PSSI’s newest Perspective examines the growing risks posed by CATL, a leading Chinese lithium-ion battery manufacturer, due to its ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), and China’s Military-Civil Fusion (MCF) strategy. In January 2025, the U.S. Department of Defense designated CATL as a “Chinese Military Company Operating in the United States,” raising serious national security concerns. Nevertheless, CATL is still enjoying substantial Western investment as a publicly traded company, and is further seeking a secondary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange underwritten by U.S. financial institutions.

PSSI’s newest Perspective examines the role of Chinese arms manufacturers in supplying Hezbollah with advanced weaponry, contributing to the group's military capabilities and regional instability. Despite Hezbollah’s recent setbacks, they remain a threat, and their need to rearm underscores the importance of understanding the supply chains supporting them. 

Given the recent addition of 37 new entities on the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, including some publicly traded companies with substantial Western investment, PSSI has issued a Flash Traffic Report recommending capital markets sanctions on five companies.

The Prague Security Studies Institute (PSSI) has joined forces with advocacy experts from the organization Lobbio to initiate a discussion on how the Czech public service media should fulfill their potentially new and sensitive role related to the proposed amendment of the new § 2 par. 2 in the amendment to the law on Czech Television (and similarly on Czech Radio). According to this amendment, Czech public service media are to be officially tasked with combating disinformation.

Prague Security Studies Institute (PSSI) se spojil s experty na advokační činnost ze spolku Lobbio s cílem otevřít debatu o tom, jak by média veřejné služby měla plnit svůj potenciálně nový citlivý úkol související s návrhem nového § 2 odst. 2 v novele zákona o České televizi (obdobně také zákona o Českém rozhlasu), podle kterého mají být česká média veřejné služby oficiálně pověřena bojem proti dezinformacím. 

The European Union is at a crucial moment in the enforcement of sanctions against Russia. While military and financial support for Ukraine remains paramount, sanctions are an effective tool to hinder and disrupt Russian military operations. Our inter-organizational task force has issued this new report, containing concrete recommendations for EU institutions to strengthen the implementation of anti-Russian sanctions.

While much attention has been given to Chinese investments in developing countries, less focus has been placed on China's growing presence in NATO-aligned Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. As China strengthens its partnership with Russia amidst the war in Ukraine, the region’s relationship with China has come under increasing scrutiny.

The Czech Republic is one of the most active supporters of Ukraine in terms of direct military support, provision of protection to Ukraine citizens or by leading the widely-respected ammunition initiative announced in February 2024. The Czech government has also profiled itself within the EU by supporting tough sanctions against Russia. Still, there are several options available for the current administration to strengthen the implementation of sanctions through legislative and non-legislative measures. 

Following a flurry of proposed legislation in the U.S. Congress addressing the risks associated with investments linked to authoritarian states, PSSI’s latest Perspective urges Europe to emulate or match these measures. The report emphasizes the geopolitical importance of managing capital flows to avoid inadvertently supporting undemocratic regimes and associated corporate bad actors, through highlighting ten such legislative proposals in particular.