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Middle power futures beyond the baloney
Middle powers must survive in a world where nobody can permanently guarantee their security, prosperity, or strategic future.
May 18
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Middle powers and Thucydides Trap
Middle powers Corinth and Corcyra were central to the chain of crises that dragged Athens and Sparta into war, while Syracuse helped turn the conflict…
May 17
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Middle powers, values, and interests
Values-based relationships were a luxury of a brief historical moment rather than a permanent feature of international politics.
May 14
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The middle power Melian Dialogue
The traditional teaching of the Melian Dialogue doesn’t quite capture reality for those in middle power states—it distorts it.
May 13
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Increasingly great middle powers?
The larger story of the Iran conflict is that the gap between great powers and middle powers has narrowed.
May 11
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International relations theory fails middle powers
Middle powers do not exist in an anarchic system! They cannot—the very term “middle power” presupposes hierarchy.
May 11
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What’s in store for middle powers on the wrong side of history?
If we accept the Iran case as a lesson, what’s in store for middle powers on the wrong side of history is at least three generations of suffering.
May 7
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Middle power nostalgia is not a strategy
Albanese and Carney's actions suggest not a belief that middle power diplomacy can return, but more a belief that the 1990s can return.
May 6
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Iran's war narrative: Lessons for middle powers?
Middle power states can shape global opinion more effectively than great powers—all it takes is planning, preparation, and credibility.
May 5
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Iran's struggle as lessons for middle powers
A regional hegemon will deal harshly with middle powers that don’t play by the rules.
Apr 28
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The fate of middle powers in contested zones
What happens to middle powers located in contested zones—those that function not as stabilizers, but as strategic pivots struggling to survive amid…
Apr 21
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Some middle power commentaries make me puke
Middle powers cannot build a new international order, cannot sustain an old one, and cannot save the world.
Apr 14
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