Full Description
Peacekeeping and the Asia-Pacific explores the politics, challenges, and future of UN peacekeeping operations from the Asia-Pacific. The first section looks at contributions from the sub-regions: Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia. The second section of the book looks at individual country case studies including: Australia, Solomon Islands, Japan, and Thailand. The third, and concluding, section consists of a theoretical summary on the central conceptual theme of Asian motivations for PKO contributions.
This content was originally published in vols. 18:3-4 and 19:3-4 of the Journal of International Peacekeeping.
Contents
1 Introduction: The Politics, Challenges, and Future of UN Peacekeeping Contributions from the Asia-Pacific
Boris Kondoch and Brendan Howe
2 Northeast Asian Perspectives on UN Peacekeeping: China, Japan, Korea
Brendan Howe and Boris Kondoch
3 Southeast Asian Perspectives on UN Peacekeeping: Indonesia and Malaysia
Alistair D. B. Cook
4 South Asian Regionalism and UN Peacekeeping Missions: A Case of 'and Never the Twain Shall Meet'?
Rashed Uz Zaman and Niloy Ranjan Biswas
5 Australia and Peacekeeping
Peter Londey
6 RAMSI Ten Years On: from Post-Conflict Stabilisation to Development in Solomon Islands?
Sinclair Dinnen
7 All-Japan Approach to International Peace Operations
Yuji Uesugi
8 Thailand's Participation in UN Peacekeeping Missions: the Reciprocal Transference of Expertise and Norms
Keokam Kraisoraphong and Brendan Howe
9 Why Contribute? Understanding Motivations for Troop Contribution to Peace Operations
Xenia Azenov
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