ASIAN STUDIES

Matthew Brazil, (PhD)
(Non-resident Fellow at The Jamestown Foundation and an account manager at an American technology company in California manager at an American technology company in California. He worked in Asia for over 20 years as a U.S. Army officer, American diplomat, and corporate security manager)

Copyright: https://www.mattbrazil.net/2020/04/24/a-better-debate-is-needed-about-beijings-espionage/ (reposted on 3 October 2020 at RIEAS web site)

Note: The article reflects the opinion of the author and not necessarily the views of the Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS)

Chinese Communist espionage activities abroad, including in the U.S., are multi-faceted, and so the typical ad-hoc examinations by authors and journalists of the most outrageous individual cases are inherently misleading. Read more

Prof.Dr.Klaus Lange
(Founding member of INIS, Belgrade, Serbia)

Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr)  Publication date: 22 August 2020

Note: The article reflects the opinion of the author and not necessarily the views of the Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS)

What a change: From 26 of April 2018 until April 28 the so called “informal meeting” between the leaders of India and China, Modi and Xi, had taken place in Wuhan.
This meeting was not only supposed to rule off the so called “Doklam – crisis” which manifested itself in a two - month standoff in summer 2017 but also to prevent possible aftershocks once and for all... Read more

Copyright: Taipei Representative Office in Greece

Website: http://www.taiwanembassy.org/gr

Publication date on RIEAS web site (www.rieas.gr) on 11 April 2020

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan) expressed deep regret and strongly protested April 9 over the accusation by World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus that Taiwan is orchestrating personal attacks against him.

Taiwan is a civilized and mature democracy state, and the government has never and will not ever encouraged personal attacks on Dr. Tedros or issued any racially discriminating remarks, the MOFA said in a statement....Read more

Prof. Dr. Klaus Lange, director
(Institute for Transnational Studies (ITS) based in Germany)

Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 12 January 2020

Note: The article reflects the opinion of the author and not necessarily the views of the Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS).

Prof. Dr. Klaus Lange, director
(Institute for Transnational Studies (ITS) based in Germany)

Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 12 January 2020

Note: The article reflects the opinion of the author and not necessarily the views of the Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS).

The Problem:

There are not many questions at the beginning of the 21st century which are of greater significance for global history than the question for the course which the relationship between India and China will take....Read more

A Safer World- Taiwan can help 
September XX, 2019

Copyright: Ministry of the Interior, Republic of China (Taiwan)

Taiwan serves as key geopolitical hub in East and Southeast Asia.

The World Drug Report 2018 published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) pointed out that North America, East Asia and Southeast Asia are key regions in the production and consumption of amphetamine...Read more

Fake news is an emerging issue in Asia, but Asian Leaders are dealing with it innovatively

Leo Lin
(Senior Analyst with the Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS) based in Athens, Greece. His work focuses on Security issues in the Asia-Pacific region)

Copyright: https://www.theintelligencebrief.org/single-post/2019/08/02/Asia-Fake-It-To-You-Make-It - Posted at RIEAS web site ( www.rieas.gr) on 4 August 2019.

Why is it happening?
Fake news is nothing new, but it seems that it has posed a greater challenge to national security in this era of online media, where disinformation and misinformation can undermine a nation’s sovereignty and affect people’s trust in their government. Read more