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      Rethinking Middle Powers in the Asian Century
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      Rethinking Middle Powers in the Asian Century

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      Rethinking Middle Powers in the Asian Century book

      New Theories, New Cases

      Rethinking Middle Powers in the Asian Century

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      Rethinking Middle Powers in the Asian Century book

      New Theories, New Cases
      Edited ByTanguy Struye de Swielande, Dorothée Vandamme, David Walton, Thomas Wilkins
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2018
      eBook Published 28 September 2018
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429463846
      Pages 252
      eBook ISBN 9780429463846
      Subjects Area Studies, Politics & International Relations
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      Swielande, T.S.D., Vandamme, D., Walton, D., & Wilkins, T. (Eds.). (2018). Rethinking Middle Powers in the Asian Century: New Theories, New Cases (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429463846

      ABSTRACT

      The term "middle power" is conceptually fragile. Some scholars have even argued for abandoning it. This book argues that the concept needs to be analysed more profoundly and that new analytical tools need to be developed to better understand the phenomenon. The traditional approach, based on Western states, is insufficient and has become increasingly irrelevant in a transformed global environment. Instead of drawing from a single theory of international relations, the contributors have chosen to build upon a wide range of theories in a deliberate demonstration of analytic eclecticism. A pluralistic approach provides stronger explanations while remaining analytically and intellectually rigorous. Many of the theory contributions are reconsidering how the largely "Western" bases of such theorising need revising in light of the "emerging middle powers", many of which are in Asia.

      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. It examines changes in the study of middle powers over the last decade, proposing to look at the concept of middle powers in a coherent and inclusive manner. Finally, it aims to further the discussion on the evolution of the international system and provides sound conclusions about the theoretical usefulness and empirical evolution of middle powers today.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter |16 pages

      Introduction

      ByDavid Walton, Thomas S. Wilkins

      part I|118 pages

      Theoretical approaches

      chapter 1|13 pages

      Middle powers

      A comprehensive definition and typology
      ByTanguy Struye de Swielande

      chapter 2|13 pages

      The historical determination of the middle power concept

      ByGabriele Abbondanza

      chapter 3|17 pages

      Defining middle powers through IR theory

      Three images
      ByThomas S. Wilkins

      chapter 4|12 pages

      Interlocutors for peace? Bringing middle powers in from the theoretical cold

      ByAllan Patience, Chiraag Roy

      chapter 5|11 pages

      Middle powers in the agency-structure debate

      ByFederica de Pantz

      chapter 6|14 pages

      Too big to fit? Locating “rising powers” regarding the middle power category

      ByJoan Deas

      chapter 7|12 pages

      Interrogating middle powers’ behaviour 1

      ByCatherine Jones

      chapter 8|11 pages

      Faith no more

      Reflections on the distinction between traditional and emerging middle powers
      ByEduard Jordaan

      chapter 9|13 pages

      Middle power assertiveness as a behavioural model in foreign policy

      ByAndriy Tyushka

      part II|89 pages

      Case studies

      chapter 10|11 pages

      Middle powers and power shifts

      Australian foreign policy towards China and Japan
      ByDavid Walton

      chapter 11|14 pages

      Adjusting the middle to fit the frame

      Canada in the changing global order
      ByJeremy Paltiel, Kim Richard Nossal

      chapter 12|12 pages

      India

      Breaking out of the middle power straitjacket?
      ByEmilian Kavalski

      chapter 13|15 pages

      The case of Pakistan

      Middlepowermanship as a role
      ByDorothée Vandamme

      chapter 14|11 pages

      The Singapore paradox

      The “little red dot” as a “middle power”
      ByLam Peng Er

      chapter 15|10 pages

      Meddling middle powers

      Can diplomacy crack the North Korean conundrum?
      ByVirginie Grzelczyk

      chapter 16|14 pages

      Middle power hybridisation and China *

      ByJonathan H. Ping
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