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Malaysia foreign policy

October 02, 2019
What Does Malaysia’s New Foreign Policy Framework Mean for Pakatan Harapan’s Approach to the World?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
A closer look at what a significant new document means for the country’s foreign policy in the coming months and years.

September 05, 2019
Mahathir Visit Highlights Vietnam-Malaysia Security Cooperation Prospects
By Prashanth Parameswaran
The trip highlighted efforts by both sides to make inroads in the defense aspect of ties despite lingering challenges.

July 23, 2019
What’s Behind Malaysia’s New South China Sea Missile Launches?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
A closer look at the significance of a recent development within the Southeast Asian state’s approach.

June 12, 2019
Malaysia’s Seemingly Chaotic Foreign Policy Choices Make Strategic Sense
By Adam Leong Kok Wey
Malaysia is sticking with its Cold War-era strategy of selective alignment and strategic ambiguity.

May 07, 2019
Malaysia’s New Foreign Policy Framework: Between Change and Continuity
By Prashanth Parameswaran
A closer look at the PH government’s emerging foreign affairs framework a year after it took office and the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.

April 23, 2019
Malaysia’s Evolving Approach to China’s Belt and Road Initiative
By Prashanth Parameswaran
The new government’s evolving approach to the initiative continues to be much more flexible than some of the headlines may suggest.

March 20, 2019
What’s in the New Malaysia-Singapore Maritime Dispute Freeze?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
The move spotlighted efforts by both sides to try to manage renewed disputes within their wider bilateral relationship.

March 14, 2019
Is New Malaysia’s China-US Balance Changing Under Mahathir?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
Though the new government is recalibrating its ties with Washington and Beijing, it is premature to conclude that major change is underway.

March 12, 2019
Mahathir-Duterte Summit Puts Malaysia-Philippines Ties Into Focus
By Prashanth Parameswaran
The summit meeting spotlighted efforts by the two leaders to develop their bilateral relationship.

February 28, 2019
How Would Anwar Ibrahim Change Malaysia’s Foreign Policy as Prime Minister?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
While the question may be difficult to answer, it is worth asking given how little we know thus far and how much Malaysia has on its plate.

February 22, 2019
What’s Behind Malaysia’s New Defense White Paper Talk?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
A closer look at the one of the new government’s key priorities in the security realm.

February 01, 2019
Where Is Malaysia’s Mahathir-Anwar Transition?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
Given Malaysia’s history and the implications for its future, the dynamics of the so-called transition bear careful watching.
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