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Matej Šimalčík

@matejsimalcik.bsky.social
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Lawyer • Think-tanker • China wonk • #30under30 • CEO of CEIAS.eu • #china #taiwan #indopacific #governance #kleptocracy #fimi #law #economicsecurity #researchsecurity

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Matej Šimalčík @matejsimalcik.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
It's been a pleasure to join @connectedtwplus.bsky.social to chat about #EU and its #criticalmineral conundrums caused by #China and its export control regime.
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Thompson Chau @thomchau.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Estonia and Taiwan are stuck in a stalemate over plans to open a Taiwanese office in Tallinn, illustrating difficulties in Taipei-Europe ties even as both feel pressure from China & Russia. w/ comments from @matejsimalcik.bsky.social and @williamyang120.bsky.social asia.nikkei.com/politics/int...
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Taiwan's plan to set up mission in Estonia hits wall over name
China's past retaliation against Lithuania for engaging with Taipei haunts Europe
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Matej Šimalčík @matejsimalcik.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
On stalled of 🇹🇼 office in 🇪🇪: "While Lithuania recovered from Beijing's pressure, this episode also served as a deterrent for other European countries. It's crucial for #Taiwan to open a mission in #Estonia and demonstrate institutional momentum, regardless of the office's name."
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Andrej Matisak @matisaksk.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
It’s Time for #India to Partner Strategically With the Visegrad Four: Swati Prabhu, @matejsimalcik.bsky.social, and Jagannath Panda thediplomat.com/2025/10/time... via @thediplomat.com #V4 #politics #foreignpolicy #economy
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It’s Time for India to Partner Strategically With the Visegrad Four
India’s engagement with the Central European countries has historically been weak. It’s time for that to change.
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CEIAS: Central European Institute of Asian Studies @ceias-eu.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
🇰🇷 @matejsimalcik.bsky.social & Adam Kalivoda visited @hi_kosti to exchange views on key challenges: 📌 Preventing proliferation of dual-use & sensitive technologies 📌 How to improve export control compliance in the R&I sector 📌 Embedding export control into a broader research security framework
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Matej Šimalčík @matejsimalcik.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Eager to keep updated on geo-economics & economic security? Make sure you subscribe to my #substack. chasingcorrosivecapital.substack.com
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CEIAS: Central European Institute of Asian Studies @ceias-eu.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
@matejsimalcik.bsky.social komentoval aktuálne 🇨🇿-🇨🇳 napätie po návšteve dalajlámu Petrom Pavlom. Celý komentár nájdete v článku 👇 spravy.stvr.sk/2025/08/cina...
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Čína prerušuje kontakty s Petrom Pavlom. Návštevou dalajlámu podľa krajiny poškodil jej suverenitu
Čína prerušuje všetky kontakty s českým prezidentom Petrom Pavlom, ktorý podľa Pekingu poškodil suverenitu a územnú celistvosť Číny.
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visegradinsight.bsky.social @visegradinsight.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
🇨🇿🇨🇳 Pavel’s private meeting with the Dalai Lama has resonated positively at home. This reflects a broader trend of skepticism toward China, writes @matejsimalcik.bsky.social. Click the link in comment for more from @ceias-eu.bsky.social.
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CEIAS: Central European Institute of Asian Studies @ceias-eu.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
How did #Beijing become a privileged partner of 🇬🇷 universities? 🗞️ Read the new interview with @matejsimalcik.bsky.social and our project partner Konstantinos Tsimonis in ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ. They explain how China 🇨🇳 promotes its narrative through academic programs & institutes 🎓 and why this raises concerns.
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CEIAS: Central European Institute of Asian Studies @ceias-eu.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
@matejsimalcik.bsky.social is currently attending the NATO Public Forum in The Hague –⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ a conference held alongside the #NATOSummit. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte opened the forum w/ a strong call to enhance the Alliance’s defense capabilities & resilience in light of threats from 🇷🇺 & 🇨🇳.
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CEIAS: Central European Institute of Asian Studies @ceias-eu.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
@matejsimalcik.bsky.social spoke at the conference Europe & the Indo-Pacific in a Changing Global Landscape hosted by National Chengchi University. He presented some preliminary thoughts from his ongoing research on potential 🇪🇺–🇹🇼 cooperation on #EconomicSecurity. 🛡️ Here are some key takeaways 👇
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CEIAS: Central European Institute of Asian Studies @ceias-eu.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
🚘 Martin Šebeňa, Filip Šebok, and @matejsimalcik.bsky.social presented today key findings from CEIAS research on #EV and #battery investments from #China, #Japan, and #SouthKorea at the EP. 🇪🇺 🙏 Thanks to MEP Miriam Lexmann & Jan Farský for hosting us, & Žiga Faktor for organizing the event. (1)
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CEIAS: Central European Institute of Asian Studies @ceias-eu.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
📊 NEW DATA RELEASE: China-Europe Academic Engagement Tracker We've expanded our #tracker – a tool offering data-driven analysis on research security & academic cooperation with 🇨🇳 – to include #8 more 🇪🇺 countries! 🇫🇷🇮🇹🇬🇷🇸🇮🇨🇾🇱🇺🇦🇲🇦🇿 🔗 Visit our tracker to explore the data! academytracker.ceias.eu/map/eu
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Matej Šimalčík @matejsimalcik.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Our new public opinion #survey in Central European countries shows very interesting insigths about various aspects of perception of #China, #Russia, #USA, #EU & #NATO. 🇨🇿🇭🇺🇵🇱🇸🇰 ✏️ Co-authored with Filip Šebok. 🔗 ceias.eu/central-euro...
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Navigating uncertainty: Central European public opinion on geopolitics in 2025 - CEIAS
Shifting geopolitics in 2025 shape Central European public opinion amid US policy changes, Russia’s war, and rising China-EU tensions.
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CEIAS: Central European Institute of Asian Studies @ceias-eu.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
NEW REPORT ALERT 🚨 Our new situation #report 📊 maps social media 💬📱 #discourse about China within the V4 states. This project is in cooperation with @MatejBelUni supported by @EMIF_Fund managed by @FCGulbenkian 🔗: ceias.eu/situation-re... See the key takeaways 👇 (1/5)
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Situation report: Contested narratives about China on V4 social media - CEIAS
This situation report maps discourse about Chinese EVs on social media in the V4 states.
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Matej Šimalčík @matejsimalcik.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Very excited for @ceias-eu.bsky.social to be part of this timely initiative.
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CEIAS: Central European Institute of Asian Studies @ceias-eu.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
🇪🇺🇰🇷 Our Executive Director, @matejsimalcik.bsky.social talked about how #EU & #SouthKorea can cooperate in #cybersecurity 🛡️ and countering #disinformation 📱 at yesterday's meeting of European Parliament Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula.
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CEIAS: Central European Institute of Asian Studies @ceias-eu.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
The new CEEasia Briefing is out! In this issue, we dissect the following topics: 1️⃣ Wang Yi meets Czech Foreign Minister 🇨🇳🇨🇿 2️⃣ Czechia and South Korea hold a supply chain & energy dialogue in Seoul 🇨🇿🇰🇷 3️⃣ Vietnam-Hungary relations 🇻🇳🇭🇺 🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/ceeasi...
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CEIAS: Central European Institute of Asian Studies @ceias-eu.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
How should democracies respond to #HybridThreats? This key issue was discussed in a panel by @europeanvalues.bsky.social. Experts shared insights on tackling hybrid threats in 🇹🇼 & CE at this critical point in time. 🗣️ Adriana Cerna, @matejsimalcik.bsky.social , Chyungly Lee 🎤 @jamesbaron.bsky.social
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Matej Šimalčík @matejsimalcik.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Dealing with Trump and US retreat from Europe needs more than panicked calls for deeper EU-China cooperation. My latest for @visegradinsight.bsky.social
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Matej Šimalčík @matejsimalcik.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
What's next for #CEE – #Taiwan and CEE – #China relations? Together with @zsuzsettte.bsky.social we talked about possible trajectories of development - read more on @9dashline.com.
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9DASHLINE @9dashline.com · 10/02/2025
The evolving relationship between Taiwan and Central and Eastern Europe is the focus of a new discussion between @zsuzsettte.bsky.social and @matejsimalcik.bsky.social, Taiwan Fellowship recipient at INDSR Taipei. Here they explore the strategic and geopolitical implications. buff.ly/4hpx9AG
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9DASHLINE — In Dialogue: Zsuzsa Anna Ferenczy and Matej Šimalčík on Taiwan
Central and Eastern Europe’s (CEE) relationship with Taiwan is evolving amid shifting global dynamics. Dr Zsuzsa Anna Ferenczy speaks with Matej Šimalčík, a Taiwan Fellowship recipient currently based...
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Matej Šimalčík @matejsimalcik.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
It was a pleasure to join the good Visegrad friends here in Taipei – @yehaoqin.bsky.social, @zsuzsettte.bsky.social & @nasredinhoja.bsky.social – and represent @ceias-eu.bsky.social for a discussion on the #Taiwan - #EU and Taiwan - #CEE, relations hosted by the @europeanvalues.bsky.social.
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Matej Šimalčík @matejsimalcik.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
It was a pleasure to join the good Visegrad friends here in Taipei – @yehaoqin.bsky.social, @zsuzsettte.bsky.social & @nasredinhoja.bsky.social – and represent @ceias-eu.bsky.social for a discussion on the #Taiwan - #EU and Taiwan - #CEE, relations hosted by the @europeanvalues.bsky.social.
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Matej Šimalčík @matejsimalcik.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
As always, a great conversation with @zsuzsettte.bsky.social on the trajectory of #EU - #Taiwan relations.
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CEIAS: Central European Institute of Asian Studies @ceias-eu.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
“China always has this anxiety that the US & EU would work together to deal w/ China, so the upcoming regime change in 🇺🇸 presents an opportunity for 🇨🇳 to exploit the anxiety that 🇪🇺 states have about the 2nd Trump adm.,” @matejsimalcik.bsky.social told VOA News. www.voanews.com/a/china-reac...
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China reaches out to US allies ahead of Trump’s inauguration
Analysts say Beijing is trying to test Washington’s alliance with Japan and the EU ahead of Trump’s return to the White House
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Matej Šimalčík @matejsimalcik.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
I am excited to start my visiting fellowship with the Institute for National Defense and Security Research (INDSR) in Taipei, where I will be analyzing #Taiwan's economic & research #security policies and what can we in the #EU learn from them.
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Matej Šimalčík @matejsimalcik.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗢’𝗦 𝗨𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗢𝗜 🇻🇳 Slovak PM Robert #Fico surfaced in Hanoi after weeks of public absence. Though the trip to Hanoi is private, we can't ignore its implications for #Slovakia - #Vietnam relations given their troubled history. 🧵/1
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CEIAS: Central European Institute of Asian Studies @ceias-eu.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
📄 In our new briefing, @matejsimalcik.bsky.social & Filip Šebok unpack the key takeaways from Robert #Fico’s Nov 2024 trip to China: ✅ Full Itinerary ✅ List of Agreements & MoUs ✅ Political & Economic Outcomes ✅ Future Outlook of the evolving 🇨🇳-🇸🇰 ties ceias.eu/slovakias-ch...
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Slovakia’s China pivot: Economic pragmatism or political subservience? A briefing on Robert Fico’s visit to China in November 2024 - CEIAS
European policymakers and China watchers should be alarmed by recent decisions by European airlines to cut routes to Mainland China. Lufthansa has canceled flights between Frankfurt and Beijing, while...
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Matej Šimalčík @matejsimalcik.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Check out our new report about the discourse on #China #EVs and the EU countervailing #tariffs found in the #V4 social media space.
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Matej Šimalčík @matejsimalcik.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
It is not every day that presidential #elections are annulled by courts in Europe. The news that this happened in #Romania is a breakthrough – from political, security, and legal perspectives. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Romanian top court annuls presidential election result
Romania's top court annulled the result of the first round of the country's presidential election after accusations of Russian meddling and said the entire process, which was due to conclude this weekend, would have to be re-run.
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CEIAS: Central European Institute of Asian Studies @ceias-eu.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
🇨🇳 China expands its visa-free policy to 5️⃣ more EU countries, bringing the total to 2️⃣4️⃣ EU countries with visa-free access. ✅ 30 days visa-free for business, tourism, family visits & more. Aims to boost tourism & economy. 🔎 Which EU countries are in & which ones are still excluded? Take a look!
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Matej Šimalčík @matejsimalcik.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
This is a further confirmation of what I have been saying all along. #Slovakia getting visa-free access to China is not a major diplomatic breakthrough. It is #China following its own interests, with Slovakia being a latecomer within the #EU to the relaxing of the #visa regime.
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Matej Šimalčík @matejsimalcik.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Slovak PM Robert #Fico's trip to #China in November was megalomaniac, politically problematic, and non-transparent. To overcome the lack of #transparency, I am making public the documents that I obtained via FOIA requests (a mix of SK, EN, and CN language documents). www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Matej Šimalčík on LinkedIn: New insights on Robert Fico's trip to China (a quick take on FOIA-obtained…
Slovak PM Robert Fico's trip to #China in early November was megalomaniac, politically problematic, and non-transparent. To overcome the lack of…
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CEIAS: Central European Institute of Asian Studies @ceias-eu.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
@matejsimalcik.bsky.social highlighted for @voanews.bsky.social that Taiwan's collaboration on drone supplies to Ukraine, along with its focus on deepening bilateral cooperation in this sector with Lithuania & Poland, aligns with these countries’ security priorities. www.voanews.com/a/taiwan-see...
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Taiwan seeks to strengthen cooperation with Europe through foreign minister’s trip
Analysts say Taiwan’s emphasis on deepening economic cooperation with individual European countries can be more productive for the sustainability of bilateral ties
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Matej Šimalčík @matejsimalcik.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Did you miss our discussion on the intertwined nature of the Euro-Atlantic & Indo-Pacific security? You can now watch the video recap. visegradinsight.eu/video-recap-...
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Video recap: How Will Indo-Pacific Tensions Impact Central and Eastern Europe?
The discussion was organised about the latest piece of Matej Šimalčík, Visegrad Insight Fellow. Read the text by clicking here: Central Europe Cannot Ignore Indo-Pacific Tensions Speakers: Alicja Bach...
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Matej Šimalčík @matejsimalcik.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
In my latest piece for the @visegradinsight.bsky.social, I discuss the intertwining of Euro-Atlantic and #IndoPacific security concerns, which is no longer a hypothetical scenario. What should the #CEE countries do to stay ready and mitigate negative impacts of such crises? Find out more here.
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Matej Šimalčík @matejsimalcik.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
One fascinating aspect of Robert Fico’s and #Slovakia government’s discourse on #China is its apparent defeatism and self-peripheralization. The official foreign policy is framed as an “all-azimuth” and “sovereign” policy aimed at securing “national interests.” 🧵1/2
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Matej Šimalčík @matejsimalcik.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Yesterday, we celebrated the 35th anniversary of the #VelvetRevolution, a major milestone on a path to #democracy in #Slovakia and Czechia. Yet, there was no official celebration organized by the government to commemorate the anniversary. 🧵1/3
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Matej Šimalčík @matejsimalcik.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Looking forward to this chat on the increasingly intertwined nature of security in #Europe and #Indopacific. Join us this Thursday!
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Matej Šimalčík @matejsimalcik.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
PM #Fico's trip to #China represents the worst instincts of #Slovakia 's foreign policy. While the trip yielded only underwhelming economic results, it brought Bratislava into much closer political alignment with Beijing. thediplomat.com/2024/11/does...
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Does China Have a New European Ally in Slovakia’s Prime Minister?
Robert Fico’s trip to China had underwhelming economic outcomes, yet it brought Bratislava into much closer political alignment with Beijing.
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