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