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

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

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Series: Sustainable Development Goals

General Political ScienceInternational RelationsJapanese History

ISBN10: 3030885119
ISBN13: 9783030885113
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Jan 13 2022
Pages: 236
Weight: 0.77
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

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.

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