Beyond COVID-19 Diplomacy: Sustaining Momentum in CEE-Taiwan Relations
As the Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis announced his country’s pledge to donate 20 thousand COVID-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan, the Taiwanese people were quick to devise creative ways to demonstrate their gratitude. Rapidly, generous donations poured...
Can European AML Laws Reveal Who Owns Huawei?
To improve the transparency of Chinese companies, the EU needs to change how it approaches beneficial ownership registration under the block’s Anti Money Laundering (AML) rules.
A large part of the discussions surrounding security...
Slovak Universities Have a China Problem…And They Don’t Even Know It
It's been only a short time since a press release by the Technical University in Košice (TUKE) appeared, claiming that the university would soon establish a joint center for artificial intelligence research in cooperation with the Chinese...
New FDI Screening Law: Not What Slovakia Needs, But What it Deserves
In just the first week of February, Slovakia expressly adopted a new law on screening of investments. While FDI screening is more than necessary, its rushed preparation has left the legislation markedly flawed.
A...
China in the Slovak Security Strategy: A Step in the Right Direction?
Slovakia is no longer naive about China. However, an effective policy towards Beijing is still a distant goal.
China is significantly increasing its power potential and political influence, based on rapidly growing military capabilities,...
China’s Fight Against “Erroneous Opinions”
China has been trying to control narratives on the Hong Kong protests in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia. The results have been mixed at best.
On August 19, the Center against Terrorism and...
The Curious Case of the China-Loving Slovak Parliamentarian Ľuboš Blaha
A Member of Parliament of the Slovak Republic Ľuboš Blaha led a parliamentary group on a visit to China in the second half of August, visiting Beijing and Tibet. Blaha’s real-time inflammatory 'reports' from the trip parroting...
Comparative Analysis of the Approach Towards China: V4 and One Belt One Road
China’s emergence over the last two decades as one of the world’s major economies has had a transformative impact on international economic relations. Its rise as a global economic power has shifted the geographical concentration of financial...
Political and Security Implications of Chinese Investment in Slovakia
The following text is a summary of an invitation-only seminar organized by the Institute of Asian Studies (IAS) in Bratislava in April 2019, attended by the representatives of several ministries and state bodies, experts from universities and...
