Middle-power behaviours
Australia’s status-quoist/Lockean and Indonesia’s reformist/Kantian approaches to crises of legitimacy in the Indo-Pacific
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12348644 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christian Harijanto (0009-0005-2184-9796, Curtin University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 40-57 |
| Publication date | 2023-11-19 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal Of International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1035-7718 • E-ISSN: 1465-332X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10357718.2023.2283473 |
| OpenAlex | W4388832795 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 38 |
This article maps the behaviours of two middle powers, Australia and Indonesia, as a response to the emergence and evolution of the Indo-Pacific concept. The background for this analysis is the emergence and development of the 'Indo-Pacific' concept as a response to crises of legitimacy enveloping the region and how countries in the region, including middle powers, respond to it. Using a minimalist definition which I have developed of a middle power as a country with a middle level of power capabilities and a penchant for cooperation, this article develops a framework based on two dimensions of outcome (ranging from status-quoist to reformist outlooks) and process (ranging from Lockean to Kantian strategies) to facilitate a more open-ended approach towards looking at middle-power behaviours beyond the common categorisation of traditional/emerging, and Western/non-Western. Using Australia's 2017 Foreign Policy White Paper and 2023 National Defence: Defence Strategic Review, and Indonesia's 2015 Defence White Paper and 2019 ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific, this article concludes that while Australia is exhibiting a status-quoist/Lockean approach, Indonesia is demonstrating a reformist/Kantian approach towards the Indo-Pacific. The outcome-process dimension framework developed in this article is useful as a tool to map other middle power behaviours in various contexts
Development economics · Economics · Foreign policy · Indo-Pacific · Legitimacy · Middle East · Middle power · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Asian Studies and History · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security
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| Citations per year | 3 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |