EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 28/12/2025With the end of December, our research project came to a close. We’re thankful for everything we learned 🧠 and all the inspiring people we met along the way 🙏 Check out the video “EUVIP in a nutshell” to revisit all the important moments, key results, and project milestones: www.euvip-project.com 010
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 21/12/2025 A look back at our final project event 🎇 Thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate this three-year journey and contributed to its success 🙏 And as the year comes to a close, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a peaceful holiday season! ❄️ 010
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Our second EUVIP #PolicyRecommendations are now out! 📄 They build on three years of research and dialogue on the #EU’s approach to political development in #Myanmar. Read them here: ceias.eu/why-the-eu-m... or on the #EUVIP website: www.euvip-project.com/publicationsceias.euWhy the EU must scale up support for Myanmar’s resistance - CEIASSince Myanmar’s resistance has succeeded in weakening the military without significant international backing, the EU must now scale up its support to help shape a more inclusive and democratic Myanmar... 010
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Congratulations to @kris-ki.bsky.social, who has been selected to join the U.S.–Taiwan–European Next Generation Working Group, a prestigious three-year fellowship led by the Institute of East Asian Studies at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social 👏 www.linkedin.com/posts/kristi...linkedin.comToday brought some amazing news!!! 🎉 I’ve been accepted into the 𝐔.𝐒.-𝐓𝐚𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐧-𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 (https://lnkd.in/dXMC-daa) — a 3-year… | Kristina KironskaToday brought some amazing news!!! 🎉 I’ve been accepted into the 𝐔.𝐒.-𝐓𝐚𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐧-𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 (https://lnkd.in/dXMC-daa) — a 3-year fellowship led by the Institute of East Asi... 000
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 19/12/2025📢 New book announcement! "Global Knowledge Production about China" by Julie Yu-Wen Chen (@helsinki.fi) will be out in May 2026 and is now available on back order: lup.nl/publications... @leidenup.bsky.social 📚lup.nlGlobal Knowledge Production about China - Leiden University PressThis book raises important issues about the enduring interactions between politics and the knowledge about China being produced. 000
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 09/12/2025We’re delighted to invite you to the closing event of the #EUVIP project! 🎉 Join us for a presentation of project activities, key milestones and main research findings, followed by networking with project members, researchers and the wider academic community. Hosted by Palacký University Olomouc. 000
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Yesterday’s workshop on #Self-confidence and #Self-presentation offered researchers & research managers practical strategies for communicating their work with clarity and impact 🧠👑 Many thanks to our trainer, Václav Wortner, for the great energy he brought to the workshop 👏 Hosted by #EUVIP at #UP 000
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 09/12/2025A quick look back at the #EUVIP Dissemination event in Vienna ➡️ The full event video is now live on YouTube! 🎬 Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=91o0...youtube.comEurope and Southeast Asia: Anchors For a Stable Indo-Pacific OrderYouTube video by Diplomatische Akademie Wien 010
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Big day for @euvip.bsky.social in Prague! Our final dissemination event concluded with insightful panels on the EU’s relations with China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia, featuring experts from think tanks, academia, and NGOs. It was followed by a productive networking session🗨️ 000
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 03/12/2025#ERC grant writing sessions ✍️ On November 26 - 27, ERC Lab Olomouc 2025 brought together research managers committed to supporting #excellence in frontier research. Case studies, scientific #impact planning, and practical ERC interview preparation were among the key topics. Supported by #EUVIP 000
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 03/12/2025A new article by Friso M. S. Stevens applies Steve Tsang’s “party-state realism” theory to explain today’s China, where the Party under Xi ‘leads everything’: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comA Revanchist Chinese Foreign Policy, with Xi Jinping’s Politics in CommandThis article draws on Steve Tsang’s ‘Party-state Realism’: the most fitting theory to understand today’s China, where the Party—Xi Jinping—‘leads everything’. The article not only shows the deeper ... 000
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 03/12/2025A major milestone 🌟 The #EUVIP Policy Recommendations, a key outcome of our three-year project, have now been published! 📝 Explore the findings on www.euvip-project.com/publications or ceias.eu/from-strateg... 100
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 01/12/2025📅 4 December at 13:00 📍 Prague, CZ The #EU and the #Indo-Pacific: Influence and Opportunities 💡🤝 #EUVIP’s final dissemination event, organized in collaboration with @ceias-eu.bsky.social as well as the #TaiwanChair and #ReConnectChina projects: www.euvip-project.com/podrobnosti-...euvip-project.comThe EU and the Indo-Pacific: Influence and opportunities | EuvipJoint event by CEIAS and Palacký University Olomouc (EUVIP, Taiwan Chair, Reconnect China projects) 011
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Today, #EUVIP Head Alfred Gerstl and EUVIP co-coordinator Kristina Kironska presented our policy recommendations at @aies.at, with #Myanmar as a case study 📚 It was followed by engaging and insightful discussions with participants 🗣️ 000
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 18/11/2025With great-power rivalry reshaping the #Indo-Pacific, how can the #EU and #ASEAN defend a rules-based order? Learn more at a panel discussion organized by #EUVIP, @ceias-eu.bsky.social and @aies.at as part of the 3rd dissemination workshop. On 24 November at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna ⬇️ 121
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 08/11/2025In Brussels, EUVIP Head Alfred Gerstl and member David Broul held a high-level meeting at the European External Action Service to discuss #EU relations with Indo-Pacific partners, notably Southeast Asia and India, & the Global Gateway Initiative. We also shared with them our policy recommendations 🌏 011
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 05/11/2025The 2nd #EUVIP Dissemination workshop has just opened with a panel discussion exploring #trade 💼, #digital collaboration 💻, and efforts to uphold a #rules-based international #order ⚖️ amid global competition. Hosted by the Royal Higher Institute for Defence in Brussels #RHID 021
Reposted by EUVIPIfri - Institut français des relations internationales @ifri.bsky.social · 03/11/2025📢 Registrations are still open! Don’t miss @ifri-asie.bsky.social’s annual conference “Strategic Autonomy and Asia amid Rising Geoeconomic Competition” 🗓️ Thursday, Nov 6, 2025 | 9:30–17:00. Join online or in person ⤵️ 🔗 ifri.org/en/strategic... 041
Reposted by EUVIPEuropean Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 05/11/2025✨ Exciting opportunity to lead a world-class #IR journal ✨ 📕 The Joint Management Committee of @ecprsgir.bsky.social & @europeanisa.bsky.social are seeking a NEW editorial team for @ejir.bsky.social 🔖 4-year term 🔖 Proposals up to 5,000 words 🔖 Deadline 31 Mar 2026 #IRSky #AcademicSkyecpr.euCall for Editors, EJIRWe are looking for a new editorial team to take over the running of the European Journal of International Relations (EJIR) from 1 January 2027. 122
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 28/10/2025#India’s rise is reshaping the global order, explains Bart Gaens (@fiia.fi) in his newly published #OpenAccess book chapter 📖 in Competing Visions for International Order: doi.org/10.4324/9781... @routledgebooks.bsky.social 020
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 28/10/2025How can Europe address economic #security challenges in the #Indo-Pacific? The 2nd #EUVIP Dissemination Workshop takes place on 5 November at the Royal Higher Institute for Defence (RHID) in Brussels 📍 www.euvip-project.com/podrobnosti-...euvip-project.comEuropean economic security challenges in the Indo-Pacific Region | Euvip2nd EUVIP Dissemination Workshop 011
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 22/10/2025The Relations between #LatinAmerica and the #Caribbean and the #Indo-Pacific Region 🌎 with Ana Soliz de Stange Watch the recording 📹 of a guest lecture hosted by @helsinki.fi #Chinese studies: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_wD...youtube.comThe Relations between Latin America and the Caribbean and the Indo-Pacific RegionYouTube video by University of Helsinki Chinese Studies 000
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Reflecting on a productive June at Palacký University Olomouc, where the #EUVIP #SummerSchool and the 22nd #EATS Conference gathered scholars and students to discuss #Taiwan’s place in the #Indo-Pacific. Read summaries of both events here: www.euvip-project.com/news 010
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 15/10/2025📚 #Chinese Vision for a Durable #Security Order in an Era of Great Power Competition: A new book chapter by Matti Puranen and Julie Yu-Wen Chen is now available in #OpenAccess! Read online or download here: www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-...taylorfrancis.comChinese Vision for a Durable Security Order in an Era of Great Power CTwo months after Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, Chinese President Xi Jinping proclaimed the “Global Security Initiative” (GSI, 全球安全倡议), a Chinese proposal 010
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 12/10/2025🗣️ Guest lecture by Ana Soliz de Stange at @helsinki.fi on October 13: How do #LatinAmerica and the #Caribbean fit into the #Indo-Pacific’s shifting power dynamics? This lecture examines trade, diplomacy and the #China–Taiwan factor shaping the region’s future: blogs.helsinki.fi/chinastudies... 🌎 000
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 17/09/2025🔖 Save the date On 16 October at @lund-university.bsky.social, Julie Yu-Wen Chen will present her new book, which explores how politics shape knowledge of #China and how #China-watchers have navigated credibility and individual agency from the 20th century to today: www.ace.lu.se/calendar/chi... 000
Reposted by EUVIPFinnish Institute of International Affairs @fiia.fi · 15/09/2025💭 What is the significance of the Indo-Pacific region for Europe? Experts Theresa Fallon, Alfred Gerstl, @pauloshea.bsky.social, Julie Yu-Wen Chen, and Bart Gaens discussed the topic at a seminar hosted by FIIA and the @euvip.bsky.social. 🎥 Watch the recording ⤵️ fiia.fi/tapahtumat/t... 031
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Paul O’Shea delivered insights on Japan’s shifting politics & waning pacifism, highlighting generational change, fears of US abandonment, and the erosion of the rules-based order shared by both Japan & the EU. 142
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 10/09/2025The EUVIP dissemination workshop with ICDS kicked off in Tallinn, Estonia. In the Indo-Pacific, the EU faces increasing pressure. @euvip.bsky.social head Alfred highlighted the need for more military commitment, listening to the region & deeper ties with like-minded partners. 142
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 09/09/2025The 3rd speech, by Paul O’Shea, warned that the US–Japan alliance is being eroded under Trump’s 2nd term. He highlighted the rise of Sanseito, echoing Trump with “Japan First,” nuclear ambitions & foreign policy independence, as a challenge too important to ignore. 111
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 09/09/2025The workshop kicked off successfully ✨ Delivering his speech, Alfred Gerstl, @euvip.bsky.social's head, argued the #EU could become a major Indo-Pacific partner with stronger military engagement and a values-based stance, something that can set it apart during the Trump era. 110
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Our 1st #EUVIP #Dissemination workshop in Helsinki is starting in 15 min! First guests are coming👍 010
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 05/09/2025China’s stablecoin dilemma 💱 Monique Taylor @helsinki.fi spoke with Kandy Wong @scmpnews.bsky.social about #China’s cautious approach to #crypto and the impact of dollar-backed #stablecoins on U.S. influence in global finance: www.scmp.com/economy/chin... (for subscribers)scmp.com‘Summer of stablecoins’: how will China respond to US dollar’s crypto surge?Beijing is wary of crypto but may be forced to act, as dollar-backed stablecoins risk deepening US power across global finance. 010
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 05/09/2025New course at Palacký University Olomouc, taught by #EUVIP team members Alfred Gerstl, Renata Westlake and Federica Cidale 👇 The #Philippines Today (for BA & MA students) offers an intro to the country’s history, politics, economics, culture, language and society 📚 011
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 02/09/2025The EUVIP team is pleased to invite you to the 1st Dissemination Workshop 🔊 with two sessions (Sept 9-10) in Helsinki @fiia.fi and Tallinn @icds-tallinn.bsky.social 📨 More details available on the EUVIP website: www.euvip-project.com/events-1 011
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 31/08/2025Big congrats to @kris-ki.bsky.social on receiving the Global #TaiwanChair project at Palacký University Olomouc! 👏 In the coming year, she’ll launch a new course on #Taiwan, lead thematic workshops and foster exchanges ↔️ between Taiwanese and the Czech scholars: www.upol.cz/nc/en/news/n...upol.czPalacký University Olomouc Launches the Global Taiwan Chair ProjectTo foster understanding of Taiwanese society, culture, and politics among students and the academic community – that is the main goal of the Global Taiwan Chair project, whose launch was formalized at... 000
Reposted by EUVIPEUSEAR @eusear.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Eine treffende Analyse der engen, aber doch belasteten Beziehungen zwischen #Vietnam und #China von Lisa-Marie Rolly in campus a. Fein, dass ich mit einigen Zitaten beitragen durfte. campus-a.at/2025/08/28/v... @ceias-eu.bsky.social @euvip.bsky.socialcampus-a.atVietnam und China: Zwischen Freundschaft und Konflikt | campus aKaum ein Nachbarschaftsverhältnis in Asien ist so widersprüchlich wie jenes zwischen China und Vietnam. Trotz kultureller Verflechtungen und diplomatischer... 032
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 25/08/2025#China is countering #US dollar-backed #stablecoins by promoting yuan-pegged alternatives 💱 to expand its currency’s global role: eastasiaforum.org/2025/08/22/s... Read more in a recent article by Monique Taylor (@helsinki.fi) for @eastasiaforum.bsky.socialeastasiaforum.orgStablecoins prompt strategic rethink of China’s financial strategyWhile stablecoins may offer new tools for advancing China’s monetary ambitions, their decentralised logic sits uneasily with the core principles of China’s heavily-controlled financial system 000
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 20/08/2025#Chile–#China relations are rapidly expanding. Listen to the new episode of #NordicAsia Podcast 🎧 by Julie Yu-Wen Chen (@helsinki.fi) and Maria Montt Strabucchi to understand their impact on the growth of China-related research and education 🎓 in Chile: newbooksnetwork.com/chiles-growi... 000
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 19/08/2025The #CCP's best strategy for dealing with different religions in #China is "to #sinicize them to make them suitable for Chinese society," says Julie Yu-Wen Chen @helsinki.fi in her interview with @theguardian.com about the #Buddhist group 🧘 linked to Australia’s spy allegations: tinyurl.com/4et9sbectheguardian.comWhat is Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door, the Buddhist group at the centre of an alleged spy case in Australia?Foreign interference claims have raised concerns about how Beijing is monitoring the Chinese diaspora 000
Reposted by EUVIPBritish Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 19/05/2025From March 2025 - Anti-Muslim Bias in Foreign Policy Attitudes: Experimental Evidence from Thirteen European Countries - cup.org/3DHssnl - Andrej Findor, Roman Hlatky, @mtjhrsk.bsky.social & @kris-ki.bsky.social #OpenAccess 043
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 31/07/2025📆 Aug 11: Digital China Seminar Register by August 6: www.lyyti.in/Digital_Chin... and explore how rapid #urbanization and #digitalization reshape Chinese cities, focusing on #sustainable urbanization as a key challenge for #China's future 🐉 Hosted by the #REPAIR project at @helsinki.filyyti.inDigital China Seminar 110
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 15/07/2025🎧 New podcast episode is out now! What does #kampung ("village hamlet" 🏘️ in #Malay) really mean in modern urban world? Once seen as outdated or impoverished, Indonesia’s kampung are being reimagined through revitalization: newbooksnetwork.com/kampung-acti... Julie Yu-Wen Chen & Melani Budianta 000
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 14/07/2025One year ago, the National Central Library of Taiwan 📚 and @helsinki.fi officially launched the first Taiwan Academic Digital Resource Center in the Nordic region, aiming to expand international access to Taiwanese academic research 🔎. Read more here: libraryguides.helsinki.fi/c.php?g=4770... 000
Reposted by EUVIPCSDS Brussels @csds.bsky.social · 11/07/2025How do the EU member states view Taiwan and how do they structure their cooperation on security and trade with Taipei? Giulia Tercovich, Laia Comerma and others have produced a super useful analysis of the state of play. Read🔸 csds.vub.be/publication/... #Taiwan #EU 084
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 01/07/2025🎧 New episode of the Nordic Asia Podcast! Julie Yu-Wen Chen talks with Mohamed Ariff Bin Mohamed Ali, Chargé d’Affaires of the #Malaysian Embassy in Helsinki, about Malaysia’s foreign policy, its #ASEAN 2025 chairmanship & ties with the Nordics ❄️: newbooksnetwork.com/malaysian-no... 100
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 27/06/2025David Broul and Antonín Nenutil presented their research on #EU–Indonesia diplomacy at the #EPSA conference (26–28 June, Madrid) as part of the #EUVIP project, engaging in rich discussions on political science & international relations: epsanet.org #EPSA2025 @epsanet.bsky.social 021
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 27/06/2025"China and #CentralAsia are like friends with benefits," says Julie Yu-Wen Chen (@helsinki.fi) in her latest interview with Vlast.kz, discussing how #China is strengthening ties in the region: vlast.kz/english/6537... 🌏vlast.kzChina Strengthens Ties in Central Asia - Аналитический интернет-журнал ВластьChinese President Xi Jinping visited Kazakhstan on June 16-17 to meet with President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as well as the other Central Asian heads of state. The second China-Central Asia summit follo... 000
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 27/06/2025What is #China’s strategy behind the internationalization of the #renminbi (RMB)? 💴 Explore the latest article by Monique Taylor (@helsinki.fi) for fresh insights: www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianou... Published by @aiianational.bsky.socialinternationalaffairs.org.auUnderstanding China’s Renminbi Strategy: Strategic Integration over Monetary Supremacy - Australian Institute of International AffairsChina’s strategy to internationalise the renminbi (RMB) is about building resilience and influence through selective, state-managed global integration. Beijing is not seeking to elevate the RMB to the... 000
EUVIP @euvip.bsky.social · 26/06/2025The agreement to fund #PhilippineStudies at the Department of Asian Studies for the 2025/26 academic year at Palacký University Olomouc has been signed! 🤝 🧑🎓 The first course will be co-convened by Alfred Gerstl, Renata Westlake, and Federica Cidale. Read more: www.euvip-project.com/news 110