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[EAI Issue Briefing] “Middle Power Public Diplomacy in East Asia”

  • 2015-11-24
EAI Issue Briefing
Leveraging Middle Power Public Diplomacy
in East Asian International Relations
Jan Melissen and Yul Sohn
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“Middle Power Public Diplomacy in East Asia”
How should Asian middle powers leverage soft power and public diplomacy? South Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Australia, and India each face their own particular challenges intertwined with the sensitive issues of democratization and history problem in wielding soft power. Jan Melissen and Yul Sohn look at different positions of each of five Asian middle powers and the role of public diplomacy in creating stability in the region. They then provide policy recommendations for Asian middle powers.
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