The Politics of Indonesia-Malaysia Relations: One Kin, Two Nations

by Liow,Joseph Chinyong

• ISBN13: 9780415341325
• ISBN10: 0415341329
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-12-02
• Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon

Summary

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the relationship between Indonesia and Malaysia, focusing especially on how the relationship has developed in the last fifty years. It argues that the political relationship between the two countries has been largely defined by rivalry, despite the fact that the processes of national self-determination began by emphasizing Indo-Malay fraternity. It shows how the two countries have different, contested interpretations of Indo-Malay history, and how the continuing suspicion of Javanese hegemony which defined much of the history of the Indo-Malay world is also a key factor in the relationship.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Acknowledgements	xiv
List of abbreviations	xvi
Introduction	1	(8)
PART I Theoretical and conceptual framework	9	(68)
1 Kinship and nationalism in international relations	11	(18)
2 Kinship and Indo-Malay historiography	29	(25)
3 A tale of two nationalisms	54	(23)
PART II Diplomatic history of Indonesia-Malaysia relations	77	(80)
4 Ties that divide, 1949-1965	79	(28)
5 Re-building the 'special relationship', 1966-1980	107	(25)
6 The Indonesia-Malaysia 'prestige dilemma', 1981-2000	132	(25)
Conclusion	157	(16)
Glossary	173	(2)
Notes	175	(41)
Select bibliography	216	(17)
Index	233