Security Strategies of Middle Powers in the Asia Pacific - 9780522873047

Security Strategies of Middle Powers in the Asia PacificAuthor(s): Ralf Emmers, Sarah Teo\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Melbourne University Press, Australia\nImprint: Melbourne University Press\nISBN-13: 9780522873047, 978-0522873047\nSynopsis\nSecurity Strategies of Middle Powers in the Asia Pacific examines what drives the different regional security strategies of four middle powers in the Asia Pacific: Australia, Indonesia, South Korea and Malaysia.\n\nDrawing on the extant middle power literature, the authors argue that the regional security strategies of middle powers could take two forms, namely, functional or normative. A functional strategy means that the middle power targets its resources to address a specific problem that it has a high level of interest in, while a normative strategy refers to a focus on promoting general behavioural standards and confidence building at the multilateral level.\n\nThis book argues that whether a middle power ultimately employs a more functi.