POL 349 Quiz: Regional Actors
12 Apr 2016
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Its tiny population sits atop large oil and natural gas reserves. It is se asia"s fourth largest oil producer and the world"s ninth largest exporter of lng. Brunei is ruled as an absolute islamic sultanate. Sultan hassanal bolkiah, who came back to the throne in 1967, is the 29th ruler in a dynasty that goes back to the 15th century. Brunei became independent from britain on jan 1 1984 and, a week later, asean"s sixth member. Asean is important to brunei in providing multilateral framework within which to deal with malaysia and indonesia, the other occupants of the island of borneo. In addition to the asean security blanket, a 1500 man battalion of british gurkha is stationed (at brunei"s expense) at the oil center of seria. Brunei has cooperative defense relationships with its british commonwealth partners. In 1994, brunei signed a mou with the us on defense relations and regularly engages with the us in exercises and training programs.
