The echoes of PRC voices in Czech experts’ language Authors: Ladislav Charouz, Anna Zádrapová In recent years, Chinese influence activities have flourished in the Czech Republic. In this article, we examine some stories surrounding these activities involving academia and expert circles. Flagship of Chinese influence The past few years [...]
China’s Vaccine and Mask Diplomacy in Hungary Author: Paweł Paszak Hungary is the second country in Europe, along with Serbia, to approve the Sinopharm vaccine for general public use. Thanks to a contract concluded with the Chinese company, the authorities in Budapest have vaccinated 2.5 million citizens with at [...]
17+1 Summit: The Difficult Future of the Initiative Author: Łukasz Kobierski A several-hour long virtual summit of the Heads of States of the 17+1 format members, i.e., the Central and Eastern European Countries and China, took place on February 9, 2021. For the first time in the history of [...]
Poland-China Relations in 2021: Current State and Prospects Author: Paweł Paszak A telephone conversation between Polish and Chinese Ministers of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau and Wang Yi took place on January 22, 2021. The Ministers discussed plans for 2021, including the organization of a summit of the 17+1 initiative. [...]
The European Digital Services Act: The Future Towards a Safer Digital Space and Single Market? It has been twenty years since the European Union introduced its cornerstone legislative framework on the bloc’s digital single market and space by the name of the e-Commerce directive. Nevertheless, it is undeniable that [...]
Public Opinion on China in European and V4 Countries Author: Łukasz Kobierski The November report “European public opinion on China in the age of COVID-19. Differences and common ground across the continent” prepared by the Central European Institute of Asian Studies (CEIAS), a Slovak think tank, presents interesting data [...]
Huawei in Poland and Hungary. Could it be a part of 5G? Author: Paweł Paszak Since the beginning of the second decade of the 21st century, Huawei has achieved a leading position on the markets of the Visegrád Group, both in terms of digital infrastructure and mobile devices. During [...]
Together against Hybrid Threats Security and Defence Talks 2 Slovak Security Policy Institute (SSPI) together with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung had organized a discussion: Security and Defence Talks - Hybrid Threats 9th of November 2020 The second discussion of the Security and Defenca Talks series was dedicated to hybrid threats, especially [...]
Connecting the experts! Security and Defence Talks Slovak Security Policy Institute (SSPI) together with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung had organized a discussion: Security and Defence Talks - Defence and Security Strategy of Slovak Republic 3rd of November 2020 The first Security and Defence Talks discussion was dedicated to the current state [...]
Slovakia and Georgia struggle against disinformation In October 2020 Slovak Security Policy Institute has launched new project called: Slovakia and Georgia struggle against disinformation: support of civil society, capacity development of state administration and local/regional government. The main objective of the project is to strengthen the democracy and trust of [...]
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