Korea’s Middle Power Diplomacy

Seungjoo Lee is a professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Chung-Ang University (Seoul, Korea). Professor Lee received both his B.A. and M.A. from Yonsei University (Seoul, Korea), and received his Ph.D. in Political Science from University of California at Berkeley (US). His current areas of research interest include East Asian regionalism, global FTA networks, middle power diplomacy, and development cooperation.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Thucydides on Thucydides Trap: A Reading with the Emphasis of Middle Powers and its Application in the East Asian Context.- Chapter 3. Roles of Middle Power in East Asia: The Perspective of Network Theories of World Politics.- Chapter 4. Emerging Powers and a Middle Power: U.S.-China Competition and South Korea in Cyberspace.- Chapter 5. The Dilemma of South Korea as a Middle Power With Regards to the Conflicts Between the United States and China in the South China Sea.- Chapter 6. The Inter-network Politics of Cyber Security and Middle Power Diplomacy: A Korean Perspective.- Chapter 7. Power Shift, Power Diffusion, and Middle Power Diplomacy: MIKTA and Changes in Global Governance.- Chapter 8. Unpacking the Domestic Political Foundation of Middle Powers: Ups and Downs in South Korea’s Middle Power Diplomacy toward China.