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The area of research interests
Staff members at the Chair in the History of Diplomacy and International Politics conduct research in the following areas:
- history of diplomacy and international relations;
- contemporary diplomacy;
- international politics and international relations after 1945;
- regional studies - with the focus on Africa, South America, North America, especially the United States, Asia and the Pacific and the Mediterranean region;
- military science and military history;
- safety and armed conflicts.
The courses taught by the members of the Chair, both in Polish and in English, reflect their research interest and cover the topics such as:
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history of international relations;
- modern international relations after 1945;
- American Foreign and Security Policy (including the policy of the USA towards individual regions of the world);
- international relations and security in individual regions of the world (Africa, South and North America, Asia and the Pacific, the Mediterranean region);
- international conflicts and security threats in the contemporary world;
- armed forces and military science.
Contact details
Address: ul. Oleandry 2a, room No. 3
Phone number: 12 663 24 78
Mail should be sent to the following address:
Instytutu Nauk Politycznych i Stosunków Międzynarodowych
ul. Jabłonowskich 5
31-114 Kraków
Head of the Chair: prof. Andrzej Mania, PhD
Position: professor
Research interests:
American foreign and security policy; the formation of the United States’ policy; political history of the United States; history of diplomacy; history of international relations in the 19th and 20th century; the role of intelligence in the formation and execution of security policy.
Rafał Wordliczek, PhD
Position: assistant professor
Research interests:
History of international relations in the 20th century; international relations in the Mediterranean Basin, the formation and the execution of the national interest in the US foreign policy, US foreign policy regarding various regions of the world, Polish-Jewish relations in the United States of America in 20th century.
Marcin Grabowski, PhD
Position: assistant professor
Research interests:
Integration processes and organizations in Asia-Pacific region (APEC, ASEAN, EAS, ASEM, SAARC, ARF); international relations in Asia-Pacific region (especially in East Asia); China's rising position in the world; the application of theories, especially systemic and neofunctional theory, to the study of international relations; US foreign policy and the role of the USA in Asia-Pacific region.
Tomasz Pugacewicz, PhD
Position: assistant professor
Research interests:
Theories of international relations (especially those regarding decision-making processes in foreign policy); the mechanisms and directions of American and Polish foreign policy (especially in the post-Soviet area), transatlantic relations in the field of security (especially Polish- American relations), security in the post-Soviet area (especially in the region of South Caucasus and Central Asia), history of the international relation studies (especially in Poland and the USA).
Magdalena Lisińska, PhD
Position: assistant lecturer
Research interests:
Latin American politics and history with the main focus on Argentina; International relations of the Western Hemisphere; United States policy towards Latin America; Security challenges in Latin America, mainly organized crime and drug cartels.