The storming of the US Congress and the inability of the West to deal with the pandemic are a godsend for the propaganda of authoritarian regimes. “We love you, you’re special,” said outgoing US President Donald Trump in a brief speech to the rioters who broke into the Capitol. Capitol’s storming, which interrupted the certification… Continue reading Liberal democracy powerless?
A new report from a team of regional experts across Czechia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia, which was published by CHOICE, summarizes the ongoing debates on Huawei’s involvement in each of their respective nations, thus formulating a mosaic of the region at-large. Our Executive Director Matej Šimalčík contributed to the paper with a… Continue reading Huawei in Central and Eastern Europe: Trends and Forecast
V posledných rokoch sa šíril naratív o nových členských štátoch zo strednej a východnej Európy, ktoré ohrozujú jednotu EÚ voči Číne. Nedávne udalosti, ktoré vyvrcholili unáhleným uzavretím investičnej dohody s Pekingom, však ukazujú, že francúzsko-nemecké spojenectvo je väčšou prekážkou jednotnej reakcie na výzvy, ktoré predstavuje Čína. „Dnes EÚ a Čína principiálne uzavreli rokovania o investičnej dohode,“ poznamenala… Continue reading Investičná dohoda s Čínou a zlaté teľa európskej jednoty
Despite the narrative about Central and Eastern European countries endangering EU unity on China, the hasty conclusion of an investment agreement with Beijing shows that the Franco-German alliance is a bigger obstacle to a united response to challenges posed by China. “Today, the EU and China concluded in principle negotiations on an investment agreement,” remarked… Continue reading China investment agreement and the golden calf of EU unity
In this paper, CEIAS authors aim to evaluate the current state of play of Slovakia’s relations with the three Northeast Asian democracies – South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. To this end, the publication focuses on three distinct aspects of mutual relations – political, economic, and people-to-people relations. While the analysis of relations focuses especially on… Continue reading Slovakia and the democracies of Northeast Asia: Partnerships rooted in values
