Japan's Peacekeeping at a Crossroads Taking a Robust Stance or Remaining Hesitant?

This open access book examines why Japan discontinued its quarter-century history of troop contribution to UN Peacekeeping Operations (1992–2017). Japan had deployed its troops as UN peacekeepers since 1992, albeit under a constitutional limit on weapons use. Japan’s peacekeepers began to focus on e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Fujishige, Hiromi Nagata (-)
Otros Autores: Uesugi, Yuji, Honda, Tomoaki
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham Springer Nature 2022
Cham : 2022.
Colección:Sustainable Development Goals
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Sumario:This open access book examines why Japan discontinued its quarter-century history of troop contribution to UN Peacekeeping Operations (1992–2017). Japan had deployed its troops as UN peacekeepers since 1992, albeit under a constitutional limit on weapons use. Japan’s peacekeepers began to focus on engineering work as its strength, while also trying to relax the constraints on weapons use, although to a minimal extent. In 2017, however, Japan suddenly withdrew its engineering corps from South Sudan, and has contributed no troops since then. Why? The book argues that Japan could not match the increasing “robustness” of recent peacekeeping operations and has begun to seek a new direction, such as capacity-building support.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (252 pages)
ISBN:9783030885090