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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793196703321

Autore

Ho Ying Chan

Titolo

Special relationship in the Malay world : Indonesia and Malaysia / / Ho Ying Chan [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, , 2018

ISBN

981-4818-19-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 432 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

327.5980595

Soggetti

National security - Indonesia

National security - Malaysia

Indonesia Foreign relations Malaysia

Malaysia Foreign relations Indonesia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jul 2019).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 390-409) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- Part I. Theoretical Framework of a Special Relationship -- 2. MAKING SENSE OF A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP -- 3. THE CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS FOR A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP -- 4. THE EVOLUTION OF A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP INTO A PLURALISTIC SECURITY COMMUNITY -- Part II. History of Indonesia- Malaysia Relations, 1957-2017 -- 5. NOT YET SPECIAL: INDONESIA- MALAYA/MALAYSIA RELATIONS, 1957-65 -- 6. THE BEGINNING OF A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP: INDONESIA- MALAYSIA RELATIONS, 1966-84 -- 7. NO MORE SERUMPUN? INDONESIA-MALAYSIA RELATIONS, 1985-2017 -- 8. CONCLUSION -- Bibliography -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers an illuminating account of how material and ideational dynamics shape the evolution of Malaysia-Indonesia relations. It addresses the circumstances, conditions and constraints that determine the double-edged effects of the culturally bound "special relationship". The author argues that while their shared serumpun identities and strategic interests do give rise to a considerable closeness between Malaysia and Indonesia, the politics of power (im)balance have prevented the transformation of the special relationship into a



"pluralistic security community", as their egoistic understanding averts the formation of collective self.