Central and south-east Europe in the EU, China in central, eastern, and south-east Europe, EU politics and EU conditionality
Languages
English, Bulgarian, basic German, basic Russian
Biography
Vladimir Shopov is a visiting fellow with the Asia Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations.
He was a full-time lecturer in politics at Sofia University (2004-2006) and an adjunct professor at Sofia University (1997-1998) and the New Bulgarian University (2012-2014). He has been an external lecturer on the European Union, NATO, security, and south-eastern European affairs at the Diplomatic Institute of the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2004. He is currently teaching on Asian Affairs in the Politics Department of Sofia University as an adjunct professor. He has been a foreign affairs columnist at Forbes Bulgaria since 2011. He is a co-founder and columnist of Reduta.bg, a Bulgarian website for analytical journalism.
China’s granular engagement with the Western Balkans is inconspicuous, has the capacity to exploit differences between national policies, and can harness local entrepreneurship to develop ties with the country
EU-Africa relations are characterised by a series of failed beginnings. They continue to suffer from a lack of deep and far-reaching political will, despite being the subject of a series of diplomatic initiatives in the past two decades
Vladimir Shopov comments on China’s fading economic leadership
The risks for China from an unequivocal positioning of the country in the authoritarian bloc are substantial. Beijing risks a severe reputational collapse in Europe and beyond
Vladimir Shopov with an analysis on Bulgaria’s positioning and participation in key European topics
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