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Matej Šimalčík

Executive Director

Matej Šimalčík is the Executive Director of the Central European Institute of Asian Studies, a think tank that focuses on foreign and security policy issues related to East Asia. Matej's research looks at China’s economic and political presence and influence in Central Europe, elite relations, corrosive capital, and the role of European legal instruments in mitigating risks posed by China. In 2022, he founded the China-Europe Academic Engagement Tracker project, which aims to bring transparency to research collaborations with Chinese entities. He has a background in Law (Masaryk University, 2015) and International Relations (University of Groningen, 2016). He is also a senior associate at the Slovakia-based law firm Nechala and partners. Before that, Matej gained experience as an in-house legal counsel for the Slovak branch of Transparency International, a global anti-corruption watchdog, and several Slovak and Czech law firms.  In 2021, he was listed on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list (Slovak edition) in the Governance and Social Innovation category. He is also a member of the Expert Pool at the European Center of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE); European Think-tank Network on China; and a country reporter at the CELIS Institute, a think tank focused on investment and economic law.  Research interests: EU-China relations, EU-Taiwan relations, hybrid threats, corrosive capital, law and legal resilience

Contact
simalcik@ceias.eu

Written Articles

The Impact of War in Ukraine on V4 + Japan
CEIAS Papers Mar 30, 2023
The Impact of War in Ukraine on V4 + Japan

Róbert Vancel, Tomáš Beňuška, Lukáš Laš, Łukasz Lewkowicz, Matej Šimalčík

Čínske dezinformačné kampane na Slovensku‎
CEIAS Papers Dec 29, 2022
Čínske dezinformačné kampane na Slovensku‎

Barbara Kelemen, Matej Šimalčík, Dominika Remžová, Adam Kalivoda

Vzťahy Slovenskej republiky so štátmi ASEAN
CEIAS Papers Dec 16, 2022
Vzťahy Slovenskej republiky so štátmi ASEAN

Matej Šimalčík, Martin Šebeňa, Adam Kalivoda

Trans-Atlantic public opinion on China: Great power competition amidst Russian invasion of Ukraine
CEIAS Papers Dec 12, 2022
Trans-Atlantic public opinion on China: Great power competition amidst Russian invasion of Ukraine

Richard Turcsányi, Alfred Gerstl, Kristina Kironska, Klára Dubravčíková, James Iocovozzi, Peter Gries, Matej Šimalčík, Benjamin Toettoe, Diya Jiang

Destined for conflict? Taiwanese and Chinese public opinions on Cross-Strait relations‎
CEIAS Papers Nov 22, 2022
Destined for conflict? Taiwanese and Chinese public opinions on Cross-Strait relations‎

Kristina Kironska, Richard Turcsányi, Rong Chen, Yiju Chen, Andrew Chubb, James Iocovozzi, Matej Šimalčík

Public opinion in the Indo-Pacific: Divided on China, cheering for US & EU
CEIAS Papers Nov 3, 2022
Public opinion in the Indo-Pacific: Divided on China, cheering for US & EU

Richard Turcsányi, Kristina Kironska, Alfred Gerstl, Klára Dubravčíková, James Iocovozzi, Andrew Chubb, Matej Šimalčík

US-China rivalry in the Global South? Insights from a public opinion survey
CEIAS Papers Oct 17, 2022
US-China rivalry in the Global South? Insights from a public opinion survey

Richard Turcsányi, Klára Dubravčíková, James Iocovozzi, Matej Šimalčík, Kristina Kironska

South Korean public opinion on the world in times of global turmoil: US yay, China nay, Japan meh
CEIAS Papers Sep 22, 2022
South Korean public opinion on the world in times of global turmoil: US yay, China nay, Japan meh

Richard Turcsányi, Klára Dubravčíková, Su-Jeong Kang, James Iocovozzi, Lucia Husenicová, Matej Šimalčík

China-Europe Academic Engagement Tracker
Trackers Jun 26, 2022
China-Europe Academic Engagement Tracker

Matej Šimalčík, Adam Kalivoda

EU-Taiwan Tracker
Trackers May 3, 2022
EU-Taiwan Tracker

Kristina Kironska, David Hutt, Matej Šimalčík, Richard Turcsányi, Vladimíra Ličková, Yiju Chen

Prečo sa zastať Litvy
CEIAS Insights Jan 17, 2022
Prečo sa zastať Litvy

Matej Šimalčík

Medzi BRI a CAI: Budúcnosť hospodárskych vzťahov Slovenska a Číny
CEIAS Papers Dec 30, 2021
Medzi BRI a CAI: Budúcnosť hospodárskych vzťahov Slovenska a Číny

Richard Turcsányi, Adam Kalivoda, Martin Šebeňa, Matej Šimalčík

Under the Radar: Mapping the Czech and Slovak ‎local ‎governments’ ties to ‎China
CEIAS Papers Dec 19, 2021
Under the Radar: Mapping the Czech and Slovak ‎local ‎governments’ ties to ‎China

Matej Šimalčík, Filip Šebok, Adam Kalivoda, Veronika Blablová

Authoritarian Corrosive Capital in the CEE
CEIAS Papers Sep 9, 2021
Authoritarian Corrosive Capital in the CEE

Matej Šimalčík, Rumena Filipova, Nina Pejič, Evija Djatkoviča

China’s Engagement in Central and Eastern European Countries
CEIAS Papers Jun 21, 2021
China’s Engagement in Central and Eastern European Countries

Matej Šimalčík, Richard Turcsányi, Nina Pejič

Hungarian Policy Toward China Might Be Facing a Seismic Shift
CEIAS Insights Jun 9, 2021
Hungarian Policy Toward China Might Be Facing a Seismic Shift

Richard Turcsányi, Matej Šimalčík

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