Middle power identities of Australia and South Korea : comparing the Kevin Rudd/Julia Gillard and Lee Myung-bak administrations

• Main Author: Teo, Sarah
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Middle Powers; Identity; Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104420; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/50007
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper explores the middle power identities of Australia and South Korea during the Kevin Rudd/Julia Gillard (2007–2013) and Lee Myung-bak (2008–2013) administrations. Considering the problems in the existing position, behaviour, impact and identity-based definitions of middle powers, examining...