This volume is the result of a 2013 conference held by the Asan Institute for Policy Studies (South Korea) on the 'middle power' countries of Mexico, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Turkey and Australia (MIKTA). Experts and policymakers discussed how members of the MIKTA can work to advance global governance in emerging global issue areas.

Mo Jongryn , Yonsei University and the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, South Korea Thomas Wright, the Brookings Institution, USA Andrew F. Cooper, Balsillie School of International Affairs and the Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo, Canada Park Siwon, Kangwon National University, South Korea Choi Heenam, International Financial Policy Bureau at the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Korea Richard Gowan , New York University's Center on International Cooperation, USA Kim Sung-han, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Korea