Dr. Richard Turcsányi is program director at the Central European Institute for Asian Studies, as well as deputy director of the Institute of Asian Studies and director of the Strategic Policy Institute – both in Bratislava. He is an assistant professor at Mendel University in Brno and associate fellow at the Institute of International Relations Prague.

Turcsányi has broad experience with lecturing on international relations, security, and the economic issues of Central Europe and East Asia. In his academic research, he focuses mostly on Central Europe’s relations with East Asia and Chinese foreign policy.

Turcsányi received his PhD in international relations from Masaryk University, where he also studied economics and political science. He has conducted a long-term study and research stays at the University of Toronto, Peking University, and National Chengchi University in Taipei.