Malaysia-Singapore: Fifty Years of Contentions 1965-2015

Malaysia-Singapore: Fifty Years of Contentions 1965-2015
ISBN-10
9839541897
ISBN-13
9789839541892
Category
Political Science
Pages
364
Language
English
Published
2015-01-21
Publisher
The Other Press
Author
Kadir Mohamad

Description

This book offers an interesting and informative account of the often fractious account of two countries in the heart of Southeast Asia. It outlines the primary issues that plagued relations between Malaysia and Singapore in the last fifty years and the political, diplomatic and legal initiatives taken to address them. The author gives a first-person narrative of the seemingly endless behind-the-scenes episodes that have brought the love-hate relationship to where they are today. He further delves into the vast reservoir of information on the rocky bilateral relationship to provide a reasonable argument over why Malaysia has behaved as it has since 1965. Exhaustive records of, among others, minutes, letters and documents are brought to light to substantiate the Malaysian view in relation to issues of contention with Singapore. Coming from an insider with more than four eventful decades in the Malaysian Foreign Service, it will be an eye opener for many.

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