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SUMMARY:CRP Lecture: Is Malaysia a Middle Power? With Tan Sri Datuk Dr. Ka
 mal Salih and Professor Rajah Rasiah (Universiti Malaya) - Tan Sri Datuk D
 r. Kamal Salih and Professor Rajah Rasiah (Universiti Malaya)
DTSTART:20161118T140000Z
DTEND:20161118T153000Z
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DESCRIPTION:As the country seeks out to define its position in internation
 al relations beyond 2020\, the question of whether Malaysia is a Middle Po
 wer takes on strategic importance. Malaysia had over the years manifested 
 its middlepowerness through its niche diplomacy in strategic areas\, such 
 as peace and security\, economic statecraft\, environment and climate chan
 ge and in ASEAN regionalism and engagement with the Big Powers. The latitu
 de gained through network power gained from its roles in ASEAN\, the Asia 
 Pacific Economic Convention\, the Asia-Europe Summit\, the South alliances
 \, and the Organization of Islamic Countries has offered the country the l
 everage to play a hybrid role so as to not only meet its economic and poli
 tical interests\, but also to play a normative role internationally. With 
 this renewed activism\, Malaysia should be able to act and be recognized a
 s a middle power in a world system that is increasingly complex and danger
 ous.\n\nAbout the speakers\nTan Sri Datuk Dr. Kamal Salih is currently an 
 Adjunct Professor of Economics and Development Studies in Universiti Malay
 a. He was Professor\, Dean and Deputy Vice Chancellor at Universiti Sains 
 Malaysia (1973-1985)\, the founding Executive Director of the Malaysian In
 stitute of Economic Research (MIER) (1986-1994)\, and in 1992 he establish
 ed established the first private medical college in Malaysia\, the Interna
 tional Medical University (IMU) and remained its Executive Chairman until 
 2004. Tan Sri Kamal has also served as an economic advisor for the governm
 ent on several occasions and was an elected Member of Parliament for Wangs
 a Maju (1996-1999). In 1996 he established and remains Chairman of Yayasan
  Wangsa Maju now known as Yayasan Mahkota until now.\n\nRajah Rasiah is Pr
 ofessor of Technology and Innovation Policy\, Faculty of Economics and Adm
 inistration at the University of Malaya in Malaysia. His research focuses 
 on the impact of transnational corporations and intellectual property righ
 ts on domestic industrial upgrading and innovations. He received his docto
 rate (economics) from Cambridge University\, has held several internationa
 l awards and fellowships and as undertaken consultancies for many internat
 ional agencies\, including UNCTAD\, UNIDO\, ILO\, the World Bank\, UNESCO\
 , and ADB. Professor Rasiah has also published several books and numerous 
 articles in international journals.
LOCATION:Room S1\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, University of C
 ambridge
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