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Hedging Strategies of the Middle Powers in East Asian Security: the Cases of South Korea and Malaysia

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recommendations! Published in 2017 at "East Asia"

DOI: 10.1007/s12140-016-9264-8

Abstract: Many middle powers in East Asia—particularly South Korea and Malaysia—are affected by the strategic relationship between the USA (hereafter the USA) and China. Therefore, I would like to examine the strategic behaviors of the middle… read more here.

Keywords: middle powers; south korea; korea malaysia; powers east ... See more keywords

Middle power strategic choices and horizontal security cooperation: the 2009 Australia-South Korea security cooperation agreement

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recommendations! Published in 2019 at "Australian Journal of International Affairs"

DOI: 10.1080/10357718.2019.1632260

Abstract: ABSTRACT This article examines why Asia-Pacific middle powers cooperate with each other on security issues. The article challenges the assumption that middle powers are primarily influenced by great-power structural factors in their security relations with… read more here.

Keywords: middle powers; security cooperation; 2009 australia; power ... See more keywords

Norwegian Blues? Rethinking the Idea of Middle Powers in an Era of Fuzzy Bifurcation

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recommendations! Published in 2025 at "Global Policy"

DOI: 10.1111/1758-5899.70082

Abstract: Unsuccessful efforts to update the middle power concept for the contemporary international system have prompted calls for the concept to be “historicized”—to be retired from common use and treated as a purely historical term. The… read more here.

Keywords: middle powers; fuzzy bifurcation; idea middle; middle power ... See more keywords

Role Conception of the Asia-Pacific Middle Powers: Comparative Analysis of Indonesia, South Korea, Australia and Vietnam

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recommendations! Published in 2022 at "Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs"

DOI: 10.1177/23477970221098469

Abstract: This article examines the variety of roles enacted by Asia-Pacific middle powers in response to the rise of China. This article identifies two factors determining such variety, especially in the security realm: alignment pattern and… read more here.

Keywords: level alignment; middle powers; role; asia pacific ... See more keywords

Democratic Deterrence of Middle Powers in Great Power Rivalry: The Case for Indonesia

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recommendations! Published in 2025 at "F1000Research"

DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.169856.1

Abstract: Shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, President Biden rightly characterized the current era of great power competition as one that occurs between democracies vs autocracies; thus, democracies need a new kind of deterrence concept… read more here.

Keywords: democratic deterrence; middle powers; deterrence; case ... See more keywords