Malaysian foreign policy in the Mahathir era 1981-2003 dilemmas of development

Malaysia's former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is often seen as the sole author of the country's foreign policy. Malaysian Foreign Policy in the Mahathir Era shows that while Mahathir's personality, leadership style, political ideology and brand of nationalism unquestionably had a...

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Main Author: Dhillon, Karminder Singh 1960- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Singapore NUS Press [2009]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The sources of Malaysian foreign policy, 1981-2003: the idiosyncratic factor
  • The sources of Malaysian foreign policy, 1981-2003: the domestic factors
  • The sources of Malaysian foreign policy, 1981-2003: the external factors
  • The outputs of Malaysian foreign policy, 1981-2003: buy British last, Commonwealth policy, look East and third world spokesmanship
  • The outputs of Malaysian foreign policy, 1981-2003: regional engagement, Islamic posturing and commercial diplomacy
  • Conclusions and the dilemmas of development.