We develop scholarship on status in international politics by focusing on the social
dimension of small and middle power status politics. This vantage opens a new window on …

This article examines whether Australia is a middle power. It identifies the three most
popular approaches to defining a middle power: by a country's position, behaviour and …

The rise of bric s presents a major challenge to the existing global order. A second category
of emerging powers, which may be labelled near-bric s, have also displayed increasing pro …

This article attempts to understand the properties, potentials and limits of middle-power
activism in a changing global order. Extensive debate on the rise of emerging powers …

Australia is often described as a 'good international citizen'(GIC), which is intertwined to its
status of 'quintessential'middle power. However, a number of elements might undermine …

This article aims at analyzing Turkey's economic relations with the Middle East during the
2000s. It argues that intensification of Turkey's economic relations with the region is due to …

Middle power theory is enjoying a modest renaissance. For all its possible limitations,
middle power theory offers a potentially useful framework for thinking about the behavior of …

Two decades ago, V. Spike Peterson's Gendered States asked what difference gender
makes in international relations and the construction of the sovereign state system. This …

The premise of Global IR for greater pluralism and inclusivity allows for reconsidering the
relevance of established concepts in the IR discipline. This article discusses how Global IR …

This book provides a comparative assessment of the material and ideational contributions of
five countries to the regional architecture of post-Cold War Asia. In contrast to the usual …