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Putin meets with Erdogan. Escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh and Turkey’s “diplomatic victory” on Syria
Photo by: http://www.trtworld.com Author: Marián Šeliga Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Sochi on August 5 to discuss a number of issues important both in terms of developing mutual bilateral relations as well as in the international context. As a result of marathon talks, both leaders agreed to strengthen…
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China’s BRI in the Central and Eastern Europe (II).
Photo by: http://www.dailysabah.com Author: Marián Šeliga Slovakia and Poland: competition for cargo routes The war in Ukraine has plunged BRI projects in the CEE region into great uncertainty. Against this background the prospects of the BRI projects as well as the planned investments in the region look somehow bleak and unclear. In the second article in…
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Slovakia pioneers help to Ukraine whilst struggling with a fragile economy
Photo by: cepconsult.com Author: Jozef Hrabina, Chief analyst at the Council of Slovak Exporters Once the Tatra Tiger is now stuck in between the triangle of reliance on foreign companies, the war in Ukraine and the wish to reboot its economy. Poland and Slovakia champion the help to Ukraine. Since the war in Ukraine started, Slovakia…
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China recalibrating its policy towards Taiwan after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Photo by: Reuters Author: Marián Šeliga A widely accepted narrative among Western analysts and experts implies that China is extremely cautious when dealing with the issue of providing help to Moscow after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to these experts China is fully aware of possible secondary sanctions from the United States and Western countries…
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The impact of Western sanctions on Russian telecom: key issues and future prospects
Photo by: Insidetelecom.com Author: Marián Šeliga The telecommunications sector, as well as many other industries or services in Russia, are heavily dependent on critical technology imports. The issue of significant dependence on foreign spare parts and equipment has become especially acute after Western countries imposed unprecedented sanctions against Russia. The purpose of today’s analysis is…
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Western sanctions may hurt Russia, but they will not deliver the intended blow to its economy
Written by Marián Šeliga In response to the Russian invasion into Ukraine on February 24, the EU and the USA adopted a whole package of sanctions against the Kremlin. According to experts, the most unprecedented measure out of the whole package of sanctions imposed on Russia was the freezing of the Russian Central Bank’s reserves…
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China’s role in the new world of sanctions
Recently, there is a lot of discussion about the term “(first) world economic war” in the system of international relations. This term mainly defines the unprecedented economic and financial sanctions that the United States and Western countries have imposed and continue to impose on Russia. Although sanctions in the hands of the United States and…
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