The Hosting the SEAP Games/SEA Games with Malaysia's Politics and Foreign Affairs (1965-1989)
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This article used a historical methodology to study the relationship between the hosting of the Southeast Asian Games/SEA Games and the political and foreign contexts of Malaysia between 1965-1989. It also aimed at studying the role of the Malaysian government in using this status to present its political and foreign stances at that time. The study found that even past academic works have often described the SEA Games as a sport closely related to the context of politics and foreign affairs in Southeast Asia during the Cold War era, especially the issue of polarizing the country from the conflict of political ideologies. However, the Malaysian government, which co-founded and hosted the Games many times during the Cold War era, did not use its status to support the conflict among countries in the region. In the initial phase, moreover, Malaysia used this sporting event as a mechanism to present its political and international relationship ideology to resolve the conflicts in the country and in the region. Malaysia used the sports competition as part of the resolve of racist conflicts within the country. And later, this sports competition was used to build relationships in the region.
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