TY - JOUR
T1 - Non-traditional Security Leadership and Cooperation in the Face of Great Power Conflict
T2 - The Rise of New Actors
AU - Howe, Brendan
N1 - Funding Information:
This article has been produced as part of the Korea Foundation project on Korea and Japan in China-U.S. Relations. I would like to thank the anonymous reviewers and the editorial team of the Asian Journal of Peacebuilding for their suggestions and advice, which have greatly improved the final version.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Institute for Peace and Unification Studies, Seoul National University.
PY - 2022/5
Y1 - 2022/5
N2 - East Asia has been dominated in theory and practice by state-centric policy consi-derations heavily influenced by the great powers. This perspective is threatened by the rise of non-traditional security (NTS) challenges and undermined by great power irresponsibility. These challenges can also, however, represent avenues of opportunity for other actors. The central research question addressed by this article, therefore, is what role can and should be played by newly empowered or recognized actors in addressing NTS challenges, according to policy prescription from more reflectivist approaches to international relations theory? This article utilizes social constructivism and related perspectives to identify how regional middle powers and civil societies can be empowered as agents with a responsibility to innovate in the construction of institutions responsive to NTS challenges.
AB - East Asia has been dominated in theory and practice by state-centric policy consi-derations heavily influenced by the great powers. This perspective is threatened by the rise of non-traditional security (NTS) challenges and undermined by great power irresponsibility. These challenges can also, however, represent avenues of opportunity for other actors. The central research question addressed by this article, therefore, is what role can and should be played by newly empowered or recognized actors in addressing NTS challenges, according to policy prescription from more reflectivist approaches to international relations theory? This article utilizes social constructivism and related perspectives to identify how regional middle powers and civil societies can be empowered as agents with a responsibility to innovate in the construction of institutions responsive to NTS challenges.
KW - East Asia
KW - disruptive innovation
KW - international commissions
KW - middle powers
KW - non-traditional security
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U2 - 10.18588/202202.00a211
DO - 10.18588/202202.00a211
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85131662642
SN - 2288-2693
VL - 10
SP - 243
EP - 270
JO - Asian Journal of Peacebuilding
JF - Asian Journal of Peacebuilding
IS - 1
ER -