Rethinking Middle Powers in the Asian Century : New Theories, New Cases (Paperback)

List of figures and tables Notes on contributors Introduction DAVID WALTON AND THOMAS S. WILKINSPART ITheoretical approaches 1 Middle powers: A comprehensive definition and typology TANGUY STRUYE DE SWIELANDE 2 The historical determination of the middle power conceptGABRIELE ABBONDANZA 3 Defining middle powers through IR theory: Three images THOMAS S. WILKINS 4 Interlocutors for peace? Bringing middle powers in from the theoretical coldALLAN PATIENCE AND CHIRAAG ROY 5 Middle powers in the agency-structure debateFEDERICA DE PANTZ 6 Too big to fit? Locating "rising powers" regarding the middle power categoryJOAN DEAS 7 Interrogating middle powers’ behaviour CATHERINE JONES8 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 TYUSHKAPART IICase studies 10 Middle powers and power shifts: Australian foreign policy towards China and Japan DAVID WALTON11 Adjusting the middle to fit the frame: Canada in the changing global order JEREMY PALTIEL AND KIM RICHARD NOSSAL12 India: Breaking out of the middle power straitjacket? EMILIAN KAVALSKI13 The case of Pakistan: Middlepowermanship as a role DOROTHEE VANDAMME14 The Singapore paradox: The "little red dot" as a "middle power" LAM PENG ER15 Meddling middle powers: Can diplomacy crack the North Korean conundrum? VIRGINIE GRZELCZYK16 Middle power hybridisation and China JONATHAN H. PINGConclusion TANGUY STRUYE DE SWIELANDE AND DOROTHEE VANDAMMEAfterword ANDREW F. COOPERIndex