Richard Turcsányi
Program Director
Richard Q. Turcsányi is a Program Director at the Central European Institute of Asian Studies (CEIAS) and Assistant Professor at Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic. He is an author of "Chinese Assertiveness in the South China Sea" and has published numerous articles on Chinese foreign policy and relations between China and (Central and Eastern) Europe. He led a large-scale public opinion study in 56 countries worldwide regarding their attitudes towards China and international affairs in recent years.
He received his Ph.D. in International Relations from Masaryk University, where he also studied economy and political science. In the past, he conducted long-term study and research stays at the University of Toronto, Peking University, National Chengchi University in Taipei, and the European Institute for Asian Studies in Brussels.
Research interests: Chinese foreign policy, China-CEE, EU-China, soft power, public opinion
Contact
turcsanyi@ceias.eu
China’s challenge to the Western-led international order
Richard Turcsányi, Benjamin Toettoe, James Iocovozzi, Kristina Kironska
EU-China relations: De-risking or de-coupling − the future of the EU strategy towards China
Richard Turcsányi, Andreea Brinza, Una Aleksandra Berzina-Čerenkova, Philippe Le Corre, John Seaman, Stefan Vladisavljev
Contemporary China: A New Superpower?
Kristina Kironska, Richard Turcsányi
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
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
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
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
Richard Turcsányi, Klára Dubravčíková, Su-Jeong Kang, James Iocovozzi, Lucia Husenicová, Matej Šimalčík
Chinese views of the world at the time of the Russia-Ukraine war
Richard Turcsányi, Klára Dubravčíková, Kristina Kironska, Tao Wang, James Iocovozzi, Peter Gries, Andrew Chubb, Veronika Vaseková
EU-Taiwan Tracker
Kristina Kironska, David Hutt, Matej Šimalčík, Richard Turcsányi, Vladimíra Ličková, Yiju Chen
Dragon’s Roar and Bear’s Howl: Convergence in Sino-Russian Information Operations in NATO Countries?
