| ID | 166137 |
| Title Proper | Minilateralism Revisited |
| Other Title Information | MIKTA as Slender Diplomacy in a Multiplex World |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Kim, Sung-Mi |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Based on over seventy interviews with diplomats and experts from all five MIKTA member countries, we find that MIKTA is used as a value-for-money minilateral mechanism for the world’s lesser powers grappling with the heightened global uncertainty and deepening interdependency. MIKTA foreign ministries have used the group as an ad hoc capacity-building and network-sharing scheme; and as a low-cost toolkit to diversify their traditional diplomatic channels and increase global visibility in various multilateral forums. However, MIKTA’s flexible, but precarious, institutional realities also suggest that minilateral arrangements that share MIKTA’s operational characteristics are likely to be short-lived and suffer from weak member commitment, resource constraints, forum-shopping risks, and a leadership vacuum. |
| `In' analytical Note | Global Governance Vol. 24, No.4; Oct-Dec 2018: p.475-90 |
| Journal Source | Global Governance Vol: 24 No 4 |
| Key Words | MIKTA ; Slender Diplomacy ; Multiplex World |