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Is Australia a pivotal power?
Posted By Anthony Bergin on October 15, 2013 @ 14:15
[a]t the meeting, the five foreign ministers shared the view that in the current situation where challenges facing the international community are becoming more diverse and complex, middle-power countries, which have the willingness and capabilities to contribute to the development of the international community, need to create a cooperation mechanism to address the challenges. They agreed to hold the meeting of middle-power countries’ foreign ministers on a regular basis.
… serve as a useful forum to discuss a variety of global and regional issues and to explore ways to help resolve them, while maintaining transparency and flexibility… The launch of a new mechanism among middle-power countries, which have a certain level of political and economic status and capabilities, as well as the willingness to contribute to creating a new world order, is expected to help resolve issues facing the international community and maintain world peace.
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[1] Doc Evatt first used the term ‘middle power’: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8497.2007.00473.x/full
[2] questioned: http://www.smh.com.au/comment/dump-middlepower-tag--australia-carries-bigger-stick-than-that-20131009-2v8hr.html
[3] According to: http://www.mofat.go.kr/ENG/press/pressreleases/index.jsp?menu=m_10_20
[4] might be able to play a helpful role within the G-20: http://blogs.cfr.org/asia/2013/10/01/korean-middle-power-diplomacy-the-establishment-of-mikta/
[5] described: http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/2006/060710_bigorsmall.html
[6] Australia has the largest area of maritime jurisdiction in the Indian Ocean region: http://www.aspi.org.au/htmlver/ASPI_OurWesternFront/chapter01.html
[7] a top tier player in the southern hemisphere: http://www.aspi.org.au/publications/publication_details.aspx?ContentID=366
[8] largest jurisdictional claim: http://www.aspi.org.au/htmlver/ASPI_Seachange/chapter01.html
[9] eighth largest aid donor country: http://devpolicy.org/whither-australian-aid-20130926/
[10] nice line on Britain’s class system: http://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2009/01/dont-call-me-a-snob-im-lower-upper-middle-class.html
[11] constitute important nodes of global economic growth: http://www.oxan.com/analysis/dailybrief/pivotalpowers/default.aspx