Welcome to the 40th issue of the #CEEasia Briefing. In this issue, we dissect the following topics: EU’s “de-risking” of supply chains from China Boris Kollar’s trip to China South Korea’s arms transfer to Ukraine Do you need to know more about East Asia? Don’t hesitate to shoot us a message about custom analysis tailored to… Continue reading CEEasia Briefing #40: EU supply chains in China, South Korea providing arms to Ukraine, Slovak Parliament Speaker visits China
A US-led tech blockade can only temporarily impact China’s tech development. The West must remain competitive by maintaining an equivalent research and development expense to China, regardless of export bans, or risk losing its substantial geopolitical and tech leverage. Since the Netherlands joined the United States in imposing sanctions against China’s chip industry, the chorus… Continue reading The West needs more than export bans to compete with China
The persistent internal political deadlock in Bulgaria diminishes even further prospects for focusing policy attention on major international questions, specifically concerning the Indo-Pacific. Sofia risks becoming a weak link in Western strategies for countering the Chinese authoritarian threat. Bulgaria’s domestic political stalemate, characterized by multiple ineffectual elections incapable of producing a stable regular government, is… Continue reading Bulgarian elections and the Indo-Pacific: Worlds apart
Cooperation between Taiwan and the V4 countries — the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary — has been growing. The V4, or the Visegrad Group, is an informal regional format of cooperation between the four central European countries, which are linked by common geopolitical issues, along with shared cultures and values. Thanks to their donations… Continue reading ‘V4’ relations solid, but need a boost
In order to avoid escalation from happening the EU needs to start preparations — including a sanctions package — on all possible escalation scenarios, including the least possible, but still probable case of invasion on Taiwan. Escalation can take on many forms and doesn’t mean only a full-scale Chinese’s invasion of Taiwan. A military takeover… Continue reading Expectations with limitations: The EU’s response to possible Chinese escalation in the Taiwan Strait
