In this field, it ranks as one of the most influential think tanks not just in Central and Eastern Europe but in the European Union as a whole.

[2] In 1972, the institute gained the right to confer doctoral degrees, of which the first recipient was Jerzy Robert Nowak.

With a permanent research staff of thirty-five, PISM is prolific in the fields of European and European Union affairs, European Neighbourhood Policy with a particular emphasis on Ukraine, EU security policy, arms control and energy.

The institute has produced notable reports not least on the question of missile defense,[3] British efforts to renegotiate the EU treaties[4] and the future of the EU,[5] as well as being part of the international drafting committee for projects on a Euro-Atlantic/Eurasian Security Community[6] and a European Global Strategy.

[8] Besides its core tasks of research and analysis, PISM organizes regular discussions with international dignitaries and has played host to personalities such as Henry Kissinger as well as then US presidential candidate Mitt Romney.