China, Laos and Vietnam have set aside norms on power transfer and kept elders in charge. A few years after embracing a market economy – with Deng Xioping’s reforms in the early 1980s, the Vietnamese Communist Party’s Doi Moi and the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party’s New Economic Policy in 1986 – the three communist party-states set about… Continue reading Asia’s communist regimes are breaking their intergenerational social contracts
During the 3rd Belt & Road Forum in October 2023, Orbán secured more investments and new cooperation agreements with the China-based tech giant Huawei. The Hungarian prime minister is committed to deepening ties with Beijing despite domestic concerns and warnings from other EU and NATO countries against Chinese presence in strategic sectors. On October 17-18,… Continue reading Orbán Doubles Down on Turning Hungary into a Regional Hub of Chinese Influence
When discussing Taiwan’s “international space”, we conventionally refer to a contest over the juridical sovereignty of Taiwan (the Republic of China, ROC). Whether departing from the perspective of international law or theories of International Relations, the cross-Taiwan Strait sovereignty conflict in global politics involves two issues: Taiwan’s capacity to gain formal diplomatic recognition or, at… Continue reading The Subnational Dimension of the China-Taiwan Sovereignty Conflict in Global Politics: The Evidence from the United States
China’s “Blue Dragon” strategy seeks to upend Washington’s containment policy and breakout of strategic bottlenecks through leveraging national defence and development across four separate geographic frontiers. For Washington, addressing the China challenge must begin by rethinking policies no longer suitable to the challenge at hand. To compete strategically with the United States (US) and undermine… Continue reading China’s Secret “Blue Dragon” Strategy: Can US Containment Policy Succeed?
CEIAS is developing a database of interactions between European academic institutions and Chinese entities. This project follows on the previous iteration of the China-Europe Academic Engagement Tracker, seeking to extend it to the rest of Europe, from the initial 11 to a new total of 33 countries. The goal of the Tracker is to provide… Continue reading Strengthening academic security through an analysis of European-PRC academic collaboration and recommendations for improved research agreement transparency
