Jakub Sławek
Analyst at the Influence Hubs in the Middle East Project at OSW. Former diplomat and Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the United Arab Emirates, with over 20 years of professional experience in the Arab world and the Middle East. During his diplomatic career, he served at Polish diplomatic missions in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Algeria. Earlier in his career, he also worked in Libya as an Arabic-language interpreter.
He is a graduate of the Institute of Oriental Philology at Jagiellonian University in Kraków. He obtained his PhD from the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Warsaw, specializing in research on contemporary Yemen and the Arab world.
During his diplomatic service, he initiated and implemented numerous political, economic, and promotional projects aimed at strengthening mutual understanding and developing cooperation between Poland and Arab countries. His work focused particularly on Poland’s relations with the Gulf states, including political, economic and investment cooperation.
For his contribution to the development of Polish Emirati relations, he was awarded the Medal of Independence, First Class, by the President of the United Arab Emirates.
He also runs the Gulf House at the University of Silesia – an expert unit with focus on the Gulf region.
- Contemporary politics of the Arab Gulf states and their relations with Iran;
- Foreign policy of the Gulf states and their role in the international system;
- Investment policies and economic diversification strategies of the Gulf states;
- Energy policies of the Gulf states and the transformation of regional economies;
- Yemen – domestic politics, security and relations with the Gulf states;
- Security and political developments in the Sahel region;
Books:
- Jemen- świat wartości plemiennych (2008), wydawnictwo Ibidem, Łódź
- Arabskie i polskie słownictwo dyplomatyczne i polityczne (2016), wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Articles:
- „Dyplomacja nieszablonowa. Nowe regiony, nowe narzędzia”, w: „Dyplomacja przełomu przełom w dyplomacji”, red. A. Rzegocki, Kraków 2026
- Dziedzictwo Królestwa Arabii Saudyjskiej, czyli punkt wyjścia, w: „Polityka zagraniczna Arabii Saudyjskiej wobec wybranych państw Bliskiego Wschodu w XX wieku”, red. Bartosz Wróblewski, Rzeszów 2020
- Strategiczny sojusz saudyjsko-emiracki – odpowiedź na kryzys w Zatoce Perskiej, Krakowskie Studia Międzynarodowe, nr 3, 2018
- Yemen and the New regional order, International Studies Interdisciplinary Political and cultural Journal, University of Lodz, vol. 21 no.1 2018
- Jemen – plemienne zależności, „Znak”, grudzień 2017
- Redefining Russia’s policy in the Middle East, Obronność - Zeszyty Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania i Dowodzenia Akademii Obrony Narodowej nr3, 2016
- The Post Arab Spring Jihadism: a phenomenon of Transition or Durability, Hemispheres 31, no. 3, 2016
- Rada Współpracy Państw Zatoki – jaka przyszłość po Arabskiej Wiośnie? Krakowskie Studia Międzynarodowe, nr 3, 2014
- Jemen – budowanie przyszłości przez dialog, Krakowskie Studia Międzynarodowe, nr 3, 2013