US-Malaysia relations : strategic imperatives over human rights
Author
Han, David Guo Xiong
Date of Issue
2015School
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Abstract
The decision by the US to upgrade Malaysia’s ranking on its list of illegal human trafficking centres would ease the establishment of the Trans-Pacific-Partnership (TPP) trade pact. It shows the primacy of larger strategic imperatives over human rights issues in US-Malaysia relations.
Subject
DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
Type
Commentary
Series/Journal Title
RSIS Commentaries, 159-15
Rights
Nanyang Technological University
Collections