MALAYSIA’S U.S. policy under Najib: Ambivalence no more?

• Main Author: Kuik, Cheng-Chwee
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Working Paper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82397; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39995
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper adopts a neoclassical realist perspective to explain Malaysia’s evolving policy towards the United States under Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak. It argues that to the extent that there is a “shift” in Malaysia’s U.S. policy under the current leadership, the substance and symbolism in Najib...