Smaller states' alignment choices: a comparative study of Malaysia and Singapore' Hedgine behavior in the face of a rising China /
KUIK Cheng-chwee
Smaller states' alignment choices: a comparative study of Malaysia and Singapore' Hedgine behavior in the face of a rising China / Kuik Cheng-chwee. - Eisenhower Parkway: Proquest, 2010. - xii , illustration : 391 pages ; 22cm
Includes bibliographical references
It contends that the enduring uncertainty at the systemic level has compelled the states to hedge by pursuing contradictory, mutually counteracting transactions of 'returns-maximizing' and 'risk-contingency' options, which seek to offset the potential drawbacks of one another, as a way to project a non-taking-sides stance while keeping their own fallback position at a time when the prospect of power structure is far from clear.
9781244578456 (pbk.): USD64.00
POLITIC AND GOVERNMENT
MALAYSIA
SINGAPORE
CHINA
Smaller states' alignment choices: a comparative study of Malaysia and Singapore' Hedgine behavior in the face of a rising China / Kuik Cheng-chwee. - Eisenhower Parkway: Proquest, 2010. - xii , illustration : 391 pages ; 22cm
Includes bibliographical references
It contends that the enduring uncertainty at the systemic level has compelled the states to hedge by pursuing contradictory, mutually counteracting transactions of 'returns-maximizing' and 'risk-contingency' options, which seek to offset the potential drawbacks of one another, as a way to project a non-taking-sides stance while keeping their own fallback position at a time when the prospect of power structure is far from clear.
9781244578456 (pbk.): USD64.00
POLITIC AND GOVERNMENT
MALAYSIA
SINGAPORE
CHINA