List of figures and tables

Notes on contributors

Introduction

DAVID WALTON AND THOMAS S. WILKINS

PART I

Theoretical approaches

1 Middle powers: A comprehensive definition and typology

TANGUY STRUYE DE SWIELANDE

2 The historical determination of the middle power concept

GABRIELE ABBONDANZA

3 Defining middle powers through IR theory: Three images

THOMAS S. WILKINS

4 Interlocutors for peace? Bringing middle powers in from the theoretical cold

ALLAN PATIENCE AND CHIRAAG ROY

5 Middle powers in the agency-structure debate

FEDERICA DE PANTZ

6 Too big to fit? Locating "rising powers" regarding the middle power category

JOAN DEAS

7 Interrogating middle powers’ behaviour

CATHERINE JONES

8 Faith no more: Reflections on the distinction between traditional and emerging middle powers

EDUARD JORDAAN

9 Middle power assertiveness as a behavioural model in foreign policy

ANDRIY TYUSHKA

PART II

Case studies

10 Middle powers and power shifts: Australian foreign policy towards China and Japan

DAVID WALTON

11 Adjusting the middle to fit the frame: Canada in the changing global order

JEREMY PALTIEL AND KIM RICHARD NOSSAL

12 India: Breaking out of the middle power straitjacket?

EMILIAN KAVALSKI

13 The case of Pakistan: Middlepowermanship as a role

DOROTHEE VANDAMME

14 The Singapore paradox: The "little red dot" as a "middle power"

LAM PENG ER

15 Meddling middle powers: Can diplomacy crack the North Korean conundrum?

VIRGINIE GRZELCZYK

16 Middle power hybridisation and China

JONATHAN H. PING

Conclusion

TANGUY STRUYE DE SWIELANDE AND DOROTHEE VANDAMME

Afterword

ANDREW F. COOPER

Index