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This article examines the closer and more complex relationship between the US and Malaysia during the Bush Administration and the closing years of the Mahathir administration. This period marked a new stage in their bilateral relationship, one that placed greater emphasis than before on security ties because of the global war on terrorism. The September 11 attacks have significantly impacted the U.S.-Malaysia relationship, especially as Southeast Asia is now viewed as the second front in the war against terrorism. The Introduction of this article provides some historical context for the relationship by noting the state of the relationship towards the end of the Clinton administration. The second part then discusses the closer U.S.-Malaysian relationship on the political level during the Bush administration. The third part examines the steadily growing economic relationship. The fourth part deals with the growing security ties, especially over strategies to fight terrorism, and will stress that security is now the dominant factor in the bilateral relationship. (Contemp South Asia/DÜI)

The period from 1963 to 1966, which spans Indonesia's "confrontation" against Majaysia, marks an important benchmark in the history of Malaysian-American relations as it represents the first direct involvement of the United States into the political affairs of Malaysia. Before confrontation, the United States had maintained a low profile in the country and had confined the relationship to mainly economic issues. Politically, the United States had, for the most part, hovered in the background behind the British who had continued their close ties with Malaysia even after the granting of independence in 1957. America's deeper involvement with Malaysia because of confrontation, signified, therefore, a distinct departure from its earlier policy.

According to the author, Indonesia's confrontation policy against Malaysia from 1963 to 1966 marked a turning point in Malaysian-American relations because it led to USA's first direct involvement in Malaysia's political affairs - through the Robert Kennedy mission in 1963, the offer of military aid among other things. Tensions and strains in the political relationship between the USA and Malaysia. (DÜI-Sen)

The article explores an often neglected aspect of the Vietnam war - the Malaysian connection. British support of the U.S. war effort in Vietnam and their use of Malaya to train South Vietnamese soldiers in counter-insurgency and police administration. The Malaysian connection reflected in the Malayan and Malaysian governments' support for the U.S. war effort in Vietnam, even after independence from Britain in 1957. (DÜI-Sen)