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?
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
Russia and China have been maintaining both political and economic ties for years. Most people around the world have heard or read about that close partnership and even friendship between the two countries. However, it is just a view from the outside, so it does not reflect the very Russian perspective. That is why we… Continue reading Inspiration & Anxiety: China in Russia’s contemporary political discourse
CEIAS analyst Lucia Husenicová contributed to the edited volume on EU-South Korea relations with a chapter on relations between Slovakia and South Korea. The publication maps South Korea’s relations with Austria, Bulgaria, Czechia, Finland, the Netherlands, Romania, and Slovakia, and is the second volume in the series. The report was published by the Korea Chair… Continue reading Mapping out EU-South Korea relations: Key member states’ perspectives (vol. II)
Structural changes brought about during the four years of the Trump presidency are unlikely to disappear. And while the Biden administration might deploy a different approach towards China and Iran, fundamental challenges remain, but this time could contribute to strengthened multilateralism globally. The 2020 US presidential elections made clear that Trump’s victory in 2016 has… Continue reading Trump’s legacy and Biden’s foreign policy in Asia
