Tanguy Struye de Swielande is Professor of International Relations at the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.Dorothée Vandamme is a Research Assistant at the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.David Walton is Senior Lecturer in Asian Studies and International Relations at Western Sydney University, Australia.Thomas Wilkins is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, Australia.

• List of figures and tables Notes on contributors Introduction DAVID WALTON AND THOMAS S. WILKINSPART ITheoretical approaches 1 Middle powers: A comprehensive definition and typology TANGUY STRUYE DE SWIELANDE 2 The historical determination of the middle power conceptGABRIELE ABBONDANZA 3 Defining middle powers through IR theory: Three images THOMAS S. WILKINS 4 Interlocutors for peace? Bringing middle powers in from the theoretical coldALLAN PATIENCE AND CHIRAAG ROY 5 Middle powers in the agency-structure debateFEDERICA DE PANTZ 6 Too big to fit? Locating "rising powers" regarding the middle power categoryJOAN DEAS 7 Interrogating middle powers’ behaviour CATHERINE JONES8 Faith no more: Reflections on the distinction between traditional and emerging middle powers EDUARD JORDAAN 9 Middle power assertiveness as a behavioural model in foreign policy ANDRIY TYUSHKAPART IICase studies 10 Middle powers and power shifts: Australian foreign policy towards China and Japan DAVID WALTON11 Adjusting the middle to fit the frame: Canada in the changing global order JEREMY PALTIEL AND KIM RICHARD NOSSAL12 India: Breaking out of the middle power straitjacket? EMILIAN KAVALSKI13 The case of Pakistan: Middlepowermanship as a role DOROTHÉE VANDAMME14 The Singapore paradox: The "little red dot" as a "middle power" LAM PENG ER15 Meddling middle powers: Can diplomacy crack the North Korean conundrum? VIRGINIE GRZELCZYK16 Middle power hybridisation and China JONATHAN H. PINGConclusion TANGUY STRUYE DE SWIELANDE AND DOROTHÉE VANDAMMEAfterword ANDREW F. COOPERIndex

Tanguy Struye de Swielande is Professor of International Relations at the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.Dorothée Vandamme is a Research Assistant at the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.David Walton is Senior Lecturer in Asian Studies and International Relations at Western Sydney University, Australia.Thomas Wilkins is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, Australia.

• List of figures and tables Notes on contributors Introduction DAVID WALTON AND THOMAS S. WILKINSPART ITheoretical approaches 1 Middle powers: A comprehensive definition and typology TANGUY STRUYE DE SWIELANDE 2 The historical determination of the middle power conceptGABRIELE ABBONDANZA 3 Defining middle powers through IR theory: Three images THOMAS S. WILKINS 4 Interlocutors for peace? Bringing middle powers in from the theoretical coldALLAN PATIENCE AND CHIRAAG ROY 5 Middle powers in the agency-structure debateFEDERICA DE PANTZ 6 Too big to fit? Locating "rising powers" regarding the middle power categoryJOAN DEAS 7 Interrogating middle powers’ behaviour CATHERINE JONES8 Faith no more: Reflections on the distinction between traditional and emerging middle powers EDUARD JORDAAN 9 Middle power assertiveness as a behavioural model in foreign policy ANDRIY TYUSHKAPART IICase studies 10 Middle powers and power shifts: Australian foreign policy towards China and Japan DAVID WALTON11 Adjusting the middle to fit the frame: Canada in the changing global order JEREMY PALTIEL AND KIM RICHARD NOSSAL12 India: Breaking out of the middle power straitjacket? EMILIAN KAVALSKI13 The case of Pakistan: Middlepowermanship as a role DOROTHÉE VANDAMME14 The Singapore paradox: The "little red dot" as a "middle power" LAM PENG ER15 Meddling middle powers: Can diplomacy crack the North Korean conundrum? VIRGINIE GRZELCZYK16 Middle power hybridisation and China JONATHAN H. PINGConclusion TANGUY STRUYE DE SWIELANDE AND DOROTHÉE VANDAMMEAfterword ANDREW F. COOPERIndex

Tanguy Struye de Swielande is Professor of International Relations at the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.Dorothée Vandamme is a Research Assistant at the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.David Walton is Senior Lecturer in Asian Studies and International Relations at Western Sydney University, Australia.Thomas Wilkins is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, Australia.

• List of figures and tables Notes on contributors Introduction DAVID WALTON AND THOMAS S. WILKINSPART ITheoretical approaches 1 Middle powers: A comprehensive definition and typology TANGUY STRUYE DE SWIELANDE 2 The historical determination of the middle power conceptGABRIELE ABBONDANZA 3 Defining middle powers through IR theory: Three images THOMAS S. WILKINS 4 Interlocutors for peace? Bringing middle powers in from the theoretical coldALLAN PATIENCE AND CHIRAAG ROY 5 Middle powers in the agency-structure debateFEDERICA DE PANTZ 6 Too big to fit? Locating "rising powers" regarding the middle power categoryJOAN DEAS 7 Interrogating middle powers’ behaviour CATHERINE JONES8 Faith no more: Reflections on the distinction between traditional and emerging middle powers EDUARD JORDAAN 9 Middle power assertiveness as a behavioural model in foreign policy ANDRIY TYUSHKAPART IICase studies 10 Middle powers and power shifts: Australian foreign policy towards China and Japan DAVID WALTON11 Adjusting the middle to fit the frame: Canada in the changing global order JEREMY PALTIEL AND KIM RICHARD NOSSAL12 India: Breaking out of the middle power straitjacket? EMILIAN KAVALSKI13 The case of Pakistan: Middlepowermanship as a role DOROTHÉE VANDAMME14 The Singapore paradox: The "little red dot" as a "middle power" LAM PENG ER15 Meddling middle powers: Can diplomacy crack the North Korean conundrum? VIRGINIE GRZELCZYK16 Middle power hybridisation and China JONATHAN H. PINGConclusion TANGUY STRUYE DE SWIELANDE AND DOROTHÉE VANDAMMEAfterword ANDREW F. COOPERIndex