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BLOG | “A Close Neighbor Is Better Than a Distant Relative” - Belt and Road Initiative: Are We Closer After 10 Years?

January 25, 2023

In 2013, the Chinese president introduced the New Silk Road project, also known as the Belt and Road Initiative. It was to connect China with countries in Central Asia, the Middle East, Europe and maritime regions with the purpose to coordinate policies and link infrastructure. However, the initiative, and especially China's role in it, raises many questions and doubts. What is its future? This is what our intern Šárka Váchalová discusses in her blog.

Policy Paper: China vs. US: The Green Energy Race

August 30, 2021

In her policy paper, Katharine Klačanský, Research Fellow at EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, discusses the role of climate in geopolitics and provides an overview of the Chinese and American green investment plan and its implications for the future of fossil fuels.

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INVITATION: Strengthening the transatlantic relationship in response to geopolitical challengers - Russia and China

May 26, 2021

We invite you to an online debate organised by EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy as a part of Transatlantic Policy Forum (TAPF) and with support of International Visegrad Fund. The debate will take place online on June 7 from 17:30 on our Facebook.

INVITATION: Perceptions of EU in Central Europe amid COVID-related crisis

March 23, 2021

We would like to invite you to the webinar Perceptions of the EU in Central Europe amid COVID-related crisis organized by the Think Visegrad platform which brings together 8 think-tanks from Central Europe.

EU MONITOR: Sleeping Dragon No Longer: China’s Influence in Central Europe

December 06, 2019

Louis Cox-Brusseau published an EU Monitor, in which he focuses on a very sensitive topic – the influence of China in Central Europe. He provides a rather complex picture since he analyses the relations in both economic and political terms.

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EU MONITOR: Sleeping Dragon No Longer: China’s Influence in Central Europe

December 06, 2019

Louis Cox-Brusseau vydal EU Monitor, ve kterém se zabývá velice citlivým tématem – vlivem Číny ve střední Evropě. A přináší komplexní obraz, protože vztahy analyzuje jak z ekonomického, tak politického úhlu pohledu.

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Room for Discussion: Reciprocity or Domination? Alexandr Lagazzi in the discussion on China–EU relations

September 19, 2019

On September 19, our Alexandr Lagazzi took part in a discussion from Room for Discussion series at the University of Amsterdam. He and Ties Dams, author of a book about Chinese President Xi Jinping, answered several questions regarding diplomatic and economic relations between China and EU.

ESJ: Nová hedvábná stezka na západním Balkáně a role čínských investic

June 19, 2019

Our Alexandr Lagazzi was speaking with a redactor of the server ESJ about Balcans and a Chinese influence there.

Chinese Influence in the Western Balkans: An Annual Review

March 12, 2019

Our Alexandr Lagazzi and Michal Vít, in a joint policy paper, present a year-long reflection on Chinese foreign policy and backdoor-deals diplomacy in the Western Balkans. Analysing the implementation of Chinese-backed investment projects in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the paper suggests the impact of Chinese influence in the region.

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Chinese Influence in the Western Balkans: An Annual Review

March 12, 2019

Alexandr Lagazzi a Michal Vít se v jejich společném policy paperu věnují, s ročním hodnocením vývoje, čínské zahraniční politice a 'backdoor-deals' diplomacii na Západním Balkáně. Analýzou čínských investičních projektů a jejich implementace v Srbsku a Bosně a Herzegovině představují reflexi dopadu čínského vlivu na region.

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