Will the newly-launched Global Gateway investment scheme boost EU’s soft power globally? On December 1st, the European Union launched its new Global Gateway scheme, an investment initiative that aims to “boost smart, clean and secure links in digital, energy and transport and strengthen health, education and research systems across the world.” Global Gateway plans to… Continue reading CEIAS CONSIDERS: Can EU’s Global Gateway compete with China’s BRI?
China is generally considered one of the greatest challenges facing NATO member states in the 21st century. Much attention has been paid to China’s decades-long meteoric economic rise which has also fuelled a massive military buildup. During the 2010s, China became increasingly assertive in its geopolitical neighbourhood, raising alarms in numerous capitals. In recent years,… Continue reading China as a Narrative Challenge for NATO Member States
Welcome to the 23rd issue of the #CEEasia Briefing. In this issue, we dissect the following topics: Opposition Candidate’s Challenge to Orbán’s China Policy Chinese Presence in Serbia Beginning of a New EU Taiwan Policy? V4-Korea Business Forum Do you need to know more about East Asia? Don’t hesitate to shoot us a message about… Continue reading CEEasia Briefing #23: Challenge to Orbán’s China Policy, Chinese Presence in Serbia, a New EU Taiwan Policy?, V4-Korea Business Forum
In July the CCP turned a hundred years old, and its leaders have just thrown a party to celebrate the occasion in the form of the plenary session of the Nineteenth Central Committee that took place in Beijing on 8-11 November 2021. Although the Communiqué published on the final day of the plenum and its… Continue reading Throwing a Party for the CCP: The Sixth Plenum and the Third “Resolution on History”
Was the passing of an “historical resolution” an historical moment for Chinese politics? Concluding on November 10th, the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was billed as yet another occasion for Xi Jinping to stamp his authority over not just the party but also China itself. Did… Continue reading CEIAS CONSIDERS: Outcome of Chinese Communist Party’s 6th plenum
