It is hard to describe the excruciatingly painful destruction Vladimir Putin is inflicting on Ukraine. However, whereas NATO should provide Ukraine with active defensive...
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It has been a decade since Tajikistan ceded part of its territory to China in lieu of loan repayments. Is history about to repeat itself? In 2011 Tajikistan offered...
Ukraine’s recent overtures towards China are unlikely to lead to a real shift in foreign policy. On June 22, China pressured Ukraine – with threats to limit...
China’s economic influence in Central and Eastern Europe is often touted as a threat to the region’s independence and security. But just how big is that...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo touched down in Prague on August 11 to kick off a tour of Central Europe. Mr Pompeo’s arrival comes at a turbulent time for both the US...
The European Union’s response to the coronavirus outbreak was met with disappointment in the Balkans– with many seeing the measures as another blow to the Union’s...
The Central and Eastern European region remains “particularly vulnerable” to the influence of authoritarian regimes such as Russia, China and Turkey, since democracies...
Historically, China has never been an important partner of the CEE region. Trade and FDI data show that the EU, especially Germany, plays the dominant role. This holds...
Just over five years since the Belt and Road Initiative was launched by China’s president Xi Jinping, Poland Today is organising a major new conference in Warsaw in June...
A delegation of the Serbian government led by president Aleksander Vučić has signed several agreements with China to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the fields of...