Stronger Together It is our pleasure to finally share with you the result of joint efforts of both Strategic Policy Institute and Slovak Security Policy Institute. As you may know, these two organizations have been cooperating on a regular basis which resulted in multiple shared projects and initiatives. [...]
Chinese Influence in the Slovak Information and Media Space Author: Peter Dubóczi In recent years, the Slovak information and media space has been struggling with active disinformation actors, who have been quite willing to disseminate mostly pro-Russian narratives. China is currently an almost unknown phenomenon for Slovaks. Nevertheless, its [...]
Polish Support for Taiwan Author: Łukasz Kobierski In early September 2021, Polish authorities donated 400,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Taiwan, which was enthusiastically welcomed by Taipei. However, this does not translate to a deterioration of relations between Warsaw and Beijing and a sudden strong support for Taiwan in [...]
REPORT: The V4 towards a new NATO Strategic Concept and the EU Strategic Compass Dear Readers, We, the representatives of the Casimir Pulaski Foundation, the Antall József Knowledge Centre, EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy and the Slovak Security Policy Institute; have the privilege of presenting to you a special [...]
Wolf warriors against European hawks. Can the European Parliament spearhead EU foreign policy on China? Authors: Patrik Szicherle, Lóránt Győri Recent research on the European Parliament’s party groups’ voting patterns in the European Parliament has revealed that the EP is among the most resilient European institutions when it comes [...]
Is the Dispute over the Chinese University in Budapest a Measure of the Hungarians’ Sympathy for the PRC? Author: Patryk Szczotka Among the countries of the Visegrád Group, Hungary is perceived as having relatively close ties with the People’s Republic of China (PRC). However, the recent protests in Budapest, [...]
How to Escape the Corruption Quagmire? Massive Arrests of the High Officials of Slovak Security Forces and Intelligence Service Since the anti-corruption government of Igor Matovič came to power in Slovakia in March 2020, we have been witnessing massive arrests of security forces’ officials. Paradoxically, even nominees of the [...]
A Thaw in Relations Between Warsaw and Beijing? Author: Łukasz Kobierski In 2021, we may observe a gradual improvement in relations between Warsaw and Beijing. This is indicated by a number of factors, most notably the increasing frequency of talks and high-level meetings, during which more openness to cooperation [...]
Foreign Ministers of Poland and Hungary in China Author: Paweł Paszak On 29-31 May, at the invitation of the Chinese side, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Poland and Hungary, Zbigniew Rau and Péter Szijjártó, visited Guiyang city in Guizhou province. There they met with Minister Wang Yi, with [...]
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 [...]
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