On 26 April 2025, Dr. Ivo Ganchev gave an in-depth interview to leading Azerbaijani media outlet Minval.az, discussing the growing strategic partnership between China and Azerbaijan. The interview comes shortly after the state visit of President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan to China at the invitation of Chairman Xi Jinping — a visit that underscored the momentum behind China–Azerbaijan relations. President […]
On 10 April 2025, Dr. Ivo Ganchev appeared live from Beijing on Bulgaria’s national TV station bTV to join the highly popular “Tazi Sutrin” (Тази Сутрин) for a discussion on China’s response to the latest U.S. tariff increases announced by President Donald Trump. In the interview, Dr. Ganchev provided an in-depth analysis of the immediate […]
On 31 March 2025, Dr. Ivo Ganchev, Founding Director of the Centre for Regional Integration, joined an international focus group panel hosted by the Faculty of Education at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. The seminar brought together leading educators and experts to evaluate innovative strategies for higher education reform in China, with a particular focus on enhancing […]
Dr. Ivo Ganchev has released a new 25,000-word paper titled “Trump’s New Foreign Policy: Strategic Repositioning in a Multipolar World?” This piece is available through Regional Policy Insights, a journal by the Centre for Regional Integration. It builds on a lecture delivered in February 2025 at Universidad Anáhuac in Mexico City and offers a unique […]
On 4 March 2025, Dr. Ivo Ganchev, Founding Director of the Centre for Regional Integration, presented his working paper titled “Lessons from ‘Chinese’ IR Theories: A Levels of Analysis Approach to Theoretical Synthesis” at the International Studies Association (ISA) 2025 Annual Convention, held at the Hilton Chicago (USA). His presentation was part of Panel TD45, themed “The Unheard […]
Dr. Ivo Ganchev, Founding Director of the Centre for Regional Integration, has released his latest publication, “China and the BRI Ten Years On: Geopolitics and Development”, offering a comprehensive analysis of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) a decade after its inception. Published as part of the Regional Policy Insights series by the Centre for Regional Integration, the […]
Dr. Ivo Ganchev is pleased to announce that his comprehensive book chapter, “Making the Case for a New Coherent Bulgarian Strategy Towards China: A Practitioner’s Analysis of Bilateral Political and Economic Relations (2015-2022),” is now available for free open access. This chapter is featured in the authoritative volume The Dragon at the Gates of Europe: Chinese […]
Dr. Ivo Ganchev has published the Bulgarian translation of his insightful book chapter titled, “Making the Case for a New Coherent Bulgarian Strategy Towards China: A Practitioner’s Analysis of Bilateral Political and Economic Relations (2015-2022)”. The Bulgarian title is, „Призив за нова съгласувана българска стратегия спрямо Китай: Практикоприложен анализ на двустранните политически и икономически отношения […]
Dr. Ivo Ganchev, Founding Director of the Centre for Regional Integration, chaired and served as a discussant on the panel FA01 titled “East Asia in the World” at the International Studies Association (ISA) Virtual 2024 conference, held from July 30 to August 2, 2024. The ISA is the world’s largest and most prestigious professional association […]
Dr. Ivo Ganchev has been appointed as a member of the Editorial Board of World Affairs, a leading academic journal now published by Wiley, effective immediately. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., World Affairs has a storied history as a crucial platform for discussing and analyzing global issues since its inception in 1837. Each issue presents diverse perspectives on global […]
