Japan and UN Peacekeeping

New Pressures and New Responses

• Author(s): Hugo Dobson,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 208
• ISBN_10: 1134502494
  ISBN_13: 9781134502493
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / International Relations / General , Political Science / Security (National & International) , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General , Social Science / Regional Studies , Political Science / General ,

Description:... 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