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News
Embracing the Digital Revolution: Supply Chain 4.0
Mrs. Paulo participated in the IV International TUCOMEX Congress in Valencia, Spain, held on 7-8 March.
Data Protection Day Event in Brussels
Mrs. Paulo participated in the Data Protection Day event in Brussels
RUB Fosters Academic Collaborations with Central Asia and South Caucasus Universities
RUB marked a significant turning point in its international collaboration efforts with universities from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Georgia.
The 7th International Forum on Belt and Road Initiative and Global Governance
Prof. Bersick participated in the 7th International Forum on Belt and Road Initiative and Global Governance
The 27th International Euro-Asia Research Conference
Evolving Euro Asia Business Management. Changing Political and Economic Perspectives.
Celebrating a Decade of Innovation: CERFA Symposium 2023 Kicks Off in Berlin
Mrs. Paulo participated at the 10th Anniversary of CERFA Symposium at the Spanish Embassy in Berlin.
Renowned Economist Professor Bahri Yilmaz Joins Our Team
Professor Bahri Yilmaz joins CEAC’s team as an affiliate researcher.
Prof. Bersick has joined the Wong MNC Center
Prof. Bersick joined the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations as a Non-Resident Senior Fellow
Events
Jean Monnet Lecture series on eu-asia connectivity
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'EU-Asia Connectivity: Concepts, Contexts and Contestations' Lecture by Prof. Sebastian Bersick, RUB
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'Europe and the Indo-Pacific Strategy: Connectivity at its Core?' Lecture by M.Reiterer, EU Amb ret.
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The EU-India Connectivity Partnership: Challenges and Prospects to Strategic Cooperation. Prof Salma
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Ms. Romana Vlahutin, Ambassador-at-Large for Connectivity, European External Action Service (EEAS). “The EU-Asia Connectivity Strategy: Sustainable and Digital Transformations”
Dr. Bates Gill, Executive Director, Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis. “The European Union and Asia in a Changing Global Environment”
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Bersick, CEAC’s Director, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB). “EU-Asia Connectivity: Concepts, Contexts and Contestations”
Prof. Dr. Michael Reiterer, EU Ambassador ret. “Europe and the Indo-Pacific Strategy: Connectivity at its Core?”
Prof. Dr. Ummu Salma Bava, Centre for European Studies, SIS, Jawaharlal Nehru University. “The EU-India Connectivity Partnership: Challenges and Prospects to Strategic Cooperations”
Prof. Dr. Zhang Xiaotong, Fudan University. “The Current State of China-EU Relations and Europe-Asia Connectivity”
Ms. Shada Islam, Managing Director at New Horizons Project, Geopolitical Strategy Advisor and Analysist. “EU-Asia Connectivity: Chaos, Competition or Cooperation?”
Prof. Anna Michalski, Associate Professor in Political Science at the Department of Government, Uppsala University. “EU-Asia: Shaping a new world order through connectivity?”
Prof. Dr. Sven Biscop, Ghent University and Director of the Europe in the World Programme at the Egmont–Royal Institute. “Grand Strategy, European Security and Asia’s Role”
CEAC Presentation and Activities Report 2022–2024
Publications
2024
- Gottwald, J-C. and Taube, M. (2024). Education and Connectivity: China’s Li’an International Education Innovation Pilot Zone. CEAC Policy Brief Series, Issue No. 2024-1, December.
- Palit, A. (2024). IMEC: A New Option to the Suez Canal and Asia-Europe Connectivity. CEAC Policy Brief Series, Issue No. 2024-2, December.
- Ismanjanov, A. (2024). Objectives and Prospects in Central Asia – EU Connectivity: Challenges and New Developments. CEAC Policy Brief Series, Issue No. 2024-3, December.
- Szunomár, A. (2024). Chinese investments into the electric vehicle industry in the Visegrád Four. CEAC Policy Brief Series, Issue No. 2024-4, December.
- Li, Y. (2024). Transport Security and EU-China relations. CEAC Policy Brief Series, Issue No. 2024-5, December.
- Gündoğan, I. (2024). EU-China Sport Diplomacy. CEAC Policy Brief Series, Issue No. 2024-6, December.
- Workshop Report. 2024. “EU Responses to Chinese Investments in European Strategic Sectors.” CEAC – CHERN. April.
2023
Chinese Involvement in North European Seaports: The Cases of Belgium and Germany”, in: Jean-Marc Blanchard (ed.) (2023), Chinese overseas ports in Europe and the Americas: Understanding Smooth and Turbulent Seas, Routledge: Abingdon, pp. 70-92.
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Prior 2022
- Bersick, B. and Paulo, M. (2021). China, the EU, and Connectivity. Organised by The European-Asian Research Network on Strategies for Promoting Europe-Asia Connectivity (SPEAC). 17 May. Available online.
- Paulo, M. & Dekker, B. (2021). Fragmented Global Data Governance: the Role of China, the EU, and the US. CHERN Policy Brief. Issue 2. December. Available online.
- Bersick, S. (2019). “East Asia and the European Union: Partners in Global Economic Governance”, in: East Asia Community Review, Special Issue.
- Bersick, S. (2018). “The political context: ASEM – (more than?) a forum of dialogue between Asia and Europe”, Bonn, pp. 19-27.
- Bersick, S. and Schwerbrock, J. (2018). “The political context: ASEM – (more than?) a forum of dialogue between Asia and Europe”, in: Angress, A. and Wuttig, S. (eds.), ASEM Education Process – Looking back, looking ahead, Bonn.
- Paulo, M. (2018). China-Europe Investment Cooperation: A Digital Silk Road. In: Y. Cheng, L. Song and L. Huang, eds. The Belt & Road Initiative in the Global Arena. Singapore: Palgrave MacMillan, pp. 177-204. Available online
- Bersick, S. (2017). “Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM)”, in: Staatslexikon Bd. 1, Görres Gesellschaft and Verlag Herder (eds.) pp. 1324-1326.
- Andréosso-O’Callaghan, B., Bersick, S., and Jaussaud, J. (2016). “Introduction”, The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 36, No. 2 [Online]. Available here.
- Andréosso-O’Callaghan, B., Bersick, S., und Jaussaud, J. (2016). Asia-EU relations – MNEs’ responses to an uncertain global business environment, Nr. 2.
- Bersick, S., Christou, G. und S. Yi, S. (2016). “Cybersecurity and EU-China Relations,” in Kirchner, C. and Dorussen (eds.) (2016). Security Relations between China and the European Union: From Convergence to Cooperation?. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 167-186. doi: 10.1017/cbo9781316563243.010.
- Harnisch, S., Bersick, S. and Gottwald, J.-C. (2016). China’s international roles: challenging or supporting international order? New York, NY [u.a.]: Routledge.
- Paulo, M. (2016). The role of e-Governance in Europe’s image of the Chinese Communist Party. International Communication Gazette, 78(1–2), pp. 39–63. DOI: 10.1177/1748048515618105. Available online.
- Paulo, M (2016). ‘电子治理如何影响欧洲人心目中的中国形象‘ 在门镜，中国与欧盟的相互认知,北京:中国社会科学出版社， 2016年版。Available online.
CEAC Launch event
Did you miss the welcome and launch event of the CEAC?
During the Session I relevant guests from CEAC, RUB, and the European Commission welcomed and introduced the launch of CEAC. During the Session II, outstanding academics shared their views at the roundtable on “EU-Asia Connectivity: Governance, Partnerships, and Priorities”
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