Mekanisme penyelesaian pertikaian wilayah antara Malaysia dengan negara jiran: kajian kes sempadan laut Sulawesi dan Limbang

Nadirah Mohd Azmi

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Type :	thesis
Subject :	G Geography (General)
Main Author :	Nadirah Mohd Azmi
Title :	Mekanisme penyelesaian pertikaian wilayah antara Malaysia dengan negara jiran: kajian kes sempadan laut Sulawesi dan Limbang

Place of Production :	Tanjong Malim
Publisher :	Fakulti Sains Kemanusiaan
Year of Publication :	2011
Notes :	masters
Corporate Name :	Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
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Abstract : Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris

As a developing country strategically located in Southeast Asia, Malaysia is faced with the threat of territorial and maritime disputes from neighboring countries, especially after the declaration of New Map in 1979. According to this dispute, research was about to see the importance of bilateral negotiation mechanism than other mechanisms in solving the two case studies of territorial disputes based on selected cases of the Celebes Sea and Limbang border. There are three main objectives of this study. First, analyzed territorial dispute highlights which Malaysia had been involve as well as the chosen mechanism. Second, study selected mechanisms and the factors that constraint the conflict through a case study in the Sulawesi Sea dispute and in Limbang border and third to analyze the extent of effective bilateral negotiation mechanisms to be used in the case study of the Celebes Sea and Limbang border. Qualitative method had been used in data collection and applies theory of liberalism, the concepts of reliance, cooperation and conflict and conflict management as the research guider. The results showed that Malaysia has chosen to use the approach of bilateral negotiations than multilateral mechanism for the defense of its interests in terms of the claimed territory as well as to maintain the good relationship with the neighboring countries due to the exits of dependencies. Malaysia avoided the use of multilateral mechanisms or third-party intervention in resolved the dispute because of the weakness on the mechanisms which include the involvement of various parties on the issue of territorial disputes between the two countries will be only complicate the solution to be obtained. This mechanism was also selected because of various factors affecting Malaysia's relations with neighboring countries such as safety factors, economic and social. The influences of these factors affect Malaysia consideration in the decision making.

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