Dr. Jan Wiśniewski is the head of the Institute of Political Science at the Academy of Social and Media Culture in Toruń – Academy of Applied Sciences, and coordinates the activities of the Regional Center for International Debate in Toruń. Dr. Wiśniewski is an implementer of research grants at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and the University of Prešov in Prešov (Prešovská univerzita v Prešove). In his research he focuses on the civil war in Russia in the years 1917-1922 and the issues of international security, especially on the conflicts in the area of the former Soviet Union.