Middle Powers in Asia and Europe in the 21st Century (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Giacomello, Giampiero; Verbeek, Bertjan

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This volume presents three claims regarding the role of middle powers in the 21st Century: first, states aspiring to become or remain middle powers choose from three possible role: to be a global middle powers; to be a regional pivot; or to be a niche leader. Second, states seeking such roles need different mixes of hard and soft power sources. Third, more so than great or small powers, middle powers walk a thin line between the domestic and systemic pressures they face. In this volume, these claims are based on (comparative) case studies of Germany, Iran, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Sweden, and Turkey.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978779730
• Artikelnr.: 74398281

Autorenporträt

Giampiero Giacomello is associate professor of international relations at the University of Bologna. Bertjan Verbeek is chair and professor of international relations at Radboud University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Middle Powers as the Ugly Duckling of International Relations
Theory - Giampiero Giacomello and Bertjan Verbeek
Chapter 1: Maritime Power as the Quintessential Source of Middle Power
Status
Davide Ghermandi
Chapter 2: 'Peaceful nature,' Norwegians Believe It, But Do Others Too? The
Effects of National Role Conceptions on Public Diplomacy and Nation
Branding
Boaz de Rooij
Chapter 3: Aspiring and Reluctant Middle Powers? Italy's and Germany's
Defense Reforms after the Cold War
Fabrizio Coticchia and Francesco Moro
Chapter 4: Germany and Japan: Great or Middle Powers in Global Banking
Regulation? - Sara Konoe
Chapter 5: South Korea's Role as an Emerging Middle Power amongst Security
Concerns
Marco Milani and Federica de Pantz
Chapter 6: From Regionalism to Realpolitik: The Rise and Fall of Turkey as
a Middle Power in the Middle East
Aylin Gürzel and Eyüp Ersoy
Chapter 7: Iran from Revolutionary to Behavioral Middle Power.
Understanding the Effects of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
Neda Shahnoori
Chapter 8:'The Bigger of the Smaller States' - Dutch Foreign Policy in
Constant Search of a Relevant Role on the World Stage
Bertjan Verbeek
Chapter 9: Sweden: Small State, Middle Power, or Moral Superpower?
Johan Eriksson
Conclusion
Giampiero Giacomello and Bertjan Verbeek