Does Slovenia Speak Truth to Power? Not When It Comes to China

Does Slovenia Speak Truth to Power? Not When It Comes to China
General view of the town of Sevnica, Slovenia on Jan. 20, 2017. Darko Bandic/AP Photo
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Slovenia, a European Union member, is drawing closer to the regime in China. On Nov. 11, the president of the National Council of Slovenia, Marko Lotric, gave an interview to China’s state-controlled media, according to which he supported “Slovenia’s economic cooperation with China.”
Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor’s/master’s in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea” (2018).
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