This book examines the international relations of Southeast Asia, focusing on how these are affected by the special Indonesia-Malaysia bilateral relationship - Malaysia and Indonesia, although separate states, can be seen as constituting a single Indo-Malay cultural world. "In 2015 extensive forest fires in Indonesia blanketed Southeast Asia in a thick haze that lasted for months. The haze problem is a recurring transnational issue that this book discusses as well as other disputes, such as those over cultural icons in Southeast Asia....It is a significant contribution to our understanding of the complex love-hate relationship between Indonesia and Malaysia."Sadiah Boonstra, Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia