Peacekeeping and the Asia-Pacific /
- Netherlands ; Koninklijke Brill NV : 2017.
- ix, 178 p. : 24 cm.
Peacekeeping and the Asia-Pacific; Copyright; Contents; About the Contributors; 1 Introduction to the Developments, Trends and Challenges to UN Peacekeeping Operations; 2 Northeast Asian Perspectives on UN Peacekeeping: China, Japan, Korea; 3 Southeast Asian Perspectives on UN Peacekeeping: Indonesia and Malaysia; 4 South Asian Regionalism and UN Peacekeeping Missions: A Case of 'and Never the Twain Shall Meet'?; 5 Australia and Peacekeeping; 6 RAMSI Ten Years On: From Post-conflict Stabilisation to Development in Solomon Islands?; 7 All-Japan Approach to International Peace Operations. 8 Thailand's Participation in UN Peacekeeping Missions: The Reciprocal Transference of Expertise and Norms9 Why Contribute? Understanding Asian Motivations for Troop Contribution to Peace Operations; Index
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