Dr Frederick Kliem is a Research Fellow and lecturer at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. Frederick is with the Centre for Multilateralism Studies at RSIS, and his main research interests are regional integration and multilateralism in as well as the geopolitics of Asia and Europe. He teaches post-graduate courses on the geopolitics of Asia and regional order building. Specific research projects include the study of ASEAN and EU institutions, inter-regionalism and comparative regionalism as well as European Indo-Pacific engagement. He frequently appears on Singaporean as well as international TV, radio and print media as well as on numerous podcasts, including his own. In addition, Frederick is a regular guest lecturer at Singapore’s military officers’ academy (GKS Command and Staff College) as well as a freelance Consultant and a EU Key Expert on ASEAN-EU matters. His latest book is Great Power Competition and Order Building in the Indo-Pacific: Towards a New Indo-Pacific Equilibrium (London and New York: Routledge, 2022).

• International Relations and Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific
• Multilateralism and Multilateral Orders in Asia and Europe
• ASEAN, European Union, and ASEAN–EU Relations
• European Union Politics
• British Politics
• German Politics
• Regional Integration and Comparative Regionalism

Policy Reports

• The Geopolitics of the Mekong and A Radical Proposal for ASEAN to Navigate It

  25 November, 2020

• Regionalism and COVID-19: How EU-ASEAN Inter-regionalism Can Strengthen Pandemic Management

  26 August, 2020

• Thailand's ASEAN Chairmanship at Midterm: Three Key Issues to Watch After the 34th ASEAN Summit

  12 September, 2019

Commentaries

• Europeans in the Indo-Pacific: Getting Diplomacy Right

  16 January, 2023

• 45 Years of EU-ASEAN Relations: A Forward-looking Agenda

  13 December, 2022

• Invasion of Ukraine - Joining EU, NATO: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

  15 March, 2022

• Invasion of Ukraine - Shaking Europe Out Of Complacency

  09 March, 2022

• Russia, NATO, and Ukraine: The Return of Spheres of Influence

  07 February, 2022

• Weaponising Migrants: Belarusian Blackmail and Multilateralism

  22 November, 2021

• German Warship in Asia: Berlin's Indo-Pacific Strategy?

  24 August, 2021

• Global Health Security: COVID-19 and Its Impacts - EU’s Pandemic Management: Why More Credit Is Due

  23 June, 2021

• Xinjiang: Problem Ahead for European Industry?

  07 June, 2021

• EU Indo-Pacific Strategy: More than Meets the Eye

  03 May, 2021

• EU-China Sanctions Tussle: Winners and Losers

  08 April, 2021

• Post-Brexit: Enter the Mini-Brexits?

  05 January, 2021

• Germany and Indo-Pacific: Berlin’s ASEAN-Style Regionalism?

  20 November, 2020

• Germany’s Indo-Pacific Strategy: Can Berlin Contribute?

  10 September, 2020

• Global Health Security: COVID-19 and Its Impacts - Pandemic Recovery: No Need For US Leadership?

  01 July, 2020

• Global Health Security: COVID-19 and Its Impacts - China-Taiwan Mask Diplomacy: Wooing Southeast Asia?

  08 May, 2020

• Global Health Security: COVID-19 and Its Impact - EU and ASEAN: In Common Disunity

  27 April, 2020

• Global Health Security - Coronabonds: Backdoor to Collective Debt?

  14 April, 2020

• Global Health Security - China’s Medical Diplomacy: How to Turn a Black Swan White

  03 April, 2020

• Coming End of Merkel's Era: Whither Future European Leadership?

  18 February, 2020

• Vietnam’s ASEAN Chairmanship 2020: What To Expect

  04 February, 2020

• The “Brexit Election”: A View From Europe

  10 December, 2019

• ASEAN–EU Partnership: How “Strategic” is Europe’s Approach?

  05 November, 2019

• The Success of the German Greens: Why It Matters to Asia

  30 September, 2019

• ASEAN’s Indo-Pacific Dilemma: Where To From Here?

  06 August, 2019

• EU’s New Commission Leadership: What It Means For Asia

  22 July, 2019

• Germany in the Indo-Pacific: New Security Actor?

  18 July, 2019

• EU Elections and Democracy: Choosing Leaders Over Dinner

  24 May, 2019

IDSS Paper

• IP22004 | A German Warship in Asia: Debunking Myths and Misconceptions

  09 February, 2022

Authored Books

• Great Power Competition and Order Building in the Indo-Pacific: Towards a New Indo-Pacific Equilibrium. United Kingdom: Routledge, 2022
• The Perpetual Promise of ASEAN: A Supply and Demand Analysis of the ASEAN Political Security Community. Germany: Rostock University E-publications, 2016

Journal Articles

• “The EU Strategy on Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific: A Meaningful Regional Complement?” in Panorama: Insights into Asian and European Affairs, 2022
• “ASEAN and the EU amidst COVID-19: Overcoming the Self-fulfilling Prophecy of Realism” in Asia Europe Journal, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2021
• “COVID-19 and International Cooperation: IR Paradigms at Odds” (with Rajesh Basrur) in SN Social Sciences, Vol. 1, Article 7, 2021
• “Why Quasi-Alliances will persist in the Indo-Pacific. The Fall and Rise of the Quad” in Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs, 7, 3, 2020
• “Asia’s Troubled River: Dam(n)ing or Managing the Mekong?” in Journal of Greater Mekong Studies, 2020
• “Hang Together! The Case for Unity in EU Trade Negotiations with China” in Panorama: Trade and Economic Connectivity in an Age of Uncertainty, 2019, pp. 59-70
• “The Strategic Role of Trade in EU-ASEAN Relations” in Panorama Journal, Insights into Asian and European Affairs, No. 1, 2019
• “Building a Nation, Building a People. Public housing in Singapore as a Holistic, Multi-dimensional Public Policy Construct” in International Reports, Vol. 3, 2018, pp. 1-13
• “ASEAN Imperfect: The Changing Nature of Southeast Asian Regionalism” in Panorama Journal: Insights into Asian and European Affairs, 1, N.A., 2018, 23-33
• “Coercive Water-Diplomacy: Playing Politics with the Mekong” (with Rabea Brauer) in  International Reports, Vol. 3, N.A., 2017. pp. 1-12
• “[email protected]: Celebrating Five Decades of Regional Stability” in KAS Country Reports, N.A., N.A., 2017, 1-12
• “The perpetual promise of ASEAN: A supply and demand analysis of the ASEAN Political Security Community” in , , , 2017,

Edited Books / Special Issues

• ASEAN Security Connectivity: Regional Solutions to Regional Problems. Singapore: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 2019

Chapters in Edited Books

• “Regional Security: Legacies and New Challenges” in Michael K. Connors, Rémy Davison, and Jörn Dosch (Eds.), The New Global Politics of the Asia-Pacific: Conflict and Cooperation in the Asian Century. Oxford: Routledge, 2018, N.A.

Op-Eds

• “Finding the Middle-Ground: EU-China Relations”, Hinrich Foundation, 6 December 2022
• “How the Indonesian Chairmanship can revitalise ASEAN”, Jakarta Post, 17 October 2022
• “Should ASEAN Take a Stronger Position on the Ukraine War?”, The Diplomat, 26 August 2022
• “How the EU Can Still Succeed in the Indo-Pacific Despite the War in Ukraine”, The Diplomat, 28 May 2022
• “Europe’s Global Gateway: Complementing or Competing With BRI?”, The Diplomat, 7 December 2021
• “The German Elections and Angela Merkel’s China Legacy”, The Diplomat, 13 October 2021
• “Germany set to toughen China stance under new coalition”, Nikkei Asian Review, 3 October 2021
• “Germany’s supply chain law will further complicate China relations”, Nikkei Asian Review, 15 July 2021
• “As Europe opens up for travel, East Asia should take notes”, South China Morning Post, 11 June 2021
• “Is ASEAN too ‘Far East’ or just right for Global Britain?”, East Asia Forum, 4 June 2021
• “Why German Industry is Looking Past China to the Rest of Asia”, Nikkei Asia, 1 December 2020
• “A China management strategy with ASEAN at its centre”, East Asia Forum, 27 August 2020
• “Leveraging ASEAN to respond to COVID-19”, East Asia Forum, 21 May 2020
• “Realism and the Coronavirus”, E-International Relations, 11 April 2020
• “Punishing Cambodia is going to backfire on EU”, Nikkei Asian Review, 14 February 2020
• “Post-Brexit UK should prioritize Southeast Asia trade deals”, Nikkei Asian Review, 30 January 2020

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