In May, Dr. Agnieszka Nitza-Makowska presented research on Chinese and Indian soft power towards Estonia at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tallinn. Dr. Agnieszka Nitza-Makowska, an assisting professor and supervisor of Asian Studies at Collegium Civitas, currently focusing her work on soft power, sustainable connectivity, and environmental diplomacy and her regional focuses are India, Pakistan and China.

Other aspects of Chinese soft power, Dr Agnieszka Nitza and her team consisting of Dr Kerry Longhurst and Katarzyna Skiert-Andrzejuk are being investigated within the project “Environmental diplomacy as an instrument of soft power: China and the Belt and Road Initiative”, funded by the National Science Center under the SONATA program.