Malaysia and the developing world : the Asian tiger on the Cinnamon Road / Jan Stark.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : trends, visions and concepts in the developing world between the Middle East, the Silk Road and the lands beyond the winds -- New theoretical meanings? : transnationalism, networks and the authoritarian state -- Sufis, traders, seafarers : re-considering nineteenth century networks between Nusantara, East Africa and the Arab Peninsula -- Towards the middle path? : the tectonic shifts in the Islamic world -- The "Asian tiger " at the Nile : knowledge transfer, modernization and bilateral linkages between Southeast Asia and the Middle East -- Race, patronage and the hybrid authoritarian state : Malaysia and Guyana re-visited -- The failure to create a networked Islamic space : Malaysia and Central Asia in the 1990s -- The "Snow Leopard's" vision 2030 : Central Asia, ASEAN and regional cooperation -- Instead of a conclusion : khilafah, transnational Islamic networks and the caliphate state in Southeast Asia.

"As Malaysia's economy grows and flourishes, strong new links are being forged with other developing countries in the region and beyond. This book examines these new links. It argues that as many countries with which Malaysia has new links are Indian Ocean countries, many of them Muslim countries, a new style trading network is being formed, a network with Islamic characteristics, which echoes Indian Ocean Islamic trading networks of earlier times"--Publisher's description.