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Navigating Foreign Policy Amid Different Global Blocs

Prashanth Parameswaran, Senior Columnist at The Diplomat and Fellow at the Wilson Center’s Asia Program

19-Jun-23 08:00

Navigating Foreign Policy Amid Different Global Blocs

The world is dividing itself into various blocs - based on ideology, economics and religion. What does this say about the role that a small country like Malaysia can play in the greater scheme of things? Dr Prashanth Parameswaran, is a senior columnist at The Diplomat and a fellow at the Wilson Centre’s Asia Programme, he is also a founder of the ASEAN Wonk newsletter. He gives us an assessment of how Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has navigated foreign policy since taking office over 6 months ago.

www.aseanwonk.com

Produced by: Wong Shou Ning

Presented by: Keith Kam


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Tags:  global blocspoliciesmalaysia





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