BISA 2026 Conference

Political transformations in middle powers and small states

FR05

5 Jun 2026, 13:15

1h 30m

Panel International Studies of the Mediterranean, Middle East & Asia Working Group

Description

This panel explores several political transformations in middle powers and small states.

Subcontributions

• From the Flying Buttresses to the Last Bastion for Stability: Middle Power Agency in a Fragmented Global Order
• Inside and beyond SAARC: Field Insights concerning the future of regional cooperation in South Asia
• Economic Crisis and Political Control: Cross-National Evidence on Protest in the Arab World
• Displaying Diplomatic Agency: Discourse Theory and the Practices of Non-State Diplomacy
• Anniversaries Across Borders: Memory, Solidarity, and Democratisation in East and Southeast Asia