{"product_id":"9789815361469","title":"[eBook]Assessing the Future of Malaysian Neutrality: Hedging Still Highly Possible","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"z-publication-description\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMalaysia’s decades-long neutrality position is quintessentially a hedging policy, an insurance-seeking policy aimed at mitigating risks by not taking sides, while diversifying partnerships with all powers and cultivating fallback measures.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHowever, Malaysia’s Agreement on Reciprocal Trade with the United States, signed in October 2025, entails “poison pill provisions” that may enable Washington to unilaterally terminate that position and prevent Malaysia from forging close ties with China. Some observers have asserted that, amidst the intensifying US-China rivalry and growing big-power pressure, Malaysian neutrality and small-state hedging is no longer possible.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMalaysian neutrality, as a typical form of small-state hedging, is active, inclusive and adaptive rather than passive, isolative and static. These longstanding features have played out with greater scope and scale under the Anwar Ibrahim administration. Anwar’s charisma has coloured Malaysia’s strategic neutrality, but the country’s diplomatic disposition derives from multiple factors beyond the leader—specifically, historical reasons, structural logic and domestic fundamentals.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlthough the intensifying US-China rivalry is heightening pressures on the weaker actors and incurring a greater price for them to remain neutral, this paper argues that hedging is still possible under the current circumstances because of a combination of three factors: peacetime space, cross-sector offsets and multi-actor activism.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThis book is on the press and will be available for purchase from 11 February 2026.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"z-format\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat: \u003c\/b\u003eEbook\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"z-number-of-pages\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e44\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"z-publication-date\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/b\u003e19\/01\/2026\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"z-imprint\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eImprint: \u003c\/b\u003eISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"z-supported-app\"\u003eRefer to this link for list of supported app: Click \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/retail.alkemlibrary.com\/alkemdocs\/Recommended%20Reading%20Apps.pdf\"\u003ehere!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"z-access-code\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is an ebook that is fulfilled via Access Code. The Access Code for redemption will be emailed within 2 working days after payment verification\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n","brand":"Kuik Cheng-Chwee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47013535547570,"sku":"9789815361469","price":139143.22,"currency_code":"IDR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/5382\/4178\/files\/9789815361469.jpg?v=1769600374","url":"https:\/\/readabook.store\/en-id\/products\/9789815361469","provider":"READABOOK BY ALKEM","version":"1.0","type":"link"}