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Malaysia's foreign policy the first fifty years : alignment, neutralism, Islamism

This book captures Malaysia's foreign policy over the first fifty years and beyond since the date of the country's formal independence in 1957. The author provides "macro-historical" narratives of foreign policy practices and outcomes over distinct time periods under the tenures...

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Main Author: Saravanamuttu, J. (Jayaratnam)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Singapore Institute Southeast Asian Studies 2010
Subjects:
NeutralityœzMalaysia
Islamic fundamentalism > Malaysia
Malaysia > Foreign relations.
Malaysia > Politics and government > 20th century.
Malaysia > Politics and government > 21st century.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : framing the study of foreign policy
  • The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Engaging the Cold War 1957-63
  • Transition to neutralism 1964-69
  • Constituting change with innovation 1970-75
  • Consolidating regionalism in a changing world, 1976-77
  • Confronting globalization with iconoclasm, 1981-96
  • Crisis, recovery, and denouement of an era, 1997-2003
  • Embedding Islam, embracing globalization, 2004-08
  • Explaining relations with neighbours : antipathies of history, and intimacy
  • The political economy of foreign policy : dilemmas of a developmental state
  • Postscript : the leadership change 2009
  • Conclusion : middlepowermanship in foreign policy.

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