US President Joe Biden hosted ROK President Yoon and Japan PM Kishida in Camp David for a trilateral summit meeting that seeks to deepen its security partnership to strengthen trilateral deterrence and contribute to long-term balance of power in East Asia and in the Indo-Pacific. BRICS summit in South Africa added six new members to this economic forum of the non-G7 countries. Are these evidence of greater agency of middle powers in the context of the US-China strategic competition? Why are the middle powers taking the initiative? Can the middle powers be considered as another pole between the two poles of US and China?
Podchaser is the ultimate destination for podcast data, search, and discovery. Learn More