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The Niche Diplomacy of Asian Middle Powers
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2021
Summary
The four countries represented in this volume are East Asian middle powers with strategic constraints upon their traditional security policymaking. These middle powers have pursued diplomatic activities raising their international profile or footprint, and advancing their national interest, through normative foreign policy and humanitarian channels, including peacebuilding, development, and human security. In each case, therefore, there is a happy coincidence of the national interest of the middle power expressed though certain diplomatic “niches,” and benefit to regional partners in peace and development. The Niche Diplomacy of Asian Middle Powers seeks to uncover the unique contributions of Asian middle powers to the furtherance of humanitarian and human-related policymaking, including the promotion of peace, development and democracy long associated with middle-powerism, with particular emphasis on their involvement in the Southeast Asian subregion. Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan have made Southeast Asia a focus for their attempts to get more “bang for their foreign policy buck” (or Yen or Won) and have adopted similar normatively justified variations on the theme of “new Southern policies.” Meanwhile, Thailand looks to play a variety of middle power roles within a region where it is a major actor.
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Copyright year
2021
ISBN-Print
978-1-7936-2483-3
ISBN-Online
978-1-7936-2484-0
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
148
Product type
Edited Book
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List of Tables and Figures No access
Chapter One East Asian Middle Power“Do-Gooding” No access Pages 1 - 16
Chapter Two Japan’s Human Security and Peacebuilding Diplomacy No access Pages 17 - 34
Chapter Three Humanitarian Policy Making as South Korean Niche Diplomacy in Southeast Asia No access Pages 35 - 56
Chapter Four Foreign Aid, Democracy Promotion, and Taiwan’s Quest for Recognition No access Pages 57 - 78
Chapter Five Humanitarian Self-Interest? No access Pages 79 - 112
