The traditional definition of middle power is that the state is able to exercise its ability to influence interests or issues in the region or global community by building a coalition with "like-minded" states ” to seek humanitarian aid and moral diplomacy, otherwise known as “Good International Citizens”. Jefferey Robertson, Middle Power in Global Governance.' As traditional middle powers, the state must demonstrate a high level of social equality and establish political value, as well as a highly integrated global economy and a tendency to seek the status quo. As emerging powers, they exhibit less stable social democracies, a high level of inequality and lower political value, with less integration into the global economy. Jefferey Robertson, “South Korea as a Middle Power: Current Capabilities, Behavior and Opportunities,” KINU, vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 151-174 (2007). Finally, after two decades since it achieved its economic and political capacity, South Korea recognized its "middle power diplomacy" as a strategic triad, and also recognized its role in multilateralism with other middle powers as well as with Australia, a traditional middle power Woo-Sang Kim, “Middle-power Foreign Cooperation Research: Focus on Korea & Australia,” Jeju Peace Institute, no. 2011-31 (2011). South Korea has exhibited somewhat different behavior in the past as both a middle power state and an emerging power state. However, over the past two decades, South Korea's lack of these middle power policies has also been an excuse, primarily due to the particular security tensions that exist on the Korean Peninsula. That unique security issue with North Korea and geological relationships with the traditional great powers, China and the United States, as well as others who have interests in East Asia… at the center of the paper… and in Asian security, ' Strategic Insights, ASPI (October 2010) Andrew Cooper and Jongryn Mo, “Middle Power Leadership and the Evolution of the G20,” Global Summitry Journal (May 2013) James Cotton, “Middle Powers in the Asia Pacific: Korea in Australia" Comparative Perspective, Korea Observer, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 593-621, Institute of Korea Studies (2013) Sarah Teo, Bhubhindar Singh, and See Seng Tan, “South Korea's Middle-Power Engagement Initiatives: Perspectives from Southeast Asia,” RSIS Working Paper, no. 265, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies Singapore (November 2013) Stephen S. Roach, Christopher Graves, Richard Dobbs, Shen Dingli, Bill Emmott, “South Korea: Finding Its Place on the World Stage,” McKinsey&Company, (April , 2010), http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/vincente_in_emerging_markets/south_korea_finding_its_place_on_the_world_stage