Adam Krzymowski


Adam Krzymowski is a Polish political scientist and diplomat, Ambassador of Poland to the United Arab Emirates, 2011–2015. Currently, professor at Zayed University.

Education

In 1998, he graduated with distinction at the Faculty of Political Science of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. In 2000 he completed the Postgraduate National Security Studies organized by the Ministry of National Defense, the National Security Bureau and the University of Warsaw. In 2002, he presented at the University of Warsaw written under the direction of Stanisław Parzymies the doctoral dissertation "United States of America and the European Security and Defense Identity" for which he obtained a doctoral degree in political science.

Career

Krzymowski participated in the strategic processes concerning Poland's membership in the
European Union, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the Middle East. From 1998 to 2008, he worked at the Office of the Committee of European Integration, where he rose through the ranks to become the Chief Specialist.
In these time, he participated in several conferences, including on the Future of North Atlantic Security Strategic Imperatives, on the invitation of
NATO Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic ; European Armament Industries, ESDP, and Transatlantic Cooperation ; the EU and NATO-Practical Progress and Prospects, on the invitation of the Royal Institute of International Affairs ; Atlantic Partner or Regional Player? Europe's Security and Defence Policy after 11 September
; the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the EU, ; NATO's Research & Technology Organization on Real-Time Intrusion Detection, ; Dual Enlargement: Security Policy Implications ; Economic Dimensions of Defence Institutions, both on the invitation of the George C. Marshall European Centre for Security Studies. From 2006 to 2007, he was a member of the Governmental Team for the National Security Strategy of Poland.
In the years 2008–2015, he worked at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland in the Office of the Prime Minister's Plenipotentiary for International Dialogue., where he was promoted to
the position of Counsellor to the Prime Minister. In 2008, he represented his country in the first
governmental-parliamentary delegation to the European Space Agency in Paris, leading Poland to join that organisation.
From 2 March 2011 to 31 July 2015, he was the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in the United Arab Emirates and a representative at the International Renewable Energy Agency. Among other things, Adam Krzymowski contributed to the opening of direct flights between Poland and the UAE, and the historic first visit of a member of the royal family, UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs to Poland ; Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy of Poland to the UAE ; Prime Minister of Poland to the UAE ; UAE Minister of Economy to Poland ; President of Poland to the UAE ; member of the royal family, UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs to Poland ; Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy of Poland to the UAE ; to the historic first visit of the Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai to Poland, who, in addition to meeting with the President of Poland, met with the President-elect, for whom it was his first official meeting with a foreign leader. Adam Krzymowski also contributed to establishing and holding the first meeting of the Joint Economic Committee and another one, which took place in 2015. During his term as Ambassador, trade exchange increased from USD 316 million to USD 1.3 billion.
Moreover, as the Ambassador, he participated in the EU-GCC Joint Council and the International
Contact Group for Libya, headed the Polish delegation to the first meeting of the
International Working Group on Economic Recovery and Development of the Friends of the
Syrian People, participated in the International Contact Group on Afghanistan,
was the head of the Polish delegation at the Proliferation Security Initiative meeting,
represented Poland at the International Conference on Countering Piracy, was the head of
the Polish delegation at the International Contact Group on Afghanistan.
After his Ambassador's mission, in early 2016, he assumed the post of Senior Advisor to the Director
General of the Expo 2020 Dubai. He became a Board of Trustees member of the Strategic Advisory Centre for Economic and Future Studies in Abu Dhabi. Since early 2020, he has been a Professor at Zayed University and since 2021, a member of the Oxford Network of Peace Studies at the University of Oxford. In 2023, Krzymowski completed the Study of the U.S. Institutes for Global Scholars on U.S. Foreign Policy. As part of it, he had research activities at various universities, including the University of Delaware, Yale University, the University of Pennsylvania, George Washington University, and the U.S. Naval Academy.
As a professor, he has delivered lectures at various universities, including Sorbonne University and New York University in Abu Dhabi, the University of Sharjah, the London School of Economics and Political Science, the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the Catholic University of Santa Maria. Krzymowski is also a prolific author of scholarly publications on various contemporary topics related to regional and global security policy issues, international political economy, and diplomacy in the emerging global era.
Since January 2024, he has been a member of the International Advisory Board of the Hung Research Center for Hong Kong and Globalization.
In July 2025, at the World Congress of Political Science in Seoul, South Korea, he presented a paper on "Central Eastern Europe - Three Seas Initiative and Gulf Cooperation Council Countries' Impact on Transatlantic, Indo-Pacific Grand Strategies and Changing World Order.

Agreements Signed with His Involvement

2012:
  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Poland and the Government of the UAE on Economic Cooperation.
  • Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Poland and the Government of the UAE on the Abolition of the Visa Requirement for Holders of Diplomatic Passports.
2013:
2014:
2015:

Academic and Professional Awards

Selected publications

Books:
  • Krzymowski, A.. Europe's strategic autonomy in a transatlantic context at the turn of the centuries. Publisher WSGK. Kutno.
  • Krzymowski, A.. Diplomatic Relation between the Republic of Poland and the United Arab Emirates. Publisher Qindeel, Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation. Exeter, Dubai.
  • Krzymowski, A.. United States of America in the process of construction of the European strategic autonomy . Academic and Scientific Publisher ASPRA. Warsaw.
  • Krzymowski, A.. Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union in terms of transatlantic relations, Scientific Publisher ELIPSA. Kutno.
Book Chapters:
  • Krzymowski, A.. Sustainability from the Abraham Accords Countries' Perspective. In R. Brinkmann & C. Wityi Oo, Palgrave Handbook of Practical Sustainability. Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Krzymowski, A.. Geostrategic considerations of European integration in Central and Eastern Europe, chapter in book: Central and Eastern Europe in the integration process, University of National Economy,Kutno, 243 page.
  • Krzymowski, A.. Citizen Lexicon, Chapter X: Economy, Publisher CH Beck, Warsaw, 1232 page.
Articles:
  • Krzymowski, A.. The United Arab Emirates' Economic Diversification Through the Space Sector and Its Diplomacy. Virtual Economics, 7, 30-47.doi.org/10.34021/ve.2024.07.04.
  • Krzymowski, A.. India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor in strategic connection with the Abraham Accords and the Three Seas Initiative. Journal of International Studies, 17,179-194. doi:10.14254/2071-8330.2024/174/11.
  • Krzymowski, A.. Strategic Significance of Joint Committees for Cooperation between Three Seas Initiatives Countries and the United Arab Emirates. Przegląd Strategiczny, 13, 119-140. DOI: 10.14746/ps.2023.1.9.
  • Krzymowski, A.. Energy Transformation and the UAE Green Economy: Trade Exchange and Relations with Three Seas Initiative Countries. Energies, 15, 8410. DOI: 10.3390/en15228410
  • Krzymowski, A.. Role and Significance of the United Arab Emirates' Foreign Aid for its Soft Power Strategy and Sustainable Development Goals. Social Sciences, 11, 11-18. DOI: 10.3390/socsci11020048
  • Krzymowski, A.. The Baltic States of the Three Seas Initiative: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in Creative Relations with the United Arab Emirates. Creativity Studies, 15, 40-57 DOI:10.3846 cs.2022.13867