Slovenia’s attempt at renewed China policy is still burdened by a lack of knowledge. While Slovenia’s new foreign policy strategy recognizes the importance of the Asia-Pacific region, it lacks a clear China policy due to a lack of understanding. As Slovenia aims to strike a balance between cooperation with China in high-tech industries and avoiding… Continue reading Slovenia’s China policy still looking for the right fit
On February 24th, 2022, the world woke up to a new reality: Russia initiated large-scale military aggression against neighboring Ukraine. While the war is happening on the European continent, considering it a purely European affair is flawed since the conflict has global ramifications. The very fact that a permanent member of the UN Security Council,… Continue reading Mixed reactions to the Russian war against Ukraine in the Indo-Pacific: Views of governments and civil society
Dear friends and colleagues, It has been almost a year since CEIAS launched the Center for CEE-Taiwan Relations, an initiative tasked with producing and disseminating expert knowledge necessary for ensuring the sustainable development of relations between Taiwan and the EU while having a special focus on the CEE countries. We would like to share with… Continue reading Beyond the Dumpling Aliance: Tracking Taiwan’s relations with CEE
Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries are key drivers of developments in EU-Taiwan relations. “Freedom-loving people should look out for each other!” tweeted Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis on June 22nd, 2021, as his country approved donations of COVID-19 vaccines for Taiwan. Thanks to their vaccine donations, Lithuania, together with Czechia, Poland, and… Continue reading Beyond the Dumpling Alliance: Tracking Taiwan’s relations with Central and Eastern Europe
This report presents an analysis of public opinions in Taiwan and the Visegrad countries (Poland, Czechia, Hungary, and Slovakia) – the V4 – about their mutual perceptions. It will also discuss the impacts of these attitudes on the mutual (non-diplomatic) relationships between the two sides and the potential impacts on their relationships with China. Based… Continue reading Public attitudes in Taiwan-V4 relations: Solid basis, space for improvement
