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The EU has promised investments tied to values like transparency and good governance in Southeast Asia, where China already has a big footprint and doesn't ask authoritarian governments to change their ways.
The EU and China have pledged to boost funding of green investment projects in ASEAN. But will these erstwhile partners, whose relations have soured over the past year, be able to work side by side?
Senior diplomats from the Philippines, the European Union, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have expressed optimism that despite the challenges posed by geopolitical realities and the COVID-19 pandemic, EU-ASEAN relations are bound to expand and flourish in the coming years.
The ASEAN Secretary-General, Dato Lim Jock Hoi has reaffirmed commitments to promote connectivity amidst the prolonged covid-19 pandemic.
Studying in Germany: From finance to fraternities However, Driesman added that universities in the EU are gradually catching up — Not only producing more academic content in English but also teaching more classes in the world's lingua franca. A key driver of this shift towards English-language education has been the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), a collaboration established in 2010 between higher education institutions in the EU as well as those in parts of Eurasia. The number of English-taught bachelor's programs offered by institutions in EHEA countries rose from almost none in ...