| ID | 144532 |
| Title Proper | Intellectual iconoclasm as modernizing foreign policy |
| Other Title Information | the cases of Mahathir bin Mohamad and Lee Kuan Yew |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Chong, Alan ; Balakrishnan, K S |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article attempts to engage in a preliminary twinned study of the foreign policy styles of Mahathir bin Mohamad and Lee Kuan Yew within the framework of ‘modernizing Southeast Asian foreign policies’. Modernization is a process of immense multidimensional displacement in economy, society, political system, attitudes towards politicians, identities, work, and consumption. As such the onus falls upon their leaders to either mitigate change or productively awaken their followers to embrace a new mode of thought. Both Lee and Mahathir have however chosen to engage in the foreign policy of intellectual iconoclasm featuring the narrative of ‘productive shock’, manufactured nationalist logics, elitist policy-making and elaborate self-propaganda. |
| `In' analytical Note | Pacific Review Vol. 29, No.2; May 2016: p.235-258 |
| Journal Source | Pacific Review Vol: 29 No 2 |
| Key Words | Foreign Policy Analysis ; Lee Kuan Yew ; Mahathir ; Malaysian Foreign Policy ; Singapore's Foreign Policy |