Adam Daniel Rotfeld
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Adam Daniel Rotfeld AUD (born 4 March 1938 in Przemyślany
) is a Polish
researcher, diplomat, and former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland
from 5 January 2005 until 31 October 2005 when a change of government took place. He served earlier as the deputy foreign minister
. While in that position, Rotfeld established the Warsaw Reflection Group on the UN Reform and the Transformation of the Euro-Atlantic Security Institutions, with participation from leading US and European experts and politicians.
From 1991 up to 2002 he served as Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and in 1989–1991 project leader on Building a Cooperative Security System in and for Europe at SIPRI.
near Lwów
, Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine
). He survived the Holocaust in a monastery of the Studite Brethren
in Uniów. Rotfeld was married to Barbara Sikorska-Rotfeld (died in 2006) and has one daughter, Alicja, born in 1971.
Rotfeld studied international law and diplomacy in Warsaw
(1955–1960). PhD dissertation on the right of self-determination of people in modern international law at the Jagiellonian University
, Kraków
defended in 1969. Later, Habilitation on European Security in Statu Nascendi. He was appointed professor at the Warsaw University by the President of Poland in 2001.
Since 1989: Leader of the Project on Building a Co–operative Security System in and for Europe at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Appointed as Director of SIPRI from 1 July 1991 and re–elected in 1996 for a second term (until June 2002). Mmbership of many consultative bodies and scientific councils, i.e. Institute of Political Stidies at the Polish Academy of Sciences, co-chairman of Polish-Russian Group on Difficult Matters.
Participated in many multilateral negotiations and conferences on security and arms control.
and the right of self-determination
) and multilateral process of security and cooperation in Europe initiated in Helsinki
, as well as arms control and non-proliferation.
After the end of the cold war co-edited with Walther Stützle the volume Germany and Europe in Transition (OUP 1991). Since then his publications are mainly focused on human rights, cooperative security, CSBMs, multilateral security structures (NATO, EU, OSCE) and political and legal structures of the security system in Europe.
Editor of the SIPRI Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security from 1991 to 2002. He has written more than 20 chapters on global and regional security systems and European and transatlantic security structures for the SIPRI Yearbook. Initiated the Warsaw Reflection Group (2004) and chaired the series of reports on the UN reform, multilateral European security institutions and on arms control, non-proliferation and denuclearization.
, appointed in 1992 as Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office to elaborate the political settlement of the conflict in the Trans–Dniester region of Moldova
; the recommended basic principles for the political solution of the conflict in his report were approved by the OSCE Council of Ministers and conflicting parties.
Since 2001 member of the President’s National Security Council, Poland.
Became Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA, Warsaw) in November 2001; in June 2003 appointed Secretary of State; Minister of Foreign Affairs between January 2005 and November 2005.
Since 2006 member of the UN SG's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters (chaired 2008).
Since 2008, former Foreign Minister Rotfeld has been Co-Chairing Polish-Russian Group For Difficult Issues, in particular Katyn massacre
, together with Rector of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) – Anatoly V. Torkunov.
(IFSH, appointed in 1995); Advisory Board of Geneva Center for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF, appointed in 2001); Geneva Security Policy Center (2003), and many other research centers. Member of the European Council on Foreign Relations (since 2009).
Since March 2011 professor at the Warsaw University, Institute of Interdyscyplinary Research (Collegium Artes Liberales). Lectured at many universities and academic institutions in Europe, the United States, Russia, China and Japan.
Peremyshliany
Peremyshliany is a town in Lviv Oblast of Ukraine. It is administrative center of the Peremyshliany Raion. Population is 7,565 .It had a Jewish population of 2,934 in 1900.-Famous natives:* Naftule Brandwein, klezmer musician* bl...
) is a Polish
Poles
thumb|right|180px|The state flag of [[Poland]] as used by Polish government and diplomatic authoritiesThe Polish people, or Poles , are a nation indigenous to Poland. They are united by the Polish language, which belongs to the historical Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages of Central Europe...
researcher, diplomat, and former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
from 5 January 2005 until 31 October 2005 when a change of government took place. He served earlier as the deputy foreign minister
Foreign minister
A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...
. While in that position, Rotfeld established the Warsaw Reflection Group on the UN Reform and the Transformation of the Euro-Atlantic Security Institutions, with participation from leading US and European experts and politicians.
From 1991 up to 2002 he served as Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and in 1989–1991 project leader on Building a Cooperative Security System in and for Europe at SIPRI.
Life
Adam Daniel Rotfeld was born in PrzemyślanyPeremyshliany
Peremyshliany is a town in Lviv Oblast of Ukraine. It is administrative center of the Peremyshliany Raion. Population is 7,565 .It had a Jewish population of 2,934 in 1900.-Famous natives:* Naftule Brandwein, klezmer musician* bl...
near Lwów
Lviv
Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...
, Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
). He survived the Holocaust in a monastery of the Studite Brethren
Studite Brethren
Studite Brethren are a religious society of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.The Studite rule was developed at the Stoudios monastery of Constantinople, from the 5th century onward, especially by Saint Theodore the Studite . The rule was brought to Kievan Rus in the 11th century by Saint...
in Uniów. Rotfeld was married to Barbara Sikorska-Rotfeld (died in 2006) and has one daughter, Alicja, born in 1971.
Rotfeld studied international law and diplomacy in Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
(1955–1960). PhD dissertation on the right of self-determination of people in modern international law at the Jagiellonian University
Jagiellonian University
The Jagiellonian University was established in 1364 by Casimir III the Great in Kazimierz . It is the oldest university in Poland, the second oldest university in Central Europe and one of the oldest universities in the world....
, Kraków
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
defended in 1969. Later, Habilitation on European Security in Statu Nascendi. He was appointed professor at the Warsaw University by the President of Poland in 2001.
Professional activities
Since 1961 Rotfeld worked as researcher at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (or PISM, the official acronym formed from the Polish name). Currently (2006) Member of the UN Secretary General Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters (chaired ABDM in 2008;); since 2009 member of the NATO Expert Group on the New Strategic Concept, and since 2010 Commissioner of the Euro-Atlantic Security Commission, member of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).Since 1989: Leader of the Project on Building a Co–operative Security System in and for Europe at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Appointed as Director of SIPRI from 1 July 1991 and re–elected in 1996 for a second term (until June 2002). Mmbership of many consultative bodies and scientific councils, i.e. Institute of Political Stidies at the Polish Academy of Sciences, co-chairman of Polish-Russian Group on Difficult Matters.
Participated in many multilateral negotiations and conferences on security and arms control.
Publications
Rotfeld published and edited more than 20 monographs and over 400 articles. Initially focused on the legal and political aspect of relations between Germany and Central and East European states after World War II (recognition of borders, the Munich AgreementMunich Agreement
The Munich Pact was an agreement permitting the Nazi German annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. The Sudetenland were areas along Czech borders, mainly inhabited by ethnic Germans. The agreement was negotiated at a conference held in Munich, Germany, among the major powers of Europe without...
and the right of self-determination
Self-determination
Self-determination is the principle in international law that nations have the right to freely choose their sovereignty and international political status with no external compulsion or external interference...
) and multilateral process of security and cooperation in Europe initiated in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
, as well as arms control and non-proliferation.
After the end of the cold war co-edited with Walther Stützle the volume Germany and Europe in Transition (OUP 1991). Since then his publications are mainly focused on human rights, cooperative security, CSBMs, multilateral security structures (NATO, EU, OSCE) and political and legal structures of the security system in Europe.
Editor of the SIPRI Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security from 1991 to 2002. He has written more than 20 chapters on global and regional security systems and European and transatlantic security structures for the SIPRI Yearbook. Initiated the Warsaw Reflection Group (2004) and chaired the series of reports on the UN reform, multilateral European security institutions and on arms control, non-proliferation and denuclearization.
Appointments
In his capacity as Director of SIPRISIPRI
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute is an independent international institute dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament...
, appointed in 1992 as Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office to elaborate the political settlement of the conflict in the Trans–Dniester region of Moldova
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
; the recommended basic principles for the political solution of the conflict in his report were approved by the OSCE Council of Ministers and conflicting parties.
Since 2001 member of the President’s National Security Council, Poland.
Became Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA, Warsaw) in November 2001; in June 2003 appointed Secretary of State; Minister of Foreign Affairs between January 2005 and November 2005.
Since 2006 member of the UN SG's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters (chaired 2008).
Since 2008, former Foreign Minister Rotfeld has been Co-Chairing Polish-Russian Group For Difficult Issues, in particular Katyn massacre
Katyn massacre
The Katyn massacre, also known as the Katyn Forest massacre , was a mass execution of Polish nationals carried out by the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs , the Soviet secret police, in April and May 1940. The massacre was prompted by Lavrentiy Beria's proposal to execute all members of...
, together with Rector of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) – Anatoly V. Torkunov.
Memberships
Member of different academies and boards: the Royal Swedish Academy of War Studies (appointed in 1996); the Governing Board of the Hamburg Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of HamburgUniversity of Hamburg
The University of Hamburg is a university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by Wilhelm Stern and others. It grew out of the previous Allgemeines Vorlesungswesen and the Kolonialinstitut as well as the Akademisches Gymnasium. There are around 38,000 students as of the start of...
(IFSH, appointed in 1995); Advisory Board of Geneva Center for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF, appointed in 2001); Geneva Security Policy Center (2003), and many other research centers. Member of the European Council on Foreign Relations (since 2009).
Since March 2011 professor at the Warsaw University, Institute of Interdyscyplinary Research (Collegium Artes Liberales). Lectured at many universities and academic institutions in Europe, the United States, Russia, China and Japan.