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Middle Power Diplomacy in International Security: A Case Study of Nuclear Disarmament

Kim Hyun 1

1경희대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

This study analyzed the factors that contributed to the emergence of middle power diplomacy conducted by the New Agenda Coalition (NAC) as a coalition of seven middle powers for international nuclear disarmament. It also explains the reasons for the achievements and failure of NAC’s middle power diplomacy at the 2000 and 2005 NPT Review Conference, respectively. These reasons are provided by applying four conditions for effective middle power diplomacy to the two conference cases: (1) proper opportunity, (2) diplomatic capacity, (3) intellectual leadership and creativity, and (4) credibility. NAC’s diplomatic achievements at the 2000 conference were attributable to such factors as the perceived need for the strengthening of NPT, effective diplomatic means of NAC, overwhelming support from the NGO community, NAC leadership as an entrepreneur of the nuclear abolition norm, and credibility gained from both nuclear-weapon and non-nuclear- weapon states. NAC’s diplomatic failure at the 2005 conference resulted from the following factors: nuclear-weapon states' refusal to implement their commitments to nuclear disarmament, divisions and the absence of leadership within NAC, the weakened nuclear abolition norm, and NAC’s lack of support and credibility.

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