Category: World
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From Tianjin to Tiananmen: SCO Summit Highlights Xi’s Global Governance Initiative, India’s Balancing Act, and Russia–China Advance Pipeline Deal
By Marián Šeliga, Head of China desk, Advisor to the Board at J&T Banka Xi opens SCO summit in Tianjin with speech calling for reforming current global governance system India’s Prime Minister takes part in the summit and shakes hands with Xi Jinping The summit, along with the information released on its sidelines, signals that…
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Who Is Yulia Svyrydenko? Ukraine’s New Prime Minister at 39
The change in government comes as protesters decry Kyiv’s move against anti-corruption reforms By: Marián Šeliga, Head of China desk, J&T Bank Education: Yulia Svyrydenko was born on December 25, 1985, in Chernihiv. Her father headed the regional branch of Ukraine’s Antimonopoly Committee, while her mother worked in the regional administration. She has a brother,…
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BRICS Summit: Brazil Hosts Without Putin and Xi
Written by: Marián Šeliga, Advisor to the Board and Head of China desk at J&T bank Since taking office in 2013, Xi Jinping has attended every BRICS summit until now. However, he did not participate in the latest summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, sending Premier Li Qiang in his place. This is not the…
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The 15th BRICS summit in South Africa: new members invited, but no breakthrough on other tracks achieved
By: Marián Šeliga The 15th BRICS summit, which took place from August 22nd to 24th in South Africa, has reaffirmed the growing aspirations of developing and emerging nations to assume a more impactful role on the global stage. Current BRICS summit was first in-person gathering in four years after the COVID-19 pandemic. BRICS member countries…
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The Kremlin’s perception of NATO’s eastward expansion and the war in Ukraine. Did the powers do everything possible to prevent the war?
The following material is mainly based on the views and opinions of the current CIA director William Joseph Burns, as reflected in his book titled “The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for Its Renewal” as well as on the statements of the Russian senior official Sergei Ivanov who served as…
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Visegrad Four under External Pressures: time to strengthen relations
Photo by: pravda.sk Author: Jozef Hrabina, Chief analyst at the Council of Slovak Exporters Visegrad4 is facing challenging times. Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary are dealing with socio-political realities, issues with broader internationalisation, geopolitical pressures and economic issues related to the supply chains crisis and energy prices crisis. Although the Members of the V4 do share…
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Sino-US rivalry for technological superiority reaches its peak in the semiconductor industry
Photo by: Adobe stock Author: Marián Šeliga The aim of this article is to shed light on the following issues: Semiconductors and the unique role of Taiwanese TSMC in their production. China’s unprecedented progress in semiconductor manufacturing and its attempt to achieve self-sufficiency in chip manufacturing. Creation of the New “Chip 4 Alliance”. The US government’s…
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