Rethinking China’s role in the United Nations Peace Operations: responding to the challenges from the Global South?
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https://doi.org/10.22456/2178-8839.112326Keywords:
China, United Nations, Peacekeeping Operations,Abstract
Considering the 50th anniversary of the accession of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations (UN), this article aims at exploring the change in the country’s position towards the Security Council, analyzing the increasing Chinese participation in Peace Operations. Starting with a literature review, we present the main characteristics of Peace Operations and the key challenges faced by the Council in applying such tool. Second, we introduce an analysis on the progressive change in China’s engagement in these operations. Current discussions on the topic consider three phases: abstention (1971-1981); rapprochement and flexibilization (1982-1998); and increasing cooperation (2001-2010). We suggest a fourth phase, called active engagement (2010-2020) in which the country becomes a key player holding the position of second largest contributor to the budget of peace operations and being among the top ten Troop and Police Contributing Countries. The data regarding contributions were collected from official UN reports and indicate the growing relevance of China to the funding and logistic support of peace operations, areas that since de 1990s represent great challenges to the UN.
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