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. [...]
Crisis on the Polish-Belarusian Border. Can China Help to Get Out of It? Author: Patryk Szczotka The Polish-Belarusian border crisis is definitely one of the most significant events of 2021, both in the European and international arena. Not only Lithuania (which is struggling with the same situation), but also [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Beijing Reacts to Czech Visit to Taiwan Author: Łukasz Kobierski From August 30 to September 5, the President of the Czech Senate Miloš Vystrčil visited Taiwan. This stay resulted in a series of diplomatic and media events, which in turn worsened China-Czech Republic relations. The articles published in the [...]
China Plans to Build the First University Campus in Hungary Author: Paweł Paszak On December 16, 2019, the Minister for Innovation and Technology of Hungary – László Palkovics, and the rector of Fudan University – Xu Ningsheng, signed an agreement in Shanghai to establish the first foreign Fudan campus [...]
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