A small state's foreign affairs strategy
Making sense of Malaysia's strategic response to the South China Sea debacle
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11222147 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adam Leong Kok Wey (0000-0001-6079-4007, National Defence University of Malaysia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 392-399 |
| Publication date | 2017-10-20 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Strategy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0149-5933 • E-ISSN: 1521-0448 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01495933.2017.1379830 |
| OpenAlex | W2772069376 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Malaysia, being a small state in its asymmetrical relations with both the United States and China, is caught in a difficult position in the ongoing South China Sea debacle. Malaysia has been courted by both of these powerful states to be an influential regional facilitator to advance each of their respective strategic interests in the region. Malaysia's response thus far has been both cautious and enigmatic. This article traces Malaysia's foreign affairs strategic history during some of the most precarious days of the Cold War to explain its contemporary strategic choices and logic in the midst of great-power rivalries in the Southeast Asia region. The dual practice of selective alignment and strategic ambiguity by Malaysia, used effectively during the Cold War, continues to drive its foreign relations today and makes perfect strategic sense
Ambiguity · Business · China · Cold war · Economics · Economy · Facilitator · Foreign policy · Great power · International trade · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Power (physics · Sociology · State (computer science · Asian Studies and History · Law · Military History and Strategy
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| Citations per year | 0.71 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |