Current Geopolitical Factors of the Development of Relations Between the EU and China

Serhiy Polyovyk The geopolitical situation in Europe and in the world keeps getting aggravated, and experts believe that for quite objective reasons. Such as: the relationship between the ambitious US administration headed by President D. Trump and the ambitious China –  the world’s largest economic competitor of the United States; unpredictability in the postmodern world of intentions and actions of the nuclear Russia, which is forced to take measures for its existence and acceptable positioning in the system of new geopolitical priorities; significant weakening of the unity of the European…

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China’s Marching Westwards

How Safe Is the “New Silk Road”   Serhiy Polyovyk The authoritative German edition Handelsblatt, specializing in economic studies and forecasts, and determining financial world trends, on March 29 posted analytical material on the EU-China Summit to be held on April 9 in Brussels. It reports that not only German analysts, but also their European colleagues believe that China’s strategic initiative “The Belt and Road”, which has already been partially implemented in different regions of the world, is a threat to Europe. And it explains its essence, which is, in fact, the economic absorption of…

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China Is Making It to Europe from the South

Roman Kot Despite the fact that the European Union remains one of the largest economic powers in the world, politically, European states failed to develop a single entity that would allow them to respond collectively to external or internal challenges. As a result, the EU is forced to step back and focus on one of two global powers: China or the United States. Traditionally, the established cooperation with the United States, especially within the framework of NATO, for a long time allowed Europe, under security umbrella, to care about the economy, not the army. At the same time, the…

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The PRC’s Economic Problems

Reasons and Consequences for the World and Ukraine   Victor Hvozd Despite the growing disagreements between the leading powers of the world in the new multipolar system of international relations, they maintain significant interdependence in the economic sphere. At the same time, they also have a significant impact on the overall economic situation in the world, which is the result of the deepening processes of world globalization. To date, one of the main subjects of such influence is China, which is the second after the United States in the world by its economic potential, and even leaves it behind by a number of indicators. Thus, according to the…

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The United States and Artificial Intelligence

The United States is actively engaged in technological races with the PRC   Roman Kot The previous publications of the “Borysfen Intel” Center have already mentioned that the United States, China, and other global players believe that artificial intelligence is capable of providing technological, and consequently, economic, political and military leadership in the whole world, or at least, in some of its regions. It should be noted that at the present stage one can see the United States losing leadership in this sphere. Today, the United States is actively engaged in technological races with the PRC. Over the next few years, there will be significant increases in spending…

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The USA and China: the War for Technology in Full Swing

A campaign to oust Chinese telecommunication giants from Western markets   Roman Kot January 11, 2019, in Warsaw was arrested Huawei Technologies Co. employee Wang Weijing, and a citizen of Poland, former high-ranking official at Poland’s Internal Security Agency who worked at mobile phone operator Orange Polska. Both detainees are accused of trying to obtain information on the development of protection of the networks used by the Polish government. Searches were conducted not only in detainees’ homes, but also in Huawei’s offices. As a result, Secretary of State at Ministry of Digital Affairs Karol Okonski later said that Poland might consider prohibiting…

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