Becoming and Being a Middle Power

Jojin V. John

China Report, 2014, vol. 50, issue 4, 325-341

Abstract: The article documents the evolution of the structural dimension in South Korean foreign policy through a study of middle-power diplomacy in the post-2008 financial crisis period. This article argues that middle-power diplomacy, which propounds a global role for South Korea assuming leadership and substantially increasing international contribution is a paradigm shift in South Korean foreign policy posture, which until recently was limited to issues of the Korean peninsula. Through the middle power discourse South Korea projects its role in international affairs as a facilitator, interlocutor and norm entrepreneur focusing on international security, development and environment and is aims to create a space for Korean diplomatic entrepreneurism in the emerging international order.

Keywords: South Korea; South Korean foreign policy; structural foreign policy; middle power; middle-power diplomacy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1177/0009445514549274

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