https://www.scmp.com/rss/510030/feed Dr Frederick Kliem is a research fellow and post-graduate lecturer at the Centre for Multilateralism Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) in Singapore. His research interests include regional integration and multilateralism in Asia and Europe and inter- and comparative regionalism. He has been studying Asean, the EU and geopolitics in Europe and the Indo-Pacific for two decades. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The European Union is no stranger to being the scapegoat for pretty much anything that goes wrong in Europe. When the Covid-19 pandemic first hit the continent, criticism was harsh. A recent study found that citizens’ trust in the EU fell because of the pandemic. This is not justified. Granted, at the start of the pandemic, the EU was largely absent and whenever it did act, international observers were stunned by how inept it appeared. Europe made headlines for woefully ignoring Italy’s request... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3136806/europe-opens-travel-east-asia-should-take-notes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3136806/europe-opens-travel-east-asia-should-take-notes?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Jun 2021 00:30:00 +0000