Middle Powers' Educational Diplomatic Behavior:Western Definition and Beyond
The definition of the middle power has always been elusive. In recent years,western academia has been fraught with contradictions in using diplomatic behaviors to retroactively infer the identity of middle powers. As a typical form of "niche diplomacy",educational diplomacy stands out as an advantageous field for the middle powers,where contradictions are particularly pronounced. The west countries have shaped traditional middle powers' educational diplomatic behaviors as "paragons",advocating for being "multilateralists",establishing educational cooperation mechanisms;acting as "industry leaders",managing niche education markets;and embodying "international good citizens",addressing the "global education crisis". However,the contradictions between multilateralism and minilateralism in institutional structures,technocratic governance and monopolistic capitalism in governance models,and humanitarianism and interventionism in discourse systems,fully expose the contradictions inherent in the western definition. From the perspective of All-under-heaven system theory,the crux of the contradiction lies in the lack of proper worldview in the educational diplomatic behaviors of traditional middle powers. Using three constitutional principles of the world can possibly become effective methods for defining middle powers.
middle powereducational diplomatic behaviorniche diplomacyall-under-heaven system
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