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The security risks carried by the Chinese tech frontrunner Huawei

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CHINESE COMPANY NUCTECH – A MAJOR SECURITY CHALLENGE FOR GEORGIA 

  • its cooperation with the Georgian government,
  • fraudulent activities related to Georgian and foreign tender procedures,
  • malfunctions of its security equipment,
  • corruption scandals worldwide.

Back then, our team has already stressed out the high-security risks threatening the national security of those states, where Nuctech has operated.

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Anti-Corruption In Practice: Exploring Symbiotic Dynamics Between The NACC, Civil Society And Investigative Journalists

The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS) in partnership with the National Democratic Institute would like to invite you to a hybrid roundtable discussion on:
Anti-Corruption in Practice: Exploring Symbiotic Dynamics Between the NACC, Civil Society and Investigative Journalists

Date: Friday, November 25, 2022
Where: Online, Zoom (Zoom link will be sent after the closing of registration)
Time: 15:00 – 17:00
Language: English and Arabic with simultaneous interpretation
Registration deadline: Thursday,  November 24, 2022  at 23:59
Organized by: Lebanese Center for Policy Studies  
Moderated by: Ali Taha, Researcher at LCPS

In recent years, Lebanon has passed a number of anti-corruption laws such as on the right to access information, asset declaration and illicit enrichment. These reforms are nonetheless mere legal tools to achieve an arduous end that is accountability. Oversight bodies such as the newly appointed National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), can serve as an enabling channel for the utilization of such legal tools in combating corruption, and guaranteeing transparency. The commission however has a long journey ahead of it, one that is fraught with all sorts of political, financial, and administrative challenges.

The discrepancy between the spread of corruption in Lebanon’s public sector, and the institutional resources that could be made available to it in times of fiscal austerity, lower expectations as to its effectiveness. Political pressure and meddling which have in the past curbed and nullified attempts at promoting accountability in government, also elicit similar cynicism. Although very real, these challenges do not justify a premature surrender of anti-corruption ambitions. Instead, civil society, investigative journalists and the public at large should play a proactive role to mitigate such challenges, by supporting and overseeing the work of the NACC. 

This roundtable comes as a kickstarter for an essentially technical discussion, on the ideal dynamics that should govern the relation of the NACC with civil society organizations and investigative journalists. Specifically, how can they both support and oversee the commission, and using what tools?  

Speakers:

Tinatin Khidasheli

Chairperson, Civic IDEA

Julien Courson 

Executive Director, LTA

Layal Bou Moussa 

Investigative Journalist, Al Jadeed TV

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CHINA NUCLEAR INDUSTRY 23 CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD
IN GEORGIA

Civic IDEA’s 11th China Watch report discusses the controversies around China’s state-owned nuclear company China Nuclear Industry 23 Construction Co., Ltd., alternatively referred to as “CNNC No.23” or CNI23 operating since 1958. There is no record provided by internet sources about the misconduct related to particularly CNI23 and its representation in different states. Nevertheless, some problems and scandals are still associated with its founding investor firms: China National Nuclear Corporation and China General Nuclear Power Engineering Co., Ltd. China General Nuclear Power Engineering Co., Ltd. first appeared on the Georgian market in 2012 and since then has won several state procurements and made private investments.

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IN GEORGIA
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China in the World Community Fund Report – 2022

We are particularly grateful to our Taiwanese partner organization Doublethink Lab, for advancing global research and collaborations on PRC influence in Georgia and worldwide.

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Big Power Game, Xi’s Voyage to Central Asia

Ani Kintsurashvili – Author of the Article, Senior Researcher, Civic IDEA

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10th China Watch report CSCEC in Georgia

Civic IDEA is pleased to share with you the 10th China Watch report related to another Chinese company operating in Georgia, China State Construction Engineering Corporation Ltd. (so-called CSCEC), and reviews its scandals and misconduct that occurred in Georgia and worldwide.

CSCEC is one of the largest Chinese state construction companies, founded in 1982. Since then, it has operated in more than 100 countries worldwide. The company’s main activities comprise real estate, construction financing, operation and engineering (housing and infrastructure), as well as design and survey. This company has been embroiled in numerous scandals in the past two decades. More precisely, the CSCEC and its subsidies have been exposed to corruption and fraud schemes in the US, Philippines, Pakistan, Hungary, and several other countries and have been blacklisted by different state and international institutions.

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Collection of Articles Vol. 2 “From Caspian to Black Sea Economic, Academic and Digital Threats posed by the PRC”

Civic IDEA has the honor to share with the audience the second part of the series of Collection of Articles under the name “From Caspian to Black Sea: Economic, Academic and Digital Threats posed by the PRC”. Publication in front of you is the second edition of a collective effort by Civic IDEA and its partners and distinguished experts from the region to analyze and debate the Chinese activities in their respective countries in various fields, be it academia, business, politics, or other state matters. This time, the publication was inspired by the outstanding work of our Taiwanese partner Doublethink Lab about the Chinese influence operations assembled in China Index-2021, to be followed at https://china-index.io. This regularly updated web tracker allows all interested in monitoring and measuring PRC influence around the Globe.

The contributor authors to the second issue of the collection of articles are the following:

Tinatin Khidasheli – Chairperson, Civic IDEA

Ani Kintsurashvili – Senior Researcher, Civic IDEA

Vusal Guliyev – Fellow, the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University

Gubad Ibadoghlu – Senior Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Umedjon Majidi – Anti Corruption Expert, Sarajevo, BIH

Gia Jandieri – Director, New Economic School of Georgia

Danila Bekturganov – Director, NGO “Civil Expertise”

Denis Cenusa – Associated Expert, Think Tank EESC (Lithuania) / Think Tank Expert-Grup (Moldova)

Civic IDEA is also grateful to National Endowment for Democracy and the US Embassy for their immense support and contribution.

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12 STEPS TOWARDS EU CANDIDACY

The Georgian CSOs elaborated an Action Plan which could be easily implemented till the end of 2022, provided political will is present.

The Action Plan contains an absolute minimum of critically important reforms, essential for granting the EU Membership Candidacy status.

Signatory organizations:

  • Open Society Georgia Foundation (OSGF)
  • Democracy Index
  • International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED)
  • Transparency International Georgia  
  • Democracy Research Institute (DRI)
  • Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI)
  • European Initiative – Liberal Academy Tbilisi
  • Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association
  • Georgian Democracy Initiative (GDI)
  • Social Justice Center
  • Georgian Court Watch
  • Safari
  • Civic idea
  • The Economic Policy Research Center (EPRC) 
  • Georgian Alliance of Regional Broadcasters
  • TV Net
  • The Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics
  • Rights Georgia
  • Media Development Foundation
  • Europe-Georgia Institute 
  • Partnership for human rights

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Maritime Security in the Black Sea: Implications for Eastern and Central Europe

The Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade has the pleasure to invite you to its upcoming online conference entitled

Maritime Security in the Black Sea: Implications for Eastern and Central Europe

With

  • Tinatin Khidasheli Chairperson Civic IDEA; Former Minister of Defense, Georgia
  • Michael van Ginkel Visiting Budapest Fellow, Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade
  • Paul Beckley Maritime Analyst, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Dr. Barış Hasan Post-doctoral Research Fellow, University of Pécs
  • Moderator: György Ilyash Research Fellow at Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade
  • The event will be held on 7 June, 2022 (Tuesday) at 2:00 p.m. (CET)

The event will be held in English.

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https://kki.hu/en/event/maritime-security-in-the-black-sea-implications-for-eastern-and-central-europe/

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