After the brutal campaign against the Rohingya people in 2017, Myanmar state media contributed to mis-framing the situation in Rakhine state, thereby instilling fear of the Rohingya people among the majority population and contributing to violence against the members of this ethnic group. Under the authority of the Tatmadaw, Myanmar’s military, the Rohingya have long… Continue reading How Myanmar state-run media shaped public opinion on the Rohingya
CEE-China cooperation could be quite different after Lithuania’s withdrawal from the 17+1 platform. As Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz and his crew of demolition spaceships were nearing Earth to make space for a galactic bypass, the dolphins attempted to communicate to the far less intelligent humans the impending doom of the planet. Upon failing to do so… Continue reading So long, and thanks for all the fishy promises
Welcome to the 16th issue of the #CEEasia Briefing. In this issue, we dissect the following topics: The EU adopts a new Indo-Pacific strategy Montenegro asks the EU for help on China loan Hungarian foreign minister visits Japan Japan aligns with the US on climate Do you need to know more about East Asia? Don’t… Continue reading CEEasia Briefing #16: The EU and a new Indo-Pacific strategy, Montenegro asking EU, Hungarian visit in Japan, Japan aligns with the US
To effectively coordinate with the EU on China policy, the U.S. needs to consider European public opinion. Since the Biden administration took office in January, debates on the possibility and extent of policy coordination on China between the EU and the U.S. have been reinvigorated. The deteriorating human rights situation in China, as well as… Continue reading Public Opinion Can Make or Break the U.S.-EU Alliance on China
Slovakia and East Asia’s relationship, which in 2020 was strongly influenced by the spread of the coronavirus and the following global setup and many challenges for societies and policymakers, Matej Šimalčí in his chapter to the Yearbook of Slovakia’s Foreign Policy 2020 examined mainly from four angles: the perception of the East Asia region in… Continue reading Slovakia in East Asia: no longer naive, still not committed (Yearbook of Slovakia’s Foreign Policy 2020)
