Abstract
AbstractFirst, this chapter will briefly review the contents of each previous chapter. Chapter 10.1007/978-3-030-88509-0_2 examined the historical background from the immediate aftermath of World War II to the establishment of the Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) Act in 1992. Chapter 10.1007/978-3-030-88509-0_3 considered the evolution of Japan’s peacekeeping policy under the PKO Act from 1992 to 2012. Chapter 10.1007/978-3-030-88509-0_4 investigated the transformation of Japan’s peacekeeping policy under the second Abe administration, especially during the period from 2013 to 2017. Chapters 10.1007/978-3-030-88509-0_5, 10.1007/978-3-030-88509-0_6, 10.1007/978-3-030-88509-0_7, and 10.1007/978-3-030-88509-0_8 considered the cases of Cambodia, East Timor, Haiti, and South Sudan respectively. Second, this chapter will analyze the consequences of Japan’s pursuit of the trends of “robustness” and “integration.” Third, we will consider possible explanations behind the withdrawal of the Japan Engineering Groups from South Sudan in 2017. Fourth, we will demonstrate that troop deployment to the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (UNPKOs) has become commonly difficult for the Global North countries, causing a shift in focus away from personnel contributions to more material UNPKO commitments. Fourth, this chapter will illustrate how the Global North is still trying to make personnel contributions to UNPKOs wherever possible. Lastly, we will discuss what Japan can do from now on in its peacekeeping policy, or more broadly its International Peace Cooperation commitment.
Highlights
After providing an overview of Abe’s wholesale reform of security policy, the chapter paid special attention to the pursuit of “robustness” and “integration” during this period. The latter half of this book presented selected case studies of Japan’s peacekeeping experience, especially those examples with high relevance to the national pursuit of “robustness” and “integration.” Chapter 5 analyzed Japan’s first ever military contribution to a UNPKO, which was in Cambodia from 1992 to 1993. Both the GoJ and Japanese peacekeepers on site were perplexed by the harsh empirical reality of the UNPKO, creating challenges that culminated in the loss of two Japanese personnel
9 CONCLUSION: JAPAN’S SEARCH FOR A NEW DIRECTION IN PEACEKEEPING 167 of “integration.” serious security concerns existed in Haiti, especially in the post-earthquake confusion, the Japanese civilian medical team was able to safely complete their mission
Concurrent with on-site changes, the 2015 Peace and Security Legislation amended the peacekeeping operations (PKO) Act to include the partial relaxation of restrictions on the use of weapons by SDF peacekeepers
Summary
This book has considered the evolution of Japan’s peacekeeping policy, with special heed to a quarter-century period of troop contribution to the UNPKOs from 1992 to 2017. After providing an overview of Abe’s wholesale reform of security policy, the chapter paid special attention to the pursuit of “robustness” and “integration” during this period The latter half of this book presented selected case studies of Japan’s peacekeeping experience, especially those examples with high relevance to the national pursuit of “robustness” and “integration.” Chapter 5 analyzed Japan’s first ever military contribution to a UNPKO, which was in Cambodia from 1992 to 1993. In this case, both the GoJ and Japanese peacekeepers on site were perplexed by the harsh empirical reality of the UNPKO, creating challenges that culminated in the loss of two Japanese personnel. When the great earthquake in 2010 triggered the GoJ’s assistance to Haiti, a more sophisticated version of multilayered civil-military cooperation was seen than in the earlier cases, such as East Timor, further enhancing the trend
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