In pursuit of national interest: change and continuity in Malaysia’s foreign policy towards the middle east

• Main Author: Ruhanas Harun,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institut Kajian Rantau Asia Barat 2009
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/176/1/1.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/176/

Malaysia’s foreign policy has traditionally been focussed on Southeast Asia and its friends in the West. As such, the Middle East was not a priority area in its foreign policy despite the long established historical, social and religious connections that the country had with the region. It was not...