Malaysia's national role conceptions and transitions of foreign policy from Tunku to Mahathir

• Main Authors: Saravanamuttu, Johan, Mark, Eugene, Rayar, Nawaljeet Singh
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science; Malaysia's Foreign Policy; National Role Conceptions
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/169958
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Reviewing the history and trajectory of Malaysia’s foreign policy, this article highlights national role conceptions (NRCs) during Tunku’s premiership between 1957 and 1968 and the first and second Mahathir tenures of 1981–2003 and 2018–2020, respectively. Malaysia’s foreign policy and its fundament...