Rethinking Middle Powers in the Asian Century (eBook, ePUB)

New Theories, New Cases
Redaktion: Struye De Swielande, Tanguy; Wilkins, Thomas; Walton, David; Vandamme, Dorothée

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Presenting a strong argument for studying middle powers, this book explores both the theory and empirical applications of the concept by rethinking the definition and characteristics of middle powers using a range of case studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429873843
• Artikelnr.: 55439037

Autorenporträt

Tanguy Struye de Swielande is Professor of International Relations at the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium. Dorothée Vandamme is a Research Assistant at the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium. David Walton is Senior Lecturer in Asian Studies and International Relations at Western Sydney University, Australia. Thomas Wilkins is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures and tables
Notes on contributors
Introduction
DAVID WALTON AND THOMAS S. WILKINS
PART I
Theoretical approaches
1 Middle powers: A comprehensive definition and typology
TANGUY STRUYE DE SWIELANDE
2 The historical determination of the middle power concept
GABRIELE ABBONDANZA
3 Defining middle powers through IR theory: Three images
THOMAS S. WILKINS
4 Interlocutors for peace? Bringing middle powers in from the theoretical
cold
ALLAN PATIENCE AND CHIRAAG ROY
5 Middle powers in the agency-structure debate
FEDERICA DE PANTZ
6 Too big to fit? Locating "rising powers" regarding the middle power
category
JOAN DEAS
7 Interrogating middle powers' behaviour
CATHERINE JONES
8 Faith no more: Reflections on the distinction between traditional and
emerging middle powers
EDUARD JORDAAN
9 Middle power assertiveness as a behavioural model in foreign policy
ANDRIY TYUSHKA
PART II
Case studies
10 Middle powers and power shifts: Australian foreign policy towards China
and Japan
DAVID WALTON
11 Adjusting the middle to fit the frame: Canada in the changing global
order
JEREMY PALTIEL AND KIM RICHARD NOSSAL
12 India: Breaking out of the middle power straitjacket?
EMILIAN KAVALSKI
13 The case of Pakistan: Middlepowermanship as a role
DOROTHÉE VANDAMME
14 The Singapore paradox: The "little red dot" as a "middle power"
LAM PENG ER
15 Meddling middle powers: Can diplomacy crack the North Korean conundrum?
VIRGINIE GRZELCZYK
16 Middle power hybridisation and China
JONATHAN H. PING
Conclusion
TANGUY STRUYE DE SWIELANDE AND DOROTHÉE VANDAMME
Afterword
ANDREW F. COOPER
Index