Jakub Jakóbowski

@jjakobowski.bsky.social

Deputy Director, Head of China Dept. at the Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) China, Europe, the post-Soviet space. Eurasian connectivity.

Great new study on the second China shock from ECFRs Janka and Jakub. The study contains a lot of terrific data, extends the analysis from Germany to all of Central and Eastern Europe, and is brimming with good policy advice. A Must read. @jankaoertel.bsky.social ecfr.eu/publication/...

Electric shock: The Chinese threat to Europe’s industrial heartland

The industrial heartland of Germany and central Europe is at risk from the second “China shock”. Here is how decision-makers can save industry and avert social and political strife.

ecfr.eu

What are Russia's goals in its war w/Ukraine & the West?;What is Russia's strategy & tactics?;What are the factors shaping Russia's ability to wage war?;What should be the goals of West's policy vs Russia in short-,mid-& long-term perspective?;What more should be done? www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacj...

Winning the war with Russia (is still possible)

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine aims to subjugate or destroy Ukraine, overturn the current political and security order in Europe, and fundamentally revise the global order. The conflict is sy...

osw.waw.pl

Taipei also failed to consolidate this win, and the US did not stand up too. Lesson: for any political leader in CEE facing economic coercion from Beijing, it needs to get corresponding gains from the other side. Its not about greed, but basic electoral politics.

Finbarr Bermingham@fbermingham.bsky.social · 2y ago

Lithuania’s next prime minister wants to patch things up with China. But is it even possible? My story from our weekend paper, on one of the longest running sagas in EU-China relations www.scmp.com/news/china/d...