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This episode discusses Malaysia's emerging political leaders and their foreign policy outlooks.

From the National Bureau of Asian Research, an Asia Insight miniseries examining the future of foreign policy through the lens of emerging leadership in South and Southeast Asia. This fourth episode features Dr. Ann Marie Murphy of Seton Hall University sitting down with Dr. Nur Shahadah Jamil and Ms. Ariel Tan to discuss Malaysia’s emerging generation of political leaders and the factors influencing their foreign policy outlooks from Kuala Lumpur. To view the project webpage, visit https://www.nbr.org/program/next-generation-of-leaders-in-south-and-southeast-asia/. Dr. Nur Shahadah Jamil is a Senior Lecturer at the Institute of China Studies at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Her written commentary can be viewed at https://www.nbr.org/publication/the-future-of-malaysian-foreign-policy-in-an-era-of-u-s-china-competition/. Ms. Ariel Tan is a Senior Fellow and Coordinator of the Malaysia Programme at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Her written commentary can be viewed at https://www.nbr.org/publication/malaysias-foreign-policy-structural-stability-amid-geopolitical-shifts/.

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