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The premise of this study is that Malaysia is an emerging middle power. Malaysia’s relationship with Qatar, therefore, should be understood through the lens of the foreign policy behavior of an emerging middle power within an international environment which is undergoing rapid changes, as well as a domestic context in Malaysia which has also seen major shifts to its political order following the General Election (GE-14) held in May 2018. The GE-14 results ended the 61-year coalition rule of political parties known as the Barisan Nasional (the National Front, BN), in favor of another coalition of political parties popularly known as Pakatan Harapan (the Coalition of Hope, PH).
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Hossain, I., Shukri, S.F.M. (2021). The Malaysia–Qatar Relationship: The Perspective from Malaysia—An Emerging Middle Power. In: Zweiri, M., Rahman, M.M., Kamal, A. (eds) The 2017 Gulf Crisis . Gulf Studies, vol 3. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8735-1_13
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