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PRESS RELEASE
Press release: Europe-Asia Center Advocates Sports Diplomacy in Building Asia-Europe Relations
Brussels, 11th January 2022 – With less than a month until the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022, the Europe-Asia Center has as part of the East-Meets-West webinar series highlighted the topic of Sports diplomacy. Titled “’Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together’ – The Importance of Sport Diplomacy in Building Asia-Europe Relations”, the webinar provides insightful dialogueContinue reading “Press release: Europe-Asia Center Advocates Sports Diplomacy in Building Asia-Europe Relations”
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Belgian Passage to China at Villa Empain, Brussels
Brussels, 13th December 2021—The Europe-Asia Centre, as an affiliated partner, co-organised the launching ceremony of the Chinese version of A Belgian Passage to China, 1870-1930, a book containing unique and never before published images, letters, diaries and documents which present a historical record of Belgium-China interchange during the 60 years. The launching ceremony of theContinue reading “Belgian Passage to China at Villa Empain, Brussels”
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Calling for EU’s Strategic Autonomy in the Era of Global Internet Governance
Brussels, 28th August 2021 – At the first in series of webinars organized by the Europe – Asia Center, the ‘EU’s Strategic autonomy’ as the new central concept of the European project was at the core of the dialogue of high-level panelists. The last European Council raised “strategic autonomy”1 to the level of a centralContinue reading “Calling for EU’s Strategic Autonomy in the Era of Global Internet Governance”
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EDITORIAL
Amb. (ret.) Piet Steel, Chairman of the Europe – Asia Center: Statement on Ukraine
The address by Amb. (ret.) Piet Steel is a transcript of his keynote given at the webinar “Ukraine: What happened? What’s next?”, hosted by CCG – China Center for Globalization. While we are discussing this morning the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces, Putin’s air force continue to bomb indiscriminately Ukrainian cities. Kyiv is theContinue reading “Amb. (ret.) Piet Steel, Chairman of the Europe – Asia Center: Statement on Ukraine”
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EDITORIAL
Manifesto on the Importance of Sport Diplomacy in Building Asia-Europe Relations
Call to Global leaders, following the webinar “Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together” – The Importance of Sports Diplomacy in Building Asia – Europe Relations The universal values of excellence, friendship and mutual respect are the foundations of the Olympic movement redefined through the modern manifesto of Baron Pierre de Coubertin in 1892. These values areContinue reading “Manifesto on the Importance of Sport Diplomacy in Building Asia-Europe Relations”
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EDITORIAL
H.E. Violeta Bulc, Commissioner for Transport and Mobility (2014-2019): Strategic autonomy of the EU
»Autonomy is the capacity of an agent to act in accordance with objective morality rather than under the influence of desires.”[1] Written by H.E. Violeta Bulc, European Commissioner for Transport and Mobility (2014 – 2019), Deputy Prime-Minister of Republic of Slovenia We live in times where every m2 of the planet is claimed. Where every citizen ofContinue reading “H.E. Violeta Bulc, Commissioner for Transport and Mobility (2014-2019): Strategic autonomy of the EU”