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Malaysia Pivots to China, but U.S. Counterterrorism Ties Stay Strong

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Posted: November 1st, 2016

Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak’s visit to China this week comes as the embattled leader’s relationship with the United States has been tested by the Department of Justice’s investigation into the scandal swirling around the 1MDB state investment fund he founded. But despite the tension and Najib’s move to align the country closer with Beijing, there is one area where the U.S.-Malaysia relationship remains strong, experts say.

“The 1MDB investigation is going ahead, but it hasn’t affected U.S.-Malaysia cooperation on the counterterrorism front,” Phuong Nguyen, an associate fellow with the Southeast Asia Program at CSIS, said.

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