@article{1431273,
      recid = {1431273},
      author = {Fujishige, Hiromi, and Uesugi, Yūji, and Honda, Tomoaki,},
      title = {Japan's peacekeeping at a crossroads : taking a robust  stance or remaining hesitant? /},
      pages = {1 online resource :},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {This open access book examines why Japan discontinued its  quarter-century history of troop contribution to UN  Peacekeeping Operations (19922017). Japan had deployed its  troops as UN peacekeepers since 1992, albeit under a  constitutional limit on weapons use. Japans 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.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1431273},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88509-0},
}