Emerging Dynamics in Contemporary India-Malaysia Relations

The book explores Malaysia-India bilateral relations from historical and contemporary perspectives, highlighting shared ethnoreligious and sociocultural bonds, post-colonial diplomatic relations, and strong trade ties despite diplomatic spats. It presents various dynamics in contemporary economy and trade relations, people-to-people connection through tourism, security cooperation, ethnic identities, comparative religiosity, and revisiting historical links.

Format: Hardback
Length: 144 pages
Publication date: 24 April 2023
Publisher: Lexington Books

Malaysia-India bilateral relations have a rich and complex history, shaped by shared ethnoreligious and sociocultural bonds, government structures, ideas, philosophy, religious pursuits, and civilizational influences. In the post-colonial period, India and Malaya (later Malaysia) established diplomatic relations in 1957, despite an unstable world characterized by colonial baggage, rampant poverty, and geopolitical instability. Despite diplomatic spats, relations have remained close over the last 65 years due to dynamic people-to-people connections, mutual history, and strong trade ties. This edited volume presents and argues the dynamics in bilateral relations from the perspectives of contemporary economy and trade relations, people-to-people connection through tourism, security cooperation, ethnic identities, comparative religiosity, and revisiting the historical links between these countries.

Weight: 344g
Dimension: 236 x 435 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781666936988