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Table of Contents| Internet Resources| General Information| Economic Aspects| Foreign Policy/Relations| Nuclear Aspects| Politics and Government| Security and Defense| South China Sea / Spratly Islands| Brunei| Burma| Cambodia| Indonesia| Laos| Malaysia| Philippines| Singapore| Thailand| Vietnam| ]Chin, James. Malaysia in 1996: Mahatir-Anwar Bouts, UMNO Election, and Sarawak Surprise. Asian Survey 37:181-187 February 1997.
Chin, James. Malaysia in 1997: Mahatir's Annus Horribilis. Asian Survey 38:183-189 February 1998.
Jayasankaran, S. and Hiebert Murray. Malaysian Dilemmas. Far Eastern Economic Review 160:18-22 September 4, 1997.
Having risen to tiger economic status, Malaysia now faces the travails of success. But Malaysians believe they can be overcome as a sense of nationhood emerges.
Singh, Udai Bhanu. Singapore's Merger Proposal. Strategic Analysis 19:1075-1085 October 1996.
The proposal for merger has arisen many times in the history of Malaysia and Singapore.
Gomez, Edmund Terence. Malaysia's Political Economy: Politics, Patronage, and Profits. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1997. 207 p.
Book call no.: 338.9595 G633m
Southeast Asian Affairs 1997. Singapore, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, [annual]. 374 p.
Malaysia's Drive into High Technology Industries: Cruising into the Multimedia Super Corridor? by Kim Ong-Giger, pp 185-201.
Book call no.: 959.053 S727 1997 Latest year in Reference
Mohd Nor, Akmar (Lt. Col, RMAF). Strategic Vision of Malaysia 1996-2020. Maxwell AFB, AL, April 1996. [30] (Air University (U. S.) Air War College. Defense analytical study.)
Doc. call no.: M-U 43117 M697s
Economic Survey: More Misery Ahead [for Asia].
Far Eastern Economic Review 161:52-53 February 19, 1998.Smith, Shannon L. D. The Indonesia-Malaysia-Singapore Growth Triangle: A Political and Economic Equation. Australian Journal of International Affairs 51:369-382 November 1997.
Stafford, D. Geoffrey S. D. Malaysia's New Economic Policy and the Global Economy: the Evolution of Ethnic Accommodation. Pacific Review 10, no. 4:556-580 1997.
Nair, Shanti. Islam in Malaysian Foreign Policy. New York, Routledge, 1997. 301 p.
Book call no.: 327.595 N158i
Tan, Andrew. Problems and Issues in Malaysia-Singapore Relations. Canberra, Australia, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University, 1997. 30 p.
Book call no.: 327.595 T161p
Ganesan, N. Malaysia-Singapore Relations: Some Recent Developments. Asian Affairs: An American Review 25:21-36 Spring 1998.
Isa, Rustom Mohammed. Political Stability and Economic Growth in Malaysia. Pakistan Horizon 49:17-24 October 1996.
Tasker, Rodney. Border Breakthrough: Malaysia and Thailand Team Up to Battle Insurgents. Far Eastern Economic Review 161:18 February 12, 1998.
Parts of Malaysia have long been considered a safe haven for Thai Muslim separatists. But recent arrests of alleged separatist leaders signal a change in Malaysia's attitude.
Crouch, Harold A. Government and Society in Malaysia. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 1996. 266 p.
Book call no.: 306.209595 C952g
Gomez, Edmund Terence. Malaysia's Political Economy: Politics, Patronage, and Profits. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1997. 207 p.
Book call no.: 338.9595 G633m
The Politics of Elections in Southeast Asia, edited by R. H. Taylor. New York, Cambridge University Press. 256 p. (Woodrow Wilson Center series)
This book, bringing together ten separate case studies by leading authorities, examines the countries that have conducted multiparty elections since the 1940s--Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Burma, and Singapore, and identies the common and distinguishing features of electoral politics in the region.
Book call no.: 324.959 P769
Southeast Asia in the 1990s: Authoritarianism, Democracy and Capitalism, edited by Kevin Hewison, Richard Robison and Garry Rodan. St. Leonards, NSW, Australia, Allen & Unwin, 1993. 249 p.
Malaysia: Neither Authoritarian nor Democratic, pages 133-158.
Book call no.: 320.959 S7271
Southeast Asian Affairs 1997. Singapore, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, [annual]. 374 p.
Malaysia: Challenges and Upsets in Politics and Other Contestations, by Khoo Boo Teik, pp 163-184.
Book call no.: 959.053 S727 1997 Latest year in Reference
Case, William. The 1996 UMNO Party Election: "Two for the Show." Pacific Affairs 70:393-411 Fall 1997.
Focuses on Malaysia's dominant political party, the United Malays National Organization (UMNO), and speculates that "if some middling amount of democracy must be practiced in Malaysia, and if democracy has been diminished within its main party, the country's broader regime may have to be opened proportionately in order to avoid instability or costly coercion."
Eldridge, Philip. Human Rights and Democracy in Indonesia and Malaysia: Emerging Contexts and Discourse. Contemporary Southeast Asia 18:298-319 December 1996.
Isa, Rustom Mohammed. Political Stability and Economic Growth in Malaysia. Pakistan Horizon 49:17-24 October 1996.
Berry, William E. Jr. Threat Perceptions in the Philippines, Malaysia, and Singapore. US Air Force Academy, CO, USAF Institute for National Security Studies, September 1997. 61 p. (INSS Occasional Paper 16)
Book call no.: 327.73059 B534t
Southeast Asian Security in the New Milennium, edited by Richard J. Ellings and Sheldon W. Simon. Armonk, NY, M. E. Sharpe, 1996. 234 p. (National Bureau of Asian Research)
Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore: A Regional Security Core? by Donald K. Emmerson, pp 34-88
Book call no.: 355.033059 S727
Mohd Nor, Akmar (Lt. Col, RMAF). Strategic Vision of Malaysia 1996-2020. Maxwell AFB, AL, April 1996. [30] (Air University (U. S.) Air War College. Defense analytical study.)
Doc. call no.: M-U 43117 M697s
Arshad, Brig Gen Dato' Mohammed. Malaysian Participation in Peacekeeping. ,Asian Defence Journal, pages 43-44+ November 1997.
Ball, S. K. Regional Security Trends--Malaysia's Perception. Asian Defence Journal, pages 6+ December 1997.
Ciampi, Antonio. First Pair of Malaysian Corvettes by Fincantieri Commissioned. Asian Defence Journal, pages 40-41 September 1997.
Cloughley, Brian. Malaysia Strains for a Greater World Standing: Increasing Roles for Slimmer Forces. International Defense Review 30:22-23+ April 1997.
Dantes, Edmond. RMN's (Royal Malaysian Navy's) Force Modernisation Plans. Asian Defence Journal, page 14+ December 1997.
Exclusive Interview: Dato' Syed Hamid Albar, Minister of Defence, Malaysia.
Asian Defence Journal, pages 20-21 September 1997.Karniol, Robert. Malaysian Modernization. Jane's Defence Weekly 28:37-40+ November 26 1997.
Lewis, Paul. Malaysian Programmes Face Delays After Defence Review. Flight International 152:22 October 1-7 1997.
Mak, J. N. The Modernization of the Malaysian Armed Forces. Contemporary Southeast Asia 19:29-51 June 1997.
Sengupta, Prasun. Malaysian Army's Aviation Corps Declared Operational. Asian Defence Journal, pages 26+ May 1997.
Sengupta, Prasun K. Force Modernization Challenges and the Malaysian Army. Asian Defence Journal, pages 26-30+ April 1998.
Sengupta, Prasun K. The MAF (Malaysian Armed Forces) and Force Modernization Challenges in the Post-Cold War Era. Asian Defence Journal, pages 14+ April 1998.
Stephens, Alan. Malaysia at the Crossroads: The Royal Malaysian Air Force. Asia-Pacific Defence Reporter 23:6-7 December-January 1997-1998.
Young, Peter Lewis. The Five Power Defence Arrangement--A Review. Asian Defence Journal, pages 5-9 May 1997.
The FPDA was established in 1971, when Britain, Australia and New Zealand agreed to consult with Malaysia and Singapore concerning the latter countries' security.
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