Awkward Powers: Escaping Traditional Great and Middle Power Theory

Gabriele Abbondanza , Ph.D., is Visiting Fellow at the Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney. He specialises in Australian and Italian foreign and security policy; national power, and regional, middle, and great power theory. His research has been published in journals such as European Political Science , History of Political Thought , Australian Journal of International Affairs , and  The International Spectator . He has published two monographs on Australian and Italian geopolitics (Aracne), and currently teaches a number courses related to International Relations and Security.

Thomas Wilkins , Ph.D., is Senior Lecturer in International Security in the Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney, and a Senior Fellow (Non-Resident) at the Japan Institute for International Affairs. He has published widely on International Relations theory and Asia-Pacific securityissues in journals such as Review of International Studies, Australian Journal of International Affairs ,   and  International Relations of the Asia Pacific . He co-edited the volume Rethinking Middle Powers  (Routledge) and his latest monograph is entitled Security in Asia Pacific (Lynne Rienner).