🚨When Taiwan’s #STARLUXAirlines launched its first European route on 1 August 2026, it did not land in London, or Paris — but in #Prague. 👉 Read what it reveals about the growing Czechia–Taiwan partnership. 📲 ceias.eu/boarding-pas...

🚨The new #CEEasiaBriefing is out! In this issue we cover: 1️⃣ #Czech business del travels to China 🇨🇿 2️⃣ #Gdansk & #Tainan sign MOU 🇵🇱🇹🇼 3️⃣ Slovak President visits #China 🇨🇳 👉 www.linkedin.com/pulse/ceeasi... 📲 Join 2,817+ subscribers now!

🚨Can #WAICO reshape global #AI governance? 🚀 In July 2026, #China launched WAICO with 29 #GlobalSouth countries. We asked #experts to assess what WAICO means for evolving AI landscape, whose interest it serves & what it could mean for #Europe. 🇪🇺 📲 ceias.eu/ceias-consid...

📌 SAVE THE DATE: Can the #ASEAN - #EU Strategic Partnership deliver more than goodwill? Join the upcoming webinar organized by @iseas-singapore.bsky.social “From Trust to Traction: ASEAN-EU Relations at a Crossroads”. 📅 6 August | 3:30–5:00 PM (SGT) 🔗 Register now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🚨 Research on Southeast Asia has a long tradition in #Czechia, #Poland, #Hungary, and #Slovakia. 🎓 Today, academic ties with Southeast Asia are expanding but cooperation remains uneven across the region. 📲 ceias.eu/academic-rel...

🇹🇱 Since gaining independence in 2002, #TimorLeste has regarded #ASEAN membership as a milestone of its nation-building process and in defining its regional identity. 👉 What’s next for the newest ASEAN member? 📲 ceias.eu/timor-lestes...

#Norway ’s political support for academic cooperation with #China drove growth in partnerships, funding, publications, and student exchange. 🔗 128 academic links ⚠️ 57,2 % involve PLA-linked universities 🧪 201 Sino-Norwegian projects 👩‍🎓 16 Higher Education Institutions active

🚨 The #EU 🇪🇺 and #SouthKorea are strengthening their partnership as security challenges become increasingly interconnected. 🌍 👉 Read to learn what came out of their latest summit. 📲 ceias.eu/eu-and-south...

🪖 As #Myanmar’s military regime regains the strategic initiative, the #EU may soon have to rethink its approach to the junta. 👉 Discover what the #Tatmadaw’s resurgence means for the region and the EU. 📲 ceias.eu/the-tatmadaw...

🚨 #Portugal’s strong political ties with #China are reflected in active academic cooperation but research-security safeguards remain underdeveloped. 🔗 101 academic links ⚠️ 24.8% involve PLA-linked universities 🏛️ 5 Confucius Institutes 👩‍🎓 Cooperation driven mainly by exchanges

🇨🇳🤖 New experiment suggests #China’s #AI-content rules may reach far beyond its borders. On politically sensitive topics, some Chinese #LLMs don't just reflect local laws — they can echo official #CCP narratives, even when discussing other countries. 📲 ceias.eu/chinese-llms...

🪖🇲🇲 Five years after Myanmar’s military coup, soldiers dancing to #propaganda songs on #TikTok have become a symbol of the regime’s digital authoritarianism. Discover how #Myanmar is becoming a blueprint for digital authoritarianism worldwide. 🌏 📲 ceias.eu/dancing-sold...

🌏 At #39APR, CEIAS President Alfred Gerstl argued that more contested Indo-Pacific requires #ASEAN and #EU rethink how they cooperate. Representing the only European voice on the panel, he highlighted ASEAN Minus X and Team Europe as flexible models for regional cooperation. 🤝

🚨Excluded from #Interpol, Taiwan has turned to bilateral cooperation to fight transnational crime. Discover how #Taiwan 🇹🇼 navigates this exclusion and why it should expand cooperation with Europe. 🇪🇺 ✍️ @matejsimalcik.bsky.social 📲 ceias.eu/bilateral-co...

🚨New EU-Taiwan Briefing is out! In this issue: 🇵🇱 New cybersecurity partnership between #Taiwan & #Poland. 🇹🇼 Conference to boost efforts against transnational crime and fraud. 🌍 EVIP: Young European leaders visit Taiwan. 🇧🇪 #Belgian delegation discusses energy & security.

🇪🇺 Can #Europe turn its #semiconductor ambitions to reality? Our latest CEIAS Considers examines whether Chips Act 2.0 can deliver on the #EU’s ambitions and why #IndoPacific partnerships may be key. 👉 ceias.eu/ceias-consid...

🇷🇺🇨🇳 The Xi–Putin summit reaffirmed the strength of Sino-Russian ties but beneath the surface, #Russia’s growing dependence on #China is causing unease among parts of the Russian elite. Read more 👉 ceias.eu/the-xi-putin...

🇸🇰🇮🇳 Today’s visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to #Slovakia marks a historic first and comes at a time of growing strategic engagement between #Europe and #India. 📲 Learn more: www.linkedin.com/posts/ceias-...

🇨🇭 #Swiss universities are recalibrating ties with #China As cooperation deepens, Switzerland is introducing stronger safeguards for sensitive #research partnerships. 📊 102 academic links identified 🚨 59.8% involve PLA-linked universities ⚠️ 33% involve elevated-risk partner

🇺🇸🇨🇳 Donald Trump returns from Beijing: What does it mean for #US & #China relations, #EU and #Taiwan? We asked #CEIAS Fellows to break it down as tensions rise between Washington and Beijing. 📲 Full analyses here: ceias.eu/ceias-consid...

🚨New EU-Taiwan Briefing is out! In this issue: 🇪🇸 Spain visited #Taiwan to boost cooperation in IT, renewables, and semiconductors. 🇫🇮 Finland deepened ties with Taiwan in trade, security & emerging tech. 🇪🇺🇹🇼 Taiwan and #EU held 8th Human Rights Consultations in Brussels.

🚨From oil tankers to EVs: Is true de-risking from #China even possible? As #DonaldTrump heads to #Beijing 🇨🇳 this week, one reality remains: despite de-risking efforts, economic dependence on China is far from over. Read more 👉 ceias.eu/oil-tankers-...

🚨The new #CEEasia Briefing is out! In this issue, we cower: 1️⃣ #China export sanctions on Czech companies 🇨🇳⚠️ 2️⃣ Tusk’s #Asia tour 🇵🇱🤝 3️⃣ Vietnam-Slovakia upgrade ties 🇻🇳🇸🇰 4️⃣ EU-ASEAN #ministerial forum 🇪🇺 👉 www.linkedin.com/pulse/ceeasi... 📲 Join 2,676+ subscribers now!

💥 Introducing the EU Chips Ecosystem Tracker! 🗺️ Explore 2,500+ companies and key EU initiatives shaping the semiconductor landscape, designed to support policymakers, industry leaders, and researchers alike. ➡️ chipdiplo.ceias.eu/industry-eco... Created as part of #CHIPDIPLO project.

🚨As trade imbalances widen and transatlantic ties become less certain, the #EU is being pushed to rethink its global strategy. Can diversification through partners like #Indonesia 🇮🇩 offer a way forward? 👉 Read more ceias.eu/the-discreet...

📢 NEW #CEIAS REPORT OUT! 📄 Authored by @garyngeconomics.bsky.social et al., the report examines whether deeper engagement with #ASEAN can really help EU 🇪🇺 de-risk from China 🇨🇳 or simply shift dependencies. ➡️ ceias.eu/getting-chin...

3/ Czechia tells a different story 🇨🇿 Even under strong asymmetry, #Czechia shows that small states can resist China through: ✅ values-based policy ✅ specialized expertise ✅ strategic alliances ✍️ Kara Neměčková 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

2/ Case in point: #Hungary 🇭🇺 Rather than being simply “influenced” by China, Hungary’s China policy is strongly shaped by domestic political strategy and leadership agency. This challenges the idea of passive alignment. ✍️ @rturcsanyi.bsky.social 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

1/ Across Europe, small states are not just reacting to great power pressure. They actively shape their relations with China - sometimes strategically aligning, sometimes hedging, sometimes resisting. ✍️ @rturcsanyi.bsky.social 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🚨 Will #Hungary’s Indo-Pacific policy change under a Magyar government? #China ties likely stay strong but more regulated, while Hungary may slowly expand ties with other #Asian partners and start redefining the limits of its approach. Read more ➡️ ceias.eu/from-bridgeh...