Strategic Options of Middle Powers in the Asia-Pacific

Chien-wen Kou is a Distinguished Professor of Political Science and the Director of the Institute of International Relations at National Chengchi University, Taiwan. His research interests include Chinese politics, political elites and comparative communist studies. Recent articles have appeared in China Quarterly, China Journal, and Issues & Studies.Chiung-Chiu Huang is an Associate Professor at the Graduate Institute of East Asian Studies at National Chengchi University, Taiwan. She is the author of Harmonious Intervention: China’s Quest for Relational Security (2014) and China and International Theory: The Balance of Relationships (Routledge, 2019).Brian L. Job is Professor Emeritus, Political Science, at the University of British Columbia, Canada. His research interests concern the evolving security order of the Asia Pacific, intrastate conf lict, human security, and Canadian foreign and security policies. Recent articles have appeared in International Affairs, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, International Peacekeeping, and Issues & Studies.

• List of Contributors List of Tables List of Figures List of Appendices Acknowledgments 1 Introduction CHIUNG-CHIU HUANG AND CHIEN-WEN KOUPart IAsia-Pacific Middle Powers under the New Format of Great Power Rivalry 2 Asia’s Lesser Powers Confront the U.S.-China Threat to the Regional Order T. J. PEMPEL3 Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Dilemmas of Middle Powers BRIAN L. JOB4 Geopolitics of Chinese Outward FDI and Its Implications for Asia-Pacif ic Middle Powers RAY OU-YANG AND YOONEUI KIMPart IINew Analytical Concepts and Framework for Middle Powers’ Strategies 5 Middle Power Cooperation 2.0 in the Indo-Pacif ic Era YOSHIHIDE SOEYA6 New Economic Statecraft: Industrial Policy in an Era of Strategic Competition VINOD K. AGGARWAL AND ANDREW W. REDDIE7 A Reluctant Hedging Policy: South Korea’s Dilemma in an Era of U.S.-China Competition FLORENCE W. YANG8 Between a Rock and a Hard Place: How Lesser Powers Respond to Competing Great Powers in the Asia-Pacif ic Region HSIN-HSIEN WANG, SHINN-SHYR WANG AND WEI-FENG TZENGPart IIICases of Asia Pacific Middle Powers in the Era of New Great Power Rivalry 9 China in Australia’s Strategic Policy, 2007-2021: The Diminishing Returns of Hedging in an Era of Great Power Competition? MICHAEL CLARKE10 Dancing between Giants: Vietnam’s Position within U.S.-China Strategic Competition NGUYEN CONG TUNG11 China, Japan, and Economic Integration in Asia: Asymmetric Threat Perception and FTAs RUMI AOYAMA12 Why Hedging Is Not Easily Attainable-Taiwan’s Strategic Policy Options Amidst U.S.-China Competition GUAN-YI LEUIndex