Middle Powers and the Rise of China
Identity Norms’ of Dependency and Activism and the Outlook for Japan–South Korea Relationsvis-à-visthe Great Powers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6278304 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Key-Young Son, Key‐young Son (Korea University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 91-112 |
| Publication date | 2014-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japanese Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-1099 • E-ISSN: 1474-0060 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1468109913000364 |
| OpenAlex | W2117194217 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 48 |
How do state identities and their accompanying norms affect security behaviour especially when states consider forming alliances or alignments? Are middle powers different from great powers in their security norms and preferences? This article identifiesdependencyandactivismas two ‘identity norms’ that constitute and reproduce medium-sized states asbona fidemiddle powers. This article argues that, due to the identity norms of a middle power, Japan and South Korea are reluctant to form a bilateral alliance between themselves and their efforts to socialize with China do not necessarily contradict their security relationships with the United States. The first section focuses on the norm of dependency to illustrate whether Japan and South Korea sought to strengthen bilateral alignment in the event of major security crises, provoked by China and North Korea. It argues that a middle power is not disposed to strengthen alignment with another middle power in the event of a national security crisis because of its entrenched norm of dependency on a great power. The second section elaborates the norm of middle power activism. Both Japan and South Korea have engaged in diplomatic efforts to enmesh China in a number of multilateral security mechanisms in order to hedge against the relative decline of US influences in East Asia
Alliance · China · Dependency (UML · Development economics · Diplomacy · Economics · Great power · Middle East · Middle power · Norm (philosophy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · State (computer science · Engineering · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies · Law
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Korea, old and new
Towards a Northeast Asian Security Community
Relocating Middle Powers
The culture of national security
Two Koreas
Middle Power Internationalism
The Origins of Alliances
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The Making of Northeast Asia
America and the Japanese Miracle
Reinventing the Alliance
Hierarchy and the role of the United States in the East Asian security order
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National identity
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Getting Asia Wrong
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.55 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |