Matej Šimalčík
@matejsimalcik.bsky.social
Lawyer • Think-tanker • China wonk • #30under30 • CEO of CEIAS.eu • #china #taiwan #indopacific #governance #kleptocracy #fimi #law #economicsecurity #researchsecurity
It's been a pleasure to join @connectedtwplus.bsky.social to chat about #EU and its #criticalmineral conundrums caused by #China and its export control regime.
Europe’s race to secure rare earths has begun, but can it succeed without China? In its biggest resource test yet, the EU is stepping up as export bans tighten and costs soar.
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🎙️ Matej Šimalčík (CEIAS) / @matejsimalcik.bsky.social / @ceias-eu.bsky.social
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🎙️ Matej Šimalčík (CEIAS) / @matejsimalcik.bsky.social / @ceias-eu.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
It's been a pleasure to join @connectedtwplus.bsky.social to chat about #EU and its #criticalmineral conundrums caused by #China and its export control regime.
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Estonia and Taiwan are stuck in a stalemate over plans to open a Taiwanese office in Tallinn, illustrating difficulties in Taipei-Europe ties even as both feel pressure from China & Russia. w/ comments from @matejsimalcik.bsky.social and @williamyang120.bsky.social
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Taiwan's plan to set up mission in Estonia hits wall over name
China's past retaliation against Lithuania for engaging with Taipei haunts Europe
asia.nikkei.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Estonia and Taiwan are stuck in a stalemate over plans to open a Taiwanese office in Tallinn, illustrating difficulties in Taipei-Europe ties even as both feel pressure from China & Russia. w/ comments from @matejsimalcik.bsky.social and @williamyang120.bsky.social
asia.nikkei.com/politics/int...
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On stalled of 🇹🇼 office in 🇪🇪:
"While Lithuania recovered from Beijing's pressure, this episode also served as a deterrent for other European countries. It's crucial for #Taiwan to open a mission in #Estonia and demonstrate institutional momentum, regardless of the office's name."
"While Lithuania recovered from Beijing's pressure, this episode also served as a deterrent for other European countries. It's crucial for #Taiwan to open a mission in #Estonia and demonstrate institutional momentum, regardless of the office's name."
Taiwan's plan to set up mission in Estonia hits wall over name
@matejsimalcik.bsky.social explains why the dispute over a name reveals much deeper tensions in Europe–Taiwan relations, haunted by 🇨🇳’s retaliation against Lithuania. ⤵️ 1/5
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✍️ @thomchau.bsky.social
@matejsimalcik.bsky.social explains why the dispute over a name reveals much deeper tensions in Europe–Taiwan relations, haunted by 🇨🇳’s retaliation against Lithuania. ⤵️ 1/5
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✍️ @thomchau.bsky.social
Taiwan's plan to set up mission in Estonia hits wall over name
China's past retaliation against Lithuania for engaging with Taipei haunts Europe
asia.nikkei.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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It’s Time for #India to Partner Strategically With the Visegrad Four: Swati Prabhu, @matejsimalcik.bsky.social, and Jagannath Panda
thediplomat.com/2025/10/time... via @thediplomat.com #V4 #politics #foreignpolicy #economy
thediplomat.com/2025/10/time... via @thediplomat.com #V4 #politics #foreignpolicy #economy
It’s Time for India to Partner Strategically With the Visegrad Four
India’s engagement with the Central European countries has historically been weak. It’s time for that to change.
thediplomat.com
October 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
It’s Time for #India to Partner Strategically With the Visegrad Four: Swati Prabhu, @matejsimalcik.bsky.social, and Jagannath Panda
thediplomat.com/2025/10/time... via @thediplomat.com #V4 #politics #foreignpolicy #economy
thediplomat.com/2025/10/time... via @thediplomat.com #V4 #politics #foreignpolicy #economy
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🇰🇷 @matejsimalcik.bsky.social & Adam Kalivoda visited @hi_kosti to exchange views on key challenges:
📌 Preventing proliferation of dual-use & sensitive technologies
📌 How to improve export control compliance in the R&I sector
📌 Embedding export control into a broader research security framework
📌 Preventing proliferation of dual-use & sensitive technologies
📌 How to improve export control compliance in the R&I sector
📌 Embedding export control into a broader research security framework
September 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
🇰🇷 @matejsimalcik.bsky.social & Adam Kalivoda visited @hi_kosti to exchange views on key challenges:
📌 Preventing proliferation of dual-use & sensitive technologies
📌 How to improve export control compliance in the R&I sector
📌 Embedding export control into a broader research security framework
📌 Preventing proliferation of dual-use & sensitive technologies
📌 How to improve export control compliance in the R&I sector
📌 Embedding export control into a broader research security framework
Eager to keep updated on geo-economics & economic security? Make sure you subscribe to my #substack.
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September 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Eager to keep updated on geo-economics & economic security? Make sure you subscribe to my #substack.
chasingcorrosivecapital.substack.com
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@matejsimalcik.bsky.social komentoval aktuálne 🇨🇿-🇨🇳 napätie po návšteve dalajlámu Petrom Pavlom.
Celý komentár nájdete v článku 👇
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Celý komentár nájdete v článku 👇
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Čína prerušuje kontakty s Petrom Pavlom. Návštevou dalajlámu podľa krajiny poškodil jej suverenitu
Čína prerušuje všetky kontakty s českým prezidentom Petrom Pavlom, ktorý podľa Pekingu poškodil suverenitu a územnú celistvosť Číny.
spravy.stvr.sk
August 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
@matejsimalcik.bsky.social komentoval aktuálne 🇨🇿-🇨🇳 napätie po návšteve dalajlámu Petrom Pavlom.
Celý komentár nájdete v článku 👇
spravy.stvr.sk/2025/08/cina...
Celý komentár nájdete v článku 👇
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🇨🇿🇨🇳 Pavel’s private meeting with the Dalai Lama has resonated positively at home.
This reflects a broader trend of skepticism toward China, writes
@matejsimalcik.bsky.social. Click the link in comment for more from @ceias-eu.bsky.social.
This reflects a broader trend of skepticism toward China, writes
@matejsimalcik.bsky.social. Click the link in comment for more from @ceias-eu.bsky.social.
August 14, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🇨🇿🇨🇳 Pavel’s private meeting with the Dalai Lama has resonated positively at home.
This reflects a broader trend of skepticism toward China, writes
@matejsimalcik.bsky.social. Click the link in comment for more from @ceias-eu.bsky.social.
This reflects a broader trend of skepticism toward China, writes
@matejsimalcik.bsky.social. Click the link in comment for more from @ceias-eu.bsky.social.
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How did #Beijing become a privileged partner of 🇬🇷 universities?
🗞️ Read the new interview with @matejsimalcik.bsky.social and our project partner Konstantinos Tsimonis in ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ. They explain how China 🇨🇳 promotes its narrative through academic programs & institutes 🎓 and why this raises concerns.
🗞️ Read the new interview with @matejsimalcik.bsky.social and our project partner Konstantinos Tsimonis in ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ. They explain how China 🇨🇳 promotes its narrative through academic programs & institutes 🎓 and why this raises concerns.
August 15, 2025 at 8:18 AM
How did #Beijing become a privileged partner of 🇬🇷 universities?
🗞️ Read the new interview with @matejsimalcik.bsky.social and our project partner Konstantinos Tsimonis in ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ. They explain how China 🇨🇳 promotes its narrative through academic programs & institutes 🎓 and why this raises concerns.
🗞️ Read the new interview with @matejsimalcik.bsky.social and our project partner Konstantinos Tsimonis in ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ. They explain how China 🇨🇳 promotes its narrative through academic programs & institutes 🎓 and why this raises concerns.
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@matejsimalcik.bsky.social is currently attending the NATO Public Forum in The Hague – a conference held alongside the #NATOSummit.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte opened the forum w/ a strong call to enhance the Alliance’s defense capabilities & resilience in light of threats from 🇷🇺 & 🇨🇳.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte opened the forum w/ a strong call to enhance the Alliance’s defense capabilities & resilience in light of threats from 🇷🇺 & 🇨🇳.
June 24, 2025 at 8:57 AM
@matejsimalcik.bsky.social is currently attending the NATO Public Forum in The Hague – a conference held alongside the #NATOSummit.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte opened the forum w/ a strong call to enhance the Alliance’s defense capabilities & resilience in light of threats from 🇷🇺 & 🇨🇳.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte opened the forum w/ a strong call to enhance the Alliance’s defense capabilities & resilience in light of threats from 🇷🇺 & 🇨🇳.
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@matejsimalcik.bsky.social spoke at the conference Europe & the Indo-Pacific in a Changing Global Landscape hosted by National Chengchi University.
He presented some preliminary thoughts from his ongoing research on potential 🇪🇺–🇹🇼 cooperation on #EconomicSecurity. 🛡️
Here are some key takeaways 👇
He presented some preliminary thoughts from his ongoing research on potential 🇪🇺–🇹🇼 cooperation on #EconomicSecurity. 🛡️
Here are some key takeaways 👇
June 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
@matejsimalcik.bsky.social spoke at the conference Europe & the Indo-Pacific in a Changing Global Landscape hosted by National Chengchi University.
He presented some preliminary thoughts from his ongoing research on potential 🇪🇺–🇹🇼 cooperation on #EconomicSecurity. 🛡️
Here are some key takeaways 👇
He presented some preliminary thoughts from his ongoing research on potential 🇪🇺–🇹🇼 cooperation on #EconomicSecurity. 🛡️
Here are some key takeaways 👇
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🚘 Martin Šebeňa, Filip Šebok, and @matejsimalcik.bsky.social presented today key findings from CEIAS research on #EV and #battery investments from #China, #Japan, and #SouthKorea at the EP. 🇪🇺
🙏 Thanks to MEP Miriam Lexmann & Jan Farský
for hosting us, & Žiga Faktor for organizing the event. (1)
🙏 Thanks to MEP Miriam Lexmann & Jan Farský
for hosting us, & Žiga Faktor for organizing the event. (1)
May 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
🚘 Martin Šebeňa, Filip Šebok, and @matejsimalcik.bsky.social presented today key findings from CEIAS research on #EV and #battery investments from #China, #Japan, and #SouthKorea at the EP. 🇪🇺
🙏 Thanks to MEP Miriam Lexmann & Jan Farský
for hosting us, & Žiga Faktor for organizing the event. (1)
🙏 Thanks to MEP Miriam Lexmann & Jan Farský
for hosting us, & Žiga Faktor for organizing the event. (1)
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📊 NEW DATA RELEASE: China-Europe Academic Engagement Tracker
We've expanded our #tracker – a tool offering data-driven analysis on research security & academic cooperation with 🇨🇳 – to include #8 more 🇪🇺 countries!
🇫🇷🇮🇹🇬🇷🇸🇮🇨🇾🇱🇺🇦🇲🇦🇿
🔗 Visit our tracker to explore the data! academytracker.ceias.eu/map/eu
We've expanded our #tracker – a tool offering data-driven analysis on research security & academic cooperation with 🇨🇳 – to include #8 more 🇪🇺 countries!
🇫🇷🇮🇹🇬🇷🇸🇮🇨🇾🇱🇺🇦🇲🇦🇿
🔗 Visit our tracker to explore the data! academytracker.ceias.eu/map/eu
April 10, 2025 at 10:06 AM
📊 NEW DATA RELEASE: China-Europe Academic Engagement Tracker
We've expanded our #tracker – a tool offering data-driven analysis on research security & academic cooperation with 🇨🇳 – to include #8 more 🇪🇺 countries!
🇫🇷🇮🇹🇬🇷🇸🇮🇨🇾🇱🇺🇦🇲🇦🇿
🔗 Visit our tracker to explore the data! academytracker.ceias.eu/map/eu
We've expanded our #tracker – a tool offering data-driven analysis on research security & academic cooperation with 🇨🇳 – to include #8 more 🇪🇺 countries!
🇫🇷🇮🇹🇬🇷🇸🇮🇨🇾🇱🇺🇦🇲🇦🇿
🔗 Visit our tracker to explore the data! academytracker.ceias.eu/map/eu
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NEW REPORT ALERT 🚨
Our new situation #report 📊 maps social media 💬📱 #discourse about China within the V4 states.
This project is in cooperation with @MatejBelUni supported by @EMIF_Fund managed by @FCGulbenkian
🔗: ceias.eu/situation-re...
See the key takeaways 👇 (1/5)
Our new situation #report 📊 maps social media 💬📱 #discourse about China within the V4 states.
This project is in cooperation with @MatejBelUni supported by @EMIF_Fund managed by @FCGulbenkian
🔗: ceias.eu/situation-re...
See the key takeaways 👇 (1/5)
Situation report: Contested narratives about China on V4 social media - CEIAS
This situation report maps discourse about Chinese EVs on social media in the V4 states.
ceias.eu
March 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
NEW REPORT ALERT 🚨
Our new situation #report 📊 maps social media 💬📱 #discourse about China within the V4 states.
This project is in cooperation with @MatejBelUni supported by @EMIF_Fund managed by @FCGulbenkian
🔗: ceias.eu/situation-re...
See the key takeaways 👇 (1/5)
Our new situation #report 📊 maps social media 💬📱 #discourse about China within the V4 states.
This project is in cooperation with @MatejBelUni supported by @EMIF_Fund managed by @FCGulbenkian
🔗: ceias.eu/situation-re...
See the key takeaways 👇 (1/5)
Very excited for @ceias-eu.bsky.social to be part of this timely initiative.
📢 At CEIAS, we are leading the development of an Interactive Map of the EU semiconductor ecosystem & hosting a conference in Prague. Our experts will also contribute to other research activities.
Filip Šebok, @matejsimalcik.bsky.social, Martin Šebeňa, @garyngeconomics.bsky.social,Veronika Blablová.
Filip Šebok, @matejsimalcik.bsky.social, Martin Šebeňa, @garyngeconomics.bsky.social,Veronika Blablová.
March 24, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Very excited for @ceias-eu.bsky.social to be part of this timely initiative.
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🇪🇺🇰🇷 Our Executive Director, @matejsimalcik.bsky.social talked about how #EU & #SouthKorea can cooperate in #cybersecurity 🛡️ and countering #disinformation 📱 at yesterday's meeting of European Parliament Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula.
March 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
🇪🇺🇰🇷 Our Executive Director, @matejsimalcik.bsky.social talked about how #EU & #SouthKorea can cooperate in #cybersecurity 🛡️ and countering #disinformation 📱 at yesterday's meeting of European Parliament Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula.
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The new CEEasia Briefing is out!
In this issue, we dissect the following topics:
1️⃣ Wang Yi meets Czech Foreign Minister 🇨🇳🇨🇿
2️⃣ Czechia and South Korea hold a supply chain & energy dialogue in Seoul 🇨🇿🇰🇷
3️⃣ Vietnam-Hungary relations 🇻🇳🇭🇺
🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/ceeasi...
In this issue, we dissect the following topics:
1️⃣ Wang Yi meets Czech Foreign Minister 🇨🇳🇨🇿
2️⃣ Czechia and South Korea hold a supply chain & energy dialogue in Seoul 🇨🇿🇰🇷
3️⃣ Vietnam-Hungary relations 🇻🇳🇭🇺
🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/ceeasi...
March 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The new CEEasia Briefing is out!
In this issue, we dissect the following topics:
1️⃣ Wang Yi meets Czech Foreign Minister 🇨🇳🇨🇿
2️⃣ Czechia and South Korea hold a supply chain & energy dialogue in Seoul 🇨🇿🇰🇷
3️⃣ Vietnam-Hungary relations 🇻🇳🇭🇺
🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/ceeasi...
In this issue, we dissect the following topics:
1️⃣ Wang Yi meets Czech Foreign Minister 🇨🇳🇨🇿
2️⃣ Czechia and South Korea hold a supply chain & energy dialogue in Seoul 🇨🇿🇰🇷
3️⃣ Vietnam-Hungary relations 🇻🇳🇭🇺
🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/ceeasi...
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How should democracies respond to #HybridThreats?
This key issue was discussed in a panel by @europeanvalues.bsky.social. Experts shared insights on tackling hybrid threats in 🇹🇼 & CE at this critical point in time.
🗣️ Adriana Cerna, @matejsimalcik.bsky.social , Chyungly Lee
🎤 @jamesbaron.bsky.social
This key issue was discussed in a panel by @europeanvalues.bsky.social. Experts shared insights on tackling hybrid threats in 🇹🇼 & CE at this critical point in time.
🗣️ Adriana Cerna, @matejsimalcik.bsky.social , Chyungly Lee
🎤 @jamesbaron.bsky.social
March 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
How should democracies respond to #HybridThreats?
This key issue was discussed in a panel by @europeanvalues.bsky.social. Experts shared insights on tackling hybrid threats in 🇹🇼 & CE at this critical point in time.
🗣️ Adriana Cerna, @matejsimalcik.bsky.social , Chyungly Lee
🎤 @jamesbaron.bsky.social
This key issue was discussed in a panel by @europeanvalues.bsky.social. Experts shared insights on tackling hybrid threats in 🇹🇼 & CE at this critical point in time.
🗣️ Adriana Cerna, @matejsimalcik.bsky.social , Chyungly Lee
🎤 @jamesbaron.bsky.social
Dealing with Trump and US retreat from Europe needs more than panicked calls for deeper EU-China cooperation.
My latest for @visegradinsight.bsky.social
My latest for @visegradinsight.bsky.social
🇨🇳🇪🇺 Calls for more China engagement will grow – but they are the wrong response. De-risking and alliance-building, not dependency, should be the priority, writes @matejsimalcik.bsky.social. 👇
visegradinsight.eu/korcoks-call...
visegradinsight.eu/korcoks-call...
Korčok’s Call for China Cooperation Dangerous for Europe - COMMENTARY
While Trump’s approach to Europe is reckless, turning to China is not the solution. Doing so would play into Beijing’s strategy of weakening US-EU cohesion and ignoring Europe’s own security interests...
visegradinsight.eu
February 20, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Dealing with Trump and US retreat from Europe needs more than panicked calls for deeper EU-China cooperation.
My latest for @visegradinsight.bsky.social
My latest for @visegradinsight.bsky.social
What's next for #CEE – #Taiwan and CEE – #China relations? Together with @zsuzsettte.bsky.social we talked about possible trajectories of development - read more on @9dashline.com.
The evolving relationship between Taiwan and Central and Eastern Europe is the focus of a new discussion between @zsuzsettte.bsky.social and @matejsimalcik.bsky.social, Taiwan Fellowship recipient at INDSR Taipei.
Here they explore the strategic and geopolitical implications.
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Here they explore the strategic and geopolitical implications.
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9DASHLINE — In Dialogue: Zsuzsa Anna Ferenczy and Matej Šimalčík on Taiwan
Central and Eastern Europe’s (CEE) relationship with Taiwan is evolving amid shifting global dynamics. Dr Zsuzsa Anna Ferenczy speaks with Matej Šimalčík, a Taiwan Fellowship recipient currently based...
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February 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
What's next for #CEE – #Taiwan and CEE – #China relations? Together with @zsuzsettte.bsky.social we talked about possible trajectories of development - read more on @9dashline.com.
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The evolving relationship between Taiwan and Central and Eastern Europe is the focus of a new discussion between @zsuzsettte.bsky.social and @matejsimalcik.bsky.social, Taiwan Fellowship recipient at INDSR Taipei.
Here they explore the strategic and geopolitical implications.
buff.ly/4hpx9AG
Here they explore the strategic and geopolitical implications.
buff.ly/4hpx9AG
9DASHLINE — In Dialogue: Zsuzsa Anna Ferenczy and Matej Šimalčík on Taiwan
Central and Eastern Europe’s (CEE) relationship with Taiwan is evolving amid shifting global dynamics. Dr Zsuzsa Anna Ferenczy speaks with Matej Šimalčík, a Taiwan Fellowship recipient currently based...
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February 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The evolving relationship between Taiwan and Central and Eastern Europe is the focus of a new discussion between @zsuzsettte.bsky.social and @matejsimalcik.bsky.social, Taiwan Fellowship recipient at INDSR Taipei.
Here they explore the strategic and geopolitical implications.
buff.ly/4hpx9AG
Here they explore the strategic and geopolitical implications.
buff.ly/4hpx9AG
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It was a pleasure to join the good Visegrad friends here in Taipei – @yehaoqin.bsky.social, @zsuzsettte.bsky.social & @nasredinhoja.bsky.social – and represent @ceias-eu.bsky.social for a discussion on the #Taiwan - #EU and Taiwan - #CEE, relations hosted by the @europeanvalues.bsky.social.
January 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
It was a pleasure to join the good Visegrad friends here in Taipei – @yehaoqin.bsky.social, @zsuzsettte.bsky.social & @nasredinhoja.bsky.social – and represent @ceias-eu.bsky.social for a discussion on the #Taiwan - #EU and Taiwan - #CEE, relations hosted by the @europeanvalues.bsky.social.
It was a pleasure to join the good Visegrad friends here in Taipei – @yehaoqin.bsky.social, @zsuzsettte.bsky.social & @nasredinhoja.bsky.social – and represent @ceias-eu.bsky.social for a discussion on the #Taiwan - #EU and Taiwan - #CEE, relations hosted by the @europeanvalues.bsky.social.
January 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
It was a pleasure to join the good Visegrad friends here in Taipei – @yehaoqin.bsky.social, @zsuzsettte.bsky.social & @nasredinhoja.bsky.social – and represent @ceias-eu.bsky.social for a discussion on the #Taiwan - #EU and Taiwan - #CEE, relations hosted by the @europeanvalues.bsky.social.
As always, a great conversation with @zsuzsettte.bsky.social on the trajectory of #EU - #Taiwan relations.
Great to have @matejsimalcik.bsky.social
in Taipei to reinforce our work on #Taiwan through a CEE-lens ✌🏼
in Taipei to reinforce our work on #Taiwan through a CEE-lens ✌🏼
January 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
As always, a great conversation with @zsuzsettte.bsky.social on the trajectory of #EU - #Taiwan relations.