China Research Program

Diversification Opportunities for Lithuania’s Foreign Policy in Asia-pacific: How the New Partners View Russia

Analytical review
(2021 December)

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China’s Interaction with Central and Eastern Europe: Relationships at Crossroads?

Analytical review
(November 2021)

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In a Whirlwind of Sino-US Clash of Interests: The 5G Rollout in Central and Eastern Europe

Analytical study
(August 2021)

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Lithuania’s decoupling from China against the backdrop of strengthening transatlantic ties

Policy paper
(August 2021)

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The Crumbling Eastern European “pearl” within the BRI strategy

(2020)

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The Dragon and the Knight: China’s growing presence in Lithuania

Analytical study
(February 2020)

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The Eastern European Studies Centre presents the China research program established in 2019

The China Research Program of the Center for Eastern European Studies, established in early 2019, analyzes the political, economic, socio-cultural processes related to China and its foreign policy. The publications and events aim to deepen the understanding of China’s strategic and geopolitical goals, their impact on Europe and transatlantic relations, as well as Lithuania’s strategic goals.

The research program is coordinated by analysts and associate experts of the Center for Eastern European Studies.

Today’s international processes and their analysis are no longer imaginable without China. This is relevant in the economic, geopolitical and security contexts. Therefore, we will strive to gain greater competence in analyzing these topics, bringing together the most prominent experts in the field and creating an environment for their closer cooperation. True, we will not limit ourselves to China – we will look at the broader processes around the Asian continent.

Linas Kojala, Director of the Eastern Europe Studies Centre

Associate experts:

Raigirdas Boruta

Raigirdas Boruta

Associate Expert of RESC China Research Program, PhD student at VU Institute of International Relations and Political Science. Raigirdas holds a bachelor’s degree in Asian and Pacific Studies (Chinese Studies) from Lancashire Central University (UK). After studying, he went to China, where he spent five years studying and working. Raigirdas completed a year-long intensive Chinese language and culture course at the Sichuan University (Confucius Institute Scholarship). In 2020, he graduated from Sichuan University (China) with a Master’s degree in International Relations in Chinese. Raigirdas interests: sinology, Chinese foreign and domestic policy, history of the PRC, relations and conflicts between East Asian countries.

Konstantinas Andrijauskas

Konstantinas Andrijauskas

Associate Professor of Asian Studies and International Politics at Vilnius University (Lithuania); former senior visiting researcher at Fudan (Shanghai, 2011) and Zhejiang (Hangzhou, 2013) universities in China, as well as Columbia University (New York, USA, 2017, Fulbright Scholar Program); author of two books on contemporary China-Russia-India relations (2016) and History of Pre-Modernist Non-European Civilizations (co-author in 2018).