From refusal to engagement: Chinese contributions to peacekeeping in Africa

Wu, Zhengyu; Taylor, Ian

doi:10.1080/02589001.2011.555190

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“…Therefore, a crucial historical period to understand China's zeal for a stricter notion of sovereignty is the so-called Century of Humiliation. (Wu and Taylor, 2011) During this period of time, several traumatic events took place within China, such as the Opium Wars, the Sino-Japanese wars, the Invasion of the Eight Allied Powers, among other military incursions which caused a deep sense of victimization (Fairbank y Goldman 2006).…”

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From Condemnation to Cooperation: The Evolution of China’s Position toward UN Peacekeeping Operations

Chávez Mazuelos

2023

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In its capacity as a great power, China has assumed greater responsibilities regarding the provision of global public goods. Therefore, it has become the UN Security Council’s permanent member which contributes the largest amount of troops to peacekeeping operations. Consequently, China has steadily increased its financial contributions and registered an 8.000 peacekeeping stand-by force. Nonetheless, China’s current leadership in the field of peacekeeping operations differs radically from its initial rejection for missions which it regarded as imperialist instruments destined to undermine the progress of revolutionary movements and weaken the principle of sovereignty. Therefore, in this article, I will explain the evolution of China’s stance toward UN PKOs from an outright rejection to a moderate opposition, and from a limited support to an active participation. Furthermore, I will explain how PKOs enable China to protect its national interests in conflict zones and upgrade its military capabilities through military operations other than war. (MOOTW). Finally, I will explain that this stance is the reflection of evolving national conception roles and of a more ambitious Chinese foreign policy; through which Beijing seeks to strengthen international cooperation, safeguard its interests and nationals overseas, redefine international norms and global governance schemes and reaffirm its great power status.

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From Condemnation to Cooperation: The Evolution of China’s Position toward UN Peacekeeping Operations

Chávez Mazuelos

2023

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“…Although the word contribution suggests that they are charitably donated, nations contributing troops are reimbursed at a standard rate, which in 2018 is US$1,332 per soldier per month [14]. Numerous works exist which explore why states do or do not choose to contribute personnel [15], [16], [17].…”

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Developing cyber peacekeeping: Observation, monitoring and reporting

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Government Information Quarterly

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Cyber peacekeeping is an emerging and multidisciplinary field of research, touching upon technical, political and societal domains of thought. In this article we build upon previous works by developing the cyber peacekeeping activity of observation, monitoring and reporting. We take a practical approach: describing a scenario in which two countries request UN support in drawing up and overseeing a ceasefire which includes cyber terms. We explore how a cyber peacekeeping operation could start up and discuss the challenges it will face. The article makes a number of proposals, including the use of a virtual collaborative environment to bring multiple benefits. We conclude by summarising our findings, and describing where further work lies.

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“…Thomas, 2001). And regarding foreign policy, soft power was interpreted as the membership in international organizations (Gill & Huang, 2006), the involvement in international disputes (Gill & Huang, 2006) or the participation in international peacekeeping missions (Wu & Taylor, 2011). But while the measurements differ, and are partly debated in the scholarly literature, the general dimensions of soft powerculture, political values and foreign politicswere taken up by many scholars in the field (for overviews see Blanchard & Lu, 2012;Gill & Huang, 2006).…”

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Climate change politics and the role of China: a window of opportunity to gain soft power?

Rauchfleisch

Schäfer

2018

Int. Commun. Chin. Cult

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In China today, the idea of "soft power" has become important in various realms of society. We analyze the nexus between climate change and soft power with specific emphasis on China. First, we will discuss the concept of soft power, its role in the Chinese context, and the reasons why China has had difficulties to gain soft power up to now. Second, we lay out how international climate change politics are an important arena in which soft power can be won and how the issue has gained importance in China. In a third step, we discuss how the current political environment, in which the US government has changed its stance on climate change and international climate politics, impacts China. Our thesis is that the current political situation represents a "window of opportunity" for China to expand its soft power substantially both in degree and scope. In line with this thesis, so far, China has reacted swiftly after the election of US president Donald Trump and aims to present itself as the future climate leader.

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From refusal to engagement: Chinese contributions to peacekeeping in Africa

Cited by 22 publications

References 16 publications

From Condemnation to Cooperation: The Evolution of China’s Position toward UN Peacekeeping Operations

From Condemnation to Cooperation: The Evolution of China’s Position toward UN Peacekeeping Operations

Developing cyber peacekeeping: Observation, monitoring and reporting

Climate change politics and the role of China: a window of opportunity to gain soft power?

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