Staré spory nehrdzavejú. Už takmer mesiac trvá najnovší japonsko-kórejský spor. Od začiatku júla totiž vstúpili do platnosti obmedzenia exportu troch strategicky významných surovín z Japonska do Južnej Kórey. Opatrenie, ktoré má chrániť bezpečnostné záujmy Japonska, prichádza po dlhom období zhoršujúcich sa vzťahov a ohrozuje juhokórejskú ekonomiku. Japonská vláda ohlásila obmedzenie vývozu troch surovín, ktoré sa… Continue reading Prečo sa Japonsko naťahuje s Kóreou
‘Influence operations’ are necessarily neither illegal nor crossing the red line. One of the roles of having embassies is trying to influence the view of your country in the country where the embassy is. That is a part of public diplomacy, that is an influence operation. It is not about ‘Chinese influence operations’. It is… Continue reading Malcolm Cook: Myth-Busting Australia’s Relation with China
China’s relationship with the Taliban has been motivated by its own security interests and economic considerations. However, its pragmatic nature could offer an alternative platform for the actors that have been sidelined by the ongoing US-led negotiations with the Taliban. In June 2019, the Taliban delegation headed by Abdul Ghani Baradar visited Beijing. According to… Continue reading China & the Taliban: Pragmatic Relationship
The Sino-Russian border is an example of an international border that has been under recurrent and intense stress since its establishment at the end of the 17th century. During this long period, power misbalances and political mistrust between the two states pervaded territorial disputes, ethnic conflicts, the border clashes of the 1960s, the arms race… Continue reading Sino-Russian cross-border distrust in the longue durée
