Our fellows Clara Volintiru, Marius Ghincea and @IvanNikolovski discussed their thought-provoking findings of the first political-economic comparative analysis of Chinese influence across the whole of #CEE and the #WesternBalkans.
During our interactive webinar with Eberhard Sandschneider, their main discussant, along with other distinguished regional experts and stakeholders (Alastair King-Smith, @DomagojJuričić, @YordanBozhilov, @AnaMariaLuca, @Ivana Karaskova, @DoruCostea, @MadalinBlidaru, @AlexandraMartin, @VladIavita, @RufinZamfir, @OanaPopescuZamfir and many others), they rang the alarm on the political and economic engagement gaps that the West as a whole leaves open in the region, giving #China a space for maneuvre, which Beijing slowly but steadily learns to use to its advantage.
The stimulating input from attendees will inform the final version of the research paper, to be published soon on Eastern Focus (https://www.eastern-focus.eu) Stay tuned!