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Understanding Diplomacy: Ambassador's Reflections

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H. E. Piotr Wilczek, Polish Ambassador to the United Kingdom: Professor Piotr Wilczek has been the Polish Ambassador to the Court of St James's in London since February 2022. Previously, from 2016 to 2021, he served as the Polish Ambassador to the United States, where he notably strengthened transatlantic relations in defence, energy, and trade. For these achievements, he received the Amicus Oeconomiae Prize in 2020. Before his diplomatic career, Wilczek was a tenured professor at the University of Warsaw and held leadership roles at the University of Silesia. He has been a visiting professor and guest speaker at top world universities, including Oxford, Harvard, and the University of Chicago, and participated in prestigious international conferences such as the Aspen Security Forum. He is an author of numerous books and journal articles in fields such as literary studies, early modern intellectual history, religious studies, translation studies, and rhetoric. In 2017, Cleveland State University awarded him an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters. He has been pivotal in fostering international collaborations, representing entities like Refo500 and the Kościuszko Foundation in Poland.

Born in Chorzów, Poland in 1962, Wilczek earned advanced degrees from the University of Silesia and pursued further studies at University of Oxford and the University of London's Warburg Institute. He has been Professor of the Humanities since 2006.

H. E. Yannis Tsaousis, Greek Ambassador to the United Kingdom: Yannis Tsaousis was appointed Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic to the Court of St James’s in March 2023. Previously Ambassador Tsaousis was the Director of the Diplomatic Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2019 to 2023.

Since joining the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1997, he has served in a wide range of Diplomatic Service roles in Athens and abroad, including service in the Permanent Representation of Greece to NATO in Brussels (1999-2003), in Cyprus (2003-2007), South Africa (2009-2012) and in the Permanent Mission of Greece to the UN and other Organisations in Geneva (2012-2016).

Ambassador Tsaousis holds a Bachelor in Law from the University of Athens and postgraduate degrees from the University of Kent (LLM), the University of Paris I- Sorbonne (D.E.A.) and the University of Oxford (MSt) in the fields of Public International Law and International Organisations.

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