Filip Šebok

Great to be in D.C. this week together with @MatejSimalcik, engaging in some insightful discussions on research security and other key issues on the China agenda. @CEIAS_eu

Interested in the EV/battery sector in Central Europe and the role of Chinese, Korean, Japanese companies? Check out our new tool at CEIAS, under a project in coop with @OSW_eng @UPOlomouc @uni_corvinus, w/ support of @VisegradFund evnexustracker.ceias.eu/map

"I am a friend of China and I will remain a friend of China", says Slovak PM Fico in his CCTV interview. Seems Fico internalized Xi calling him "an old friend of the Chinese people" during their meeting before :) world.huanqiu.com/article/4K…

As Slovak PM Fico starts his China visit, CN media giving a lot of play to him saying that it is his most important visit of the year.

Can't come to Belgrade without meeting @vladisavljev_s!

In Belgrade today, participating in a workshop for Serbian journalists talking about PRC influence activities and the experience from Czechia. Thanks @cermpetr and others for organizing this, happy to reconnect with former @AMO_cz colleagues. @CEIAS_eu

It was a pleasure to attend the Economic Forum in Karpacz and talk about the challenges of EU's derisking policies vis-a-vis China. @CEIAS_eu

It was a pleasure to represent @CEIAS_eu and chair a session with Joseph Wu at @GLOBSEC in Prague on Taiwan's resilience and lessons to be shared with Europe.

It was my pleasure to chair the panel on the implication of Sino-Russian ties for European security with amazing China experts Gudrun Wacker and @PoitaYurii (all the way from Taipei!) and Czech National Security Advisor, Tomáš Pojar. @AMO_cz

Hosting the great @jlandovsky for a final reflection on NATO's Indo-Pacific policies at our @chinaobservers summer school. #CHOICESummerSchool2024

Seems like the Chinese Ambassador is meeting government officials every other day. Just yesterday, Slovak Finance and Economy ministers had a joint meeting with him. A lot is happening (or at least is being talked about) before the upcoming visit by PM Fico to China in June.

Slovak Minister of Transport Ráž held talks with the Chinese Ambassador about the potential development of Bratislava airport. Ministry says the airport could become "a gate for large Chinese eshops which are already a source of a lot of deliveries in the EU"

At a #20letvEU conference in Prahue today, 🇨🇿PM Fiala highlights the issue of strategic dependencies, esp. on China, as a challenge to 🇨🇿 and 🇪🇺 security. Calls strongly for the need to reignite 🇪🇺 competitiveness (incl. via "rational" approach to decarbonisation). #derisking