Security Strategies of Middle Powers in the Asia Pacific

Ralf Emmers, Sarah Teo

• Publisher: MUP Academic Digital
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9780522871180
• eBook ISBN: 9780522871197
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Geopolitics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Security Strategies of Middle Powers in the Asia Pacific examines what drives the different regional security strategies of four middle powers in the Asia Pacific: Australia, Indonesia, South Korea and Malaysia. Drawing on the extant middle power literature, the authors argue that the regional security strategies of middle powers could take two forms, namely, functional or normative. A functional strategy means that the middle power targets its resources to address a specific problem that it has a high level of interest in, while a normative strategy refers to a focus on promoting general behavioural standards and confidence building at the multilateral level. This book argues that whether a middle power ultimately employs a more functional or normative regional security strategy depends on its resource availability and strategic environment.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List Of Acronyms
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1 Conceptualising Middle Powers And Their Security Strategies
• 2 Indonesia’s Middle Power Security Strategy
• 3 South Korea’s Middle Power Security Strategy
• 4 Australia’s Middle Power Security Strategy
• 5 Malaysia As An Incomplete Middle Power
• Conclusion
• Appendix
• Index