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The Southern Provinces in bilateral cooperation during the Mahathir and Abdullah years

Malaysia’s relations with Thailand can be described as paradoxical. On the one hand, bilateral ties had been the least ‘problematic.’ On the other, the situation in the Southern Provinces had constrained relations and this could be seen during the administrations of Mahathir and Abdullah which becam...

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Main Authors: Khadijah Md Khalid,, Loh, Jason Seong Wei
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13031/1/19135-54274-1-SM.pdf
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spelling my-ukm.journal.130312019-05-26T21:57:42Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13031/ The Southern Provinces in bilateral cooperation during the Mahathir and Abdullah years Khadijah Md Khalid, Loh, Jason Seong Wei Malaysia’s relations with Thailand can be described as paradoxical. On the one hand, bilateral ties had been the least ‘problematic.’ On the other, the situation in the Southern Provinces had constrained relations and this could be seen during the administrations of Mahathir and Abdullah which became preoccupied with finding solutions. In ‘aggregating’ these two polar states together (‘superposition’), one could construe or amplify bilateral relations within a broader range of so-called overall ‘benign neglect’ that to a certain extent – characterised the approach of successive administrations of both countries. The objective of this paper as conditioned by archival sources as well as interviews seeks, therefore, to highlight the under-appreciated and overlooked role of the leadership factor in bilateral relations. This is in turn co-related to developments in political contestations and reconfigurations centred in Bangkok (“national politics”) which whilst promising little hope on the resolution for peace and stability in the Southern Provinces – contributes to the (unchanging) broader narrative. In short, directions in bilateral relations have been – to a critical extent – determined, influenced and constrained by the inability to achieve a breakthrough to the situation in the Southern Provinces. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13031/1/19135-54274-1-SM.pdf Khadijah Md Khalid, and Loh, Jason Seong Wei (2017) The Southern Provinces in bilateral cooperation during the Mahathir and Abdullah years. Jebat: Malaysian Journal of History, Politics and Strategic Studies, 44 (1). pp. 119-140. ISSN 2180-0251 http://ejournal.ukm.my/jebat/issue/view/971
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description Malaysia’s relations with Thailand can be described as paradoxical. On the one hand, bilateral ties had been the least ‘problematic.’ On the other, the situation in the Southern Provinces had constrained relations and this could be seen during the administrations of Mahathir and Abdullah which became preoccupied with finding solutions. In ‘aggregating’ these two polar states together (‘superposition’), one could construe or amplify bilateral relations within a broader range of so-called overall ‘benign neglect’ that to a certain extent – characterised the approach of successive administrations of both countries. The objective of this paper as conditioned by archival sources as well as interviews seeks, therefore, to highlight the under-appreciated and overlooked role of the leadership factor in bilateral relations. This is in turn co-related to developments in political contestations and reconfigurations centred in Bangkok (“national politics”) which whilst promising little hope on the resolution for peace and stability in the Southern Provinces – contributes to the (unchanging) broader narrative. In short, directions in bilateral relations have been – to a critical extent – determined, influenced and constrained by the inability to achieve a breakthrough to the situation in the Southern Provinces.
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author Khadijah Md Khalid,
Loh, Jason Seong Wei
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The Southern Provinces in bilateral cooperation during the Mahathir and Abdullah years
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Loh, Jason Seong Wei
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title The Southern Provinces in bilateral cooperation during the Mahathir and Abdullah years
title_short The Southern Provinces in bilateral cooperation during the Mahathir and Abdullah years
title_full The Southern Provinces in bilateral cooperation during the Mahathir and Abdullah years
title_fullStr The Southern Provinces in bilateral cooperation during the Mahathir and Abdullah years
title_full_unstemmed The Southern Provinces in bilateral cooperation during the Mahathir and Abdullah years
title_sort southern provinces in bilateral cooperation during the mahathir and abdullah years
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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