Japan As Peacekeeper

Author : Hiromi Nagata Fujishige,Yuji Uesugi,Tomoaki Honda
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030885090

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Japan’s Peacekeeping at a Crossroads by Hiromi Nagata Fujishige,Yuji Uesugi,Tomoaki Honda Pdf

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.

Author : Peter Polomka
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Japan
ISBN : UCSD:31822015606171

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Japan as Peacekeeper by Peter Polomka Pdf

Author : Hugo Dobson
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415263849

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Japan and United Nations Peacekeeping by Hugo Dobson Pdf

With an approach based on political culture and identity, this book demonstrates the current pressures and shifting priorities that confront Japan's government and people, as they attempt to carve out a new international role.

Author : Hiromi Nagata Fujishige,Yuji Uesugi,Tomoaki Honda
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Asia
ISBN : 8303088505

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Japan's Peacekeeping at a Crossroads by Hiromi Nagata Fujishige,Yuji Uesugi,Tomoaki Honda Pdf

"This carefully researched book offers fascinating insights into three puzzles: why Japanese governments expanded their contributions to UN peacekeeping since the early 1990s; why Tokyo withdrew its military engineers from South Sudan in 2017; and what this means for future (limited) Japanese engagement in UN and other peace operations." - Stephen Baranyi, University of Ottawa, Canada "This book is the most comprehensive review to date of Japan's post-Cold War peacekeeping history. It should be essential reading for everyone who wants to understand Japan's contribution to UN peacekeeping." - Cedric de Coning, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Norway "This book is a timely examination of the trajectory of Japanese contributions in this area of global security. The volume analyses Japan's changing international strategic and domestic motivations to engage in peacekeeping. It takes a fresh and critical approach and fills an important gap in the extant literature." - Christopher W. Hughes, University of Warwick, UK 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. Hiromi Nagata Fujishige is Associate Professor in the School of International Politics, Economics and Communications at Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan. Yuji Uesugi is Professor of Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding in the School of International Liberal Studies and the Graduate School of International Culture and Communication Studies, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. Tomoaki Honda is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Chukyo University, Aichi, Japan.

Author : Kyoko Hatakeyama
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000366846

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Japan's Evolving Security Policy by Kyoko Hatakeyama Pdf

Japan has been expanding its military roles in the post-Cold War period. This book analyses the shift in Japan’s security policy by examining the collective ideas of political parties and the effect of an international norm. Starting with the analysis of the collective ideas held by political parties, this book delves into factors overlooked in existing literature, including the effects of domestic and international norms, as well as how an international norm is localised when a conflicting domestic norm already exists. The argument held throughout is that these factors play a primary role in framing Japan's security policy. Overall, three security areas are studied: Japan’s arms trade ban policy, Japan’s participation in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, and Japan’s enlarged military roles in international security. Close examination demonstrates that the weakening presence of the left since the mid-1990s and the localisation of an international norm encouraged Japan to broaden its military role. Providing a comprehensive picture of Japan’s evolving security policy, this book asserts that shifts have occurred in ways that do not violate the pacifist domestic norm. Japan's Evolving Security Policy will appeal to students and scholars of International Relations, Asian Politics, Asian Security Studies and Japanese Studies.

Author : Daisuke Akimoto
Publisher : Springer
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811076596

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The Abe Doctrine by Daisuke Akimoto Pdf

This book focuses on Prime Minister Abe’s policy toward international peace and security proposed in 2013 under the basic principle of ‘proactive contribution to peace’. To this end, this book investigates Prime Minister Abe’s policy-making process of the Peace and Security Legislation, which transformed Japan’s security policy and enabled Japan to exercise the right of ‘collective self-defense’, which used to be ‘unconstitutional’. This book evaluates the implications of the Peace and Security Legislation on three fronts, domestic, bilateral, and international, by analyzing Japan’s Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) program, the Japan-US alliance system, and Japan’s policy on international peacekeeping operations in South Sudan. This book is one of the first contributions to the research on Japan’s foreign and security policy under the Shinzo Abe administration and will be of interest to scholars, policymakers, and students of Japan, Japanese politics and international relations of the Asia-Pacific region.

Author : Selig S. Harrison,Masashi Nishihara
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015034513005

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UN Peacekeeping by Selig S. Harrison,Masashi Nishihara Pdf

"For the past four decades, the United Nations has played a significant peacekeeping role based on the consent of the warring parties in Cyprus, the Golan Heights, the Congo, and other flashpoints of conflict. But the UN role in maintaining world order has been redefined and broadened in recent years to embrace peace-enforcement efforts with or without the consent of the antagonists, often in combination with traditional peacekeeping." "This dramatic change has provoked growing controversy both in the United States, hitherto the largest financial supporter of UN peacekeeping, and in Japan, where advocates of a larger Japanese global role are promoting expanded Japanese participation in UN peacekeeping missions." "UN Peacekeeping: Japanese and American Perspectives is the product of a research project co-sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington and the Research Institute for Peace and Security in Tokyo. Eight American and Japanese specialists present contrasting perspectives on such issues as the criteria that should govern UN intervention in future conflicts; the desirability and feasibility of combining peacekeeping and peace enforcement; the limitations imposed by international law on UN intervention; the record of UN intervention in key arenas of conflict, including Cambodia, where Japan has played a major role; domestic attitudes toward UN peacekeeping in both countries; and the potential for Japanese-American cooperation in UN peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peace enforcement."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Peter Polomka
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Japan
ISBN : UOM:39015029531921

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Japan as Peacekeeper by Peter Polomka Pdf

Author : Dipankar Banerjee,Ramesh Chandra Thakur
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : India
ISBN : UOM:39015063085388

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Emerging Challenges in UN Peacekeeping Operations by Dipankar Banerjee,Ramesh Chandra Thakur Pdf

This Book Is The Result Of An Intense Dialogue Over Two Days Between Senior Indian And Japanese Experts On Un Peacekeeping Operations In The Early 21St Century. It Examines The Challenges Faced In Un Peacekeeping In The Light Of The Brahimi Committee Report, Examines The Impact Of The Un High Level Panel S Report And International Commission Report On The Responsibility To Protect. There Is An Excellent Case Study Of The Sierra Leone Operations And The Transition Of The Timor-Leste Operations. Finally, It Examines Frankly The Constraints On Un Peacekeeping In The Current International Order And The Crisis It Confronts Today.

Author : Daisuke Akimoto
Publisher : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Japan
ISBN : 3034313802

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Japan as a "global Pacifist State" by Daisuke Akimoto Pdf

This book examines Japan's changing pacifism and security identity in an application of analytical eclecticism. Four theoretical perspectives of Japan's security identity (pacifist state, UN peacekeeper, normal state, US ally) are examined as case studies. This book attempts to reveal Japan's 'core security identity' as a 'global pacifist state'.

Author : Ted Osius
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2002-05-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780275978068

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The U.S.-Japan Security Alliance by Ted Osius Pdf

For more than three decades, the multifaceted alliance between the United States and Japan has contributed significantly to the security of Japan and the maintenance of peace and security in the Far East. With the end of the Cold War, new sources of potential threats have arisen at a time when Japan's national self-confidence has been shaken by nearly a decade of economic stagnation, a highly fluid political situation, and an inadequate institutional structure for crisis management and strategy formulation. Osius examines how Japan is trying to redefine its identity from a nation whose constitution renounces war as a sovereign right to a normal country involved in United Nations peacekeeping operations and regional military relationships. In his initial chapters, Osius focuses on the purpose of the security alliance and argues that U.S.-Japanese interests coincide enough not only to sustain the alliance, but also to warrant strengthening and promoting it. He then examines the challenges and opportunities for an enhanced alliance over the next decade. Together, he maintains, the United States and Japan can address broadly defined security concerns, such as energy supply, weapons of mass destruction proliferation, transborder crime, piracy, and illegal narcotics, as well as environmental issues, infectious disease, economic development, and humanitarian and disaster relief. However, if it is to thrive, the U.S.-Japan alliance must remain dynamic rather than static and must be nurtured, sustained, and enhanced by both parties. An important analysis for policy makers, scholars, and students of U.S.-Japanese political and military relations and Asian Studies in general.

Author : Tom Phuong Le
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231553285

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Japan's Aging Peace by Tom Phuong Le Pdf

Since the end of World War II, Japan has not sought to remilitarize, and its postwar constitution commits to renouncing aggressive warfare. Yet many inside and outside Japan have asked whether the country should or will return to commanding armed forces amid an increasingly challenging regional and global context and as domestic politics have shifted in favor of demonstrations of national strength. Tom Phuong Le offers a novel explanation of Japan’s reluctance to remilitarize that foregrounds the relationship between demographics and security. Japan’s Aging Peace demonstrates how changing perceptions of security across generations have culminated in a culture of antimilitarism that constrains the government’s efforts to pursue a more martial foreign policy. Le challenges a simple opposition between militarism and pacifism, arguing that Japanese security discourse should be understood in terms of “multiple militarisms,” which can legitimate choices such as the mobilization of the Japan Self-Defense Forces for peacekeeping operations and humanitarian relief missions. Le highlights how factors that are not typically linked to security policy, such as aging and declining populations and gender inequality, have played crucial roles. He contends that the case of Japan challenges the presumption in international relations scholarship that states must pursue the use of force or be punished, showing how widespread normative beliefs have restrained Japanese policy makers. Drawing on interviews with policy makers, military personnel, atomic bomb survivors, museum coordinators, grassroots activists, and other stakeholders, as well as analysis of peace museums and social movements, Japan’s Aging Peace provides new insights for scholars of Asian politics, international relations, and Japanese foreign policy.

Author : Hugo Dobson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134502493

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Japan and UN Peacekeeping by Hugo Dobson Pdf

Japan's postwar constitution in which the Japanese government famously renounced war forever has meant that the country has been reluctant, until recently, to commit its armed forces in the international arena. However, in the last decade or so, Japan has played a much more active role in peacekeeping and its troops have been deployed as part of UN forces in trouble spots as varied as the Gulf, Cambodia, the Golan Heights, Kosovo and the East Timor. This book examines these developments within the border context of international relations theory and changes in Japan's domestic and regional politics.

Author : Curtis A. Bradley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 992 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780190653354

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The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Foreign Relations Law by Curtis A. Bradley Pdf

This Oxford Handbook ambitiously seeks to lay the groundwork for the relatively new field of comparative foreign relations law. Comparative foreign relations law compares and contrasts how nations, and also supranational entities (for example, the European Union), structure their decisions about matters such as entering into and exiting from international agreements, engaging with international institutions, and using military force, as well as how they incorporate treaties and customary international law into their domestic legal systems. The legal materials that make up a nation's foreign relations law can include constitutional law, statutory law, administrative law, and judicial precedent, among other areas. This book consists of 46 chapters, written by leading authors from around the world. Some of the chapters are empirically focused, others are theoretical, and still others contain in-depth case studies. In addition to being an invaluable resource for scholars working in this area, the book should be of interest to a wide range of lawyers, judges, and law students. Foreign relations law issues are addressed regularly by lawyers working in foreign ministries, and globalization has meant that domestic judges, too, are increasingly confronted by them. In addition, private lawyers who work on matters that extend beyond their home countries often are required to navigate issues of foreign relations law. An increasing number of law school courses in comparative foreign relations law are also now being developed, making this volume an important resource for students as well. Comparative foreign relations law is a newly emerging field of study and teaching, and this volume is likely to become a key reference work as the field continues to develop.

Author : Trevor Findlay
Publisher : SIPRI Research Reports
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 019829199X

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Challenges for the New Peacekeepers by Trevor Findlay Pdf

SIPRI Research Reports is a series of reports on urgent arms control and security subjects. The reports are concise, timely, and authoritative sources of information. SIPRI researchers and commissioned experts present new findings as well as easily accessible collections of officialdocuments and data.