A delegation from the European Institute for Asian Studies, comprised of Mr Axel Goethals, CEO; Mr Frederic Carlier, Senior Associate and Mr Alberto Turkstra, Programme Coordinator, visited Uzbekistan from 8 to 13 November to attend the high-level conference “Central Asia: One Past and a Common Future, Cooperation for Sustainable Development and Mutual Prosperity” held in
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Considering the rhetoric of President Trump and the US foreign policies, the recent developments in Europe and Brexit’s impact, there is little other alternative than China to carry out the global cause of development. This is what the Programme Coordinator of the European Institute for Asian Studies, Mr Alberto Turkstra commented live from Brussels for
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EIAS Senior Associate Mr Frederic Carlier participated on September 28 and 29 in the International Conference “Islam in Modern Secular States” held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and organised by the State Commission on Religious Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic. The goal of the conference was to discuss the preservation of the cultural identity of nation-states, preventing the infiltration
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The EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation proposes a 6 month in-house fellowship scheme in Japan, designed to support its research and policy analysis of EU-Japan economic and industrial issues. The Research Fellow will undertake research work on a selected priority topic of the Centre, which should result in a consistent policy report (70-100 pages), to
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EIAS had the pleasure to welcome an honourable Delegation from the Ministry of Unification of the Republic of Korea for an informal expert roundtable discussion on 25th September 2017. The Korean delegation was headed by the Director-General, Inter-Korean Dialogue Planning Department, Office of Inter-Korean Dialogue, Ministry of Unification, Mr. Park Chul. The EIAS put together
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From 23 to 31 July, EIAS Programme Coordinator Mr Alberto Turkstra participated in the 2017 Indonesia Interfaith Scholarship funded by the Ministry for Religious Affairs of Indonesia. The week-long tour included meetings in Jakarta with the EU Delegation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Religious Affairs and the Indonesian Parliament. Other cities visited included Semarang,
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Professor Richard Griffiths will be presenting his latest book “Revitalising the Silk Road: China’s Belt and Road Initiative” at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) on Wednesday, July 5th (13:15–14:30). Richard T. Griffiths is Emeritus Professor of Economic and Social History and Professor of Intrnational Studies at Leiden University. He has also taught at
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The European Institute for Asian Studies, represented by Mr Axel Goethals, CEO; and Mr Alberto Turkstra, Programme Coordinator, participated in a workshop organised by Liaowang Institute on May 31 in Beijing, which explored new opportunities and challenges of China’s ambitious One Belt One Road Initiative. The various sessions explored OBOR in the context of Great
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In this episode of Insights on Belt & Road, the CCTV.com Panview team features an interview with Grzegorz Stec, Yenching scholar at Beijing University, who comes from Poland. He talks about China’s New Silk Road which will not only benefit his homeland but also the rest of the world as well. Poland plays a pivotal
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Mr Axel Goethals, CEO of EIAS, gave an interview to Xinhua News Agency on 18th April on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and new avenues for EU-China cooperation. Starting from the fact that there is substantial scope to enhance the natural partnership between China and the EU, Mr Goethals argued that the BRI can
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