Panelists from CEE countries bring insights regarding East Asian prospective investments in CEE from statistics, research, and practical experiences. All three panelists agreed that traditional Asian partners for example South Korea and Japan are still the top investors. However, Japan is slowly pulling out of CEE regions while South Korea remains the strongest player with… Continue reading CEEasia Forum 2021: Future of East Asian investment in Central Europe
What does the Indo-Pacific mean for the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia? On September 16th, the European Union finally published its long-awaited Indo-Pacific Strategy paper, signaling Europe’s closer attention to this increasingly important part of the world. In past years, Germany, France, and the Netherlands published their own Indo-Pacific guidelines. But what does the… Continue reading CEIAS CONSIDERS: Is The Indo-Pacific Important For Central Europe?
Why China ending its construction of overseas coal-fired power stations could be a big issue for world politics. In a pre-recorded speech to the UN General Assembly on September 22nd, Chinese President Xi Jinping made the surprise announcement that Beijing will stop building coal-fired power stations abroad, a move that could have major economic and… Continue reading CEIAS CONSIDERS: What’s the big deal if China stops building overseas coal projects?
A new paper series edited by CEIAS focuses on the effects of authoritarian corrosive capital on governance in the CEE countries. Researchers from Slovakia, Romania, Slovenia, and Latvia provide an overview of Chinese and Russian economic activities in several CEE countries, the role of corrosive capital, and offer plenty of recommendations for the public, private… Continue reading Authoritarian Corrosive Capital in the CEE
Latvia and the two other Baltic states—Lithuania and Estonia—are located at the crossroads of the East and West. Their proximity to Russia, with which they share historic ties and proficiency in the Russian language, has attracted Russian money to the region, and vice versa. However, as this paper by Evija Djatkoviča shows, Russia’s economic presence… Continue reading Gas and Dirty Money: Russian Corrosive Capital in Latvia
