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Middle power, status-seeking, and role conceptions : the cases of Indonesia and South Korea

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Karim, Moch Faisal (2018) Middle power, status-seeking, and role conceptions : the cases of Indonesia and South Korea. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 72 (4). pp. 343-363. doi:10.1080/10357718.2018.1443428 ISSN 1465-332X.

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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1080/10357718.2018.1443428

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Abstract

This paper examines how role theory can enhance the middle power literature in understanding the role preferences of middle powers. Rather than treating it as merely a function of material capability or good international citizenship, this paper resituates middle power as a concept of international status that states aim to pursue through the enactment of role conceptions. Thus, it reinstates a conceptual distinction between ‘Middle Power Status’ and ‘Middle Power Roles’. The paper suggests that the notion of role conceptions can analytically connect the status-seeking behaviour of middle powers with their foreign policy agenda. In so doing, it provides a more nuanced explanation of middle power behaviour, which might differ between one middle power and another. Using Indonesia and South Korea as case studies of middle power, this paper contends that foreign policymakers have strategically conceptualised and enacted several main roles that aim to capture historical experience, as well as ego and alter expectations in order to pursue middle power status. These role conceptions determine the foreign policy agenda of states in articulating their middle power status.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: J Political Science > JZ International relations
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): International relations, Indónesía -- International status, Korea (South) -- International status
Journal or Publication Title: Australian Journal of International Affairs
Publisher: Routledge
ISSN: 1465-332X
Official Date: 13 March 2018
Dates:
DateEvent
13 March 2018Published
5 February 2018Accepted
Volume: 72
Number: 4
Page Range: pp. 343-363
DOI: 10.1080/10357718.2018.1443428
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 21 February 2018
Date of first compliant Open Access: 13 September 2019
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
20140912301708Indonesia. Lembaga Pengelola Dana Pendidikan [ Indonesian Endowment Fund for Education]UNSPECIFIED
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