Malaysia as advocate for peace

MALAYSIA’S peace activism has not gone unnoticed elsewhere in the world. In coming to this as a Malaysian characteristic, some foreign observers have lately been asking searching questions. 

An American scholar in Kuala Lumpur recently asked how Malaysia could be a credible third party in facilitating peace talks for others. Speaking at the Malaysian Association for American Studies conference, he said he genuinely wanted to know and did not mean to seem facetious.