Matej Šimalčík contributed with a chapter on Slovakia to a publication titled Comparative Analysis of the Approach towards China: V4+ and One Belt One Road. The publication has been prepared within the framework of the project Comparative Analysis of the Approach towards China: V4+ and One Belt One Road financed by the International Visegrad Fund… Continue reading V4+ and One Belt One Road
More than five years have passed since the Chinese leader Xi Jinping announced the massive geo-economic plan that later took shape of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). In CEE, the BRI came on the heels of the 16+1 cooperation mechanism, which was formed by China and the 16 CEE countries in 2012. Both projects brought… Continue reading No Belt No Road- Slovakia on the margins of China’s BRI initiative
Professor Hirose visited Slovakia in February 2019 to deliver a lecture on the Japanese perspective on connectivity between Asia and Europe. On this occasion, we met with her and asked her a few questions for the IAS Interviews series about her opinions on connectivity, the Belt and Road Initiative, and state of relations among Japan,… Continue reading IAS Interview with prof. Yoko Hirose
IAS analysts authored two chapters in the 2017-2018 edition of the Panorama of Global Security Environment published by STRATPOL. Panorama is one of the most authoritative publications in Central Europe on international relations and security on a global scale. The contributions published in Panorama are peer-reviewed and listed in the Thompson Reuters Science Citation Index.… Continue reading Panorama of Global Security Environment: 2017-2018
If there is one thing that the Chinese leadership hates, it is not being in control of something crucially important. In the context of its authoritarian political system, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) remains in power with no need to compete with another political party. However, regime security remains its number one concern (or core… Continue reading From Asia to Europe: Why Elections Matter for China’s Belt and Road Initiative
