Un Peace Operations and Asian Security

ISBN-13: 9780415568258 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 158 str.

Mely Cabellero-Anthony

Opis

This is an unparallelled analysis of the state of the United Nations peace operations and their impact on Asian security.This new volume examines new strategies being adopted by the UN; including doctrinal shifts in peace operation, and assesses the division of labour between the UN, regional organisation and non-governmental organisations/actors. Based on selected papers from mostly Asian scholars, the book offers regional perspectives from South, Southeast and Northeast Asia on the changing nature of UN Peace operations and analyses some of the core issues that are of critical relevance to regional security in Asia. In addition it reveals interesting new insights on the new players in the area of peace operations - i.e. China and Japan and considers their projected roles as defined by their respective security concepts. It also delves into issues of possible areas of concern caused by the new activism of these regional powers in peace operations. Finally, the book also revisits the significant lessons learnt from the UN experience in Cambodia and East Timor and examines their impact on future directions of peace operations. This book was previously published as a special issue of the leading journal International Peacekeeping.

Recenzje

'A timely examination of how the contemporary changes and challenges for the UN in general, and for the UN peace operations in particular, affect Asian security.' - Contemporary Southeast Asia

Spis treści

Introduction - UN Peace Operations and Asian Security  Mely Caballero-Anthony  1. Current Trends in UN Peacekeeping: A Perspective from Asia  Dipankar Banerjee  2. A Regional Perspective of UN Peace Operations in Southeast Asia  Kamarulzaman Askandar  3. NGOs in Conflict Management in Southeast Asia  See Seng Tan  4. Japan’s Policy towards UN Peacekeeping Operations  Katsumi Ishizuka  5. China’s Changing Attitude to UN Peacekeeping  Pang Zhongying  6. Collaborative Human Security? The UN and Other Actors in Cambodia  Sorpong Peou  7. The United Nations and East Timor: From Self-Determination to State-Building  Ian Martin and Alexander Mayer-Rieckh  8. Conclusion: Asian Norms and Practices in UN Peace Operations  Amitav Acharya  9. Digest of Operations (May–July 2004)  10. Documentation - Security Council Resolution 1547 ahead of a Possible UN Peace Operation in Southern Sudan