ANU launch Malaysia institute

We need to set a course for enhancing world-leading scholarship to maintain close research collaboration with our neighbours. The ANU has launched a new academic research institute aimed at building a greater understanding of Malaysia. The ANU Malaysia Institute will draw together around 40 academic staff and graduate students currently researching Malaysia-related topics to become the largest academic institution dedicated to the South Eastern nation outside of Malaysia. Dr Ross Tapsell, who will been appointed as Director of the Malaysia Institute, said Malaysia is a key regional partner for Australia. "Malaysia is Australia's second-largest trading partner in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and eighth-largest partner overall," Dr Tapsell said. "Diplomatic and security ties remain close, including recent agreements on transnational crime and terrorism." Dr Tapsell said the ANU has a strong history of Malaysian scholarship. "Many of the most highly regarded works on Malaysian history, politics, economics, sociology and law have been carried out here at ANU," he said.
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