Facilitating Cooperation with Russia for Inclusive Nationhood Development in Malaysia: Countering Hegemonic Development Influence

... provides an alternative to traditional development models dominated by Western hegemonic global institutions and economic powers. Malaysia has applied to become a member of BRICS and was immediately granted economic partnership status. Thus within this BRICS cooperation framework, there are more possibilities for social cooperation besides just economic cooperation with member states, and Russia is a leading member state of BRICS. Furthermore, the citizens of Malaysia now see Russia in a new light and are ...