Golden Paperclip 2023 · Media Relations
Interdisciplinary data-driven communication strategist
Fields of work
Three fields where I bring data, communication and people together. Hover over a panel or select it to see the details.
Think tank · since September 2025
I built the foundation from scratch as a think tank with its own operating system: a CRM with more than 25,500 contacts and 9,500 companies, processes, a partner model and expert meeting formats. Since 2026 I have also been building its digital products.
Conferences and debates · 2016–2022
Four conference editions designed end to end: from the concept and partners to the broadcast. Plus guest lectures, including Dr Jacek Bartosiak at the University of Gdańsk, and moderating the panel “Poland's place in the balance of power”.
PR and marketing · since 2022
The Pracuj.pl campaign “9 weeks of change, 9 million people reached” (Golden Paperclip 2023, Media Relations), a translation system for product materials across more than 40 markets at Thale (Niczuk) and B2B marketing with social selling at Elektronika S.A.
About me
I combine data analysis, communication and strategy. I lead the New European Strategies Foundation and created the Geopolityczna Gra Mocarstw conference; previously I worked as a data analyst at Refinitiv / London Stock Exchange Group and as a data-driven PR consultant at Linkleaders (Golden Paperclip 2023).
Data has to be measured, but above all interpreted and used before a competitor spots the same opportunity. I work to turn the raw number into a message that changes a decision.
Figures
26,000+
LinkedIn followers
personal profile, as of 20 October 2026
25,500+
contacts in the New European Strategies CRM
and 9,500+ companies
9 million
people reached by the Pracuj.pl campaign
Golden Paperclip (Złoty Spinacz) 2023, Media Relations category
4
editions of Geopolityczna Gra Mocarstw
three on-site (2016, 2018, 2019) and one online (2021)
75,000+
conference views on YouTube
40+
markets and 10 language versions
translation system for product materials, Thale (Niczuk)
6
fund data markets at LSEG
Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Spain
1,558+
questions in EuroChallenge Quiz
six specialisations, as of 20 October 2026
Portfolio
A Warsaw-based analytical foundation, entered in the National Court Register (KRS) on 19 September 2025. I built it as a system: a funding model, a CRM with 25,500+ contacts, a website built from scratch, a report production cycle, expert meeting formats and its own digital products.
since September 2025
The New European Strategies educational platform, which I designed and deployed single-handedly: 1,558+ questions across six specialisations, adaptive question selection, a learning mode with spaced repetition, decision simulations and server-side answer validation. It runs in the browser as a PWA and on Google Play.
since February 2026
An integrated working environment for knowledge-based organisations: documents, projects, communication, CRM, HR and payroll, live broadcasts, and networking and meeting tools in a single system. It was built because no off-the-shelf tool matched the way a think tank works.
since 2026
The Geopolitical Game of Great Powers conference: a series on geopolitics and the international economy that I ran end to end, from concept and positioning, through promotion and the coordination of speakers, to broadcasts and the archive. 4 editions, more than 25 partners, more than 50 speakers and more than 75,000 views on YouTube.
2016-2021
A blog on contemporary geopolitics analysed through its historical outline, developed into a medium with a YouTube channel, the “Depesza Dyplomaty” podcast and more than 5,200 followers on Facebook. It was the substantive and communications base of the Geopolityczna Gra Mocarstw conference.
since September 2015 (project on hold)A PR campaign for Pracuj.pl built on research data, combining media relations with social media communication as nine weeks of parental leave for fathers came into force. The Linkleaders and Pracuj.pl project won the Golden Paperclip (Złoty Spinacz) 2023 in the Media Relations category; its total reach was 9 million people.
2023Conference
A series of expert conferences on geopolitics and the international economy that I created from concept to delivery: three on-site editions at the University of Gdańsk and a three-day online edition with twelve debates.
Edition I (2016)
Geopolityczna Gra Mocarstw: Opportunities and Threats of the 21st Century in the International Arena
2016 · On-siteEdition II (2018)
Geopolityczna Gra Mocarstw (panels: “Poland as a regional power” and “The Middle East as the key to the new international order”)
2018 · On-siteEdition III (2019)
Building a Coherent European Security System (in the announcements: “Challenges to Building a Coherent European Security System”)
2019 · On-siteEdition IV (2021, online)
Challenges for the New Global Economic Order
2021 · OnlineArchive: 67 profiles · 16 debates and panels · 18 talks · 14 interviews · 40 recordings · 61 patrons and partners
Interviews
20193,900 views
Poland can do better in the international rivalry. What does that rivalry look like?
20193,480 views
Military challenges for Poland's strategy in the global great-power game
20193,204 views
On the polycentrisation of the world and information warfare
Publications
2019University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Economics, Institute of Foreign Trade (master's thesis, supervisor: Dr Monika Grottel)
Defended in October 2019, three years before Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine and today's situation. The foreign policy of the Russian Federation explained through geopolitics and geoeconomics. The thesis sets the historical hegemonic cycles of sea and land powers against the rivalry between the United States and China, and then shows how Russia, economically weaker than China and militarily weaker than the United States, uses geography, A2/AD anti-access systems, information warfare, and energy and transport projects (Nord Stream 2, TurkStream, the Northern Sea Route, the North-South corridor) to rebuild its spheres of influence in Eurasia. Its added value lies in personal sources obtained by the author, including conversations with Radosław Sikorski and Gen. Waldemar Skrzypczak and a talk by Gen. Stanisław Koziej at the 2nd edition of Geopolityczna Gra Mocarstw.
2019Zeszyty Studenckie “Nasze Studia”, Faculty of Economics, University of Gdańsk, no. 9
Since 2018 the United States has been competing for primacy in the international system with China, the aspiring hegemon, while Russia, weaker economically and demographically, retains influence thanks to its military potential, location, spheres of influence and raw materials. The article derives Poland's position from this configuration: the complementary interests of Western Europe and Russia pose a challenge to Poland, and its location makes it a player in the strategy of every great power. Within the US sphere of influence Poland plays the role of a military player vis-à-vis Russia; in Chinese initiatives it is seen as a logistics and transport hub between Europe and China.
2020The Geopolitics of Russia and the Post-Soviet Area: Spheres of Influence (Geopolityka Rosji i obszaru postsowieckiego. Strefy wpływów), vol. 1, ed. Leszek Sykulski, Wydawnictwo Zona Zero
A chapter in an edited monograph on the geopolitics of Russia and the post-Soviet area (584 pages, published on 16 September 2020), alongside texts by Michał Lubina, Piotr Mickiewicz and Krzysztof Wojczal, among others. It analyses Russian operational directions and Russia's capacity to project power and secure its spheres of influence in Europe and on the southern axis; it develops the findings of Chapter III of the master's thesis.
2020-2021Historyczny Ambasador podcast: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud
Four episodes from 2020-2021: conversations with Gen. Waldemar Skrzypczak (29 March 2020) and Dr Leszek Sykulski (10 April 2020), a review of a book by Bartłomiej Radziejewski (21 January 2021) and the analysis “Asymmetric Actions Strengthening Russia's Role in the International Arena” (24 February 2021).
FAQ
Igor Miasnikow is a Warsaw-based data-driven communication strategist, founder and President of the New European Strategies Foundation, and creator of the Geopolityczna Gra Mocarstw conference and the Historyczny Ambasador blog. He previously worked as a data analyst at Refinitiv / London Stock Exchange Group and as a data-driven PR consultant at Linkleaders, where he co-created the Pracuj.pl campaign that won the Golden Paperclip 2023.
Since September 2025 he has led the New European Strategies Foundation (KRS 0001195512). He is responsible for the organisation and its operating system, a CRM with more than 25,500 contacts and 9,500 companies, the business plan and partner packages, the social media strategy, a website built from scratch, and events and analytical projects.
A series of four editions of an expert conference on geopolitics and the international economy (2016–2021): three on-site editions at the University of Gdańsk in Gdańsk and Sopot and an online edition in 2021. According to the organiser's data, the on-site editions gathered more than 900 participants and the online edition more than 75,000 views, 48 talks and 12 debates.
With data-driven communication strategy, media relations and PR, competitor and persona research, CRM and marketing automation, SEO and websites, the organisation of conferences and debates, geopolitical analysis and building digital products.
The quickest way is the form on the contact page, e-mail (igor.miasnikow@gmail.com), phone (+48 784 880 318) or booking an online meeting. He replies in Polish, English and Spanish.
Contact
Recruitment, a partnership with New European Strategies, an interview, a debate or an analysis. I reply in Polish, English and Spanish.
