Peacekeeping with Chinese Characteristics?: A Case Study of PRC Involvement in Peacekeeping Operations in South Sudan
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- Abstract
- Originally deeply opposed to United Nations peacekeeping operations (UN PKOs), which it saw as a violation of its non-interference principle, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is now the largest troop contributor to PKOs of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. In spite of increased participation levels, however, China still only supports PKOs that have received the host nation’s consent. Furthermore, until the PRC sent combat troops to participate in the PKO in South Sudan in 2015, China only provided police, observers, medical, and engineering troops as peacekeepers. This thesis uses South Sudan as a case study of Chinese peacekeeping, examining how a convergence of economic, reputational, and military interests made the PRC willing to send combat troops to participate in peacekeeping operations for the first time ever. By comprehensively analyzing China’s UN policy, peacekeeping history, and ties to Africa, it examines how Chinese interests in South Sudan shaped the PRC decision to become so involved in the peacekeeping mission there in spite of its commitment to non-interference. The thesis also analyzes what Chinese commitments to PKOs reveal about the PRC’s conceptions of sovereignty and non-interference and the relative flexibility with which it applies these concepts in its foreign policy. It finds that China is increasingly flexible in its adherence to non-interference when core interests, including economic, reputational, and military ones, are at stake.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Date created | June 2018 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Bachman, Elizabeth Ann |
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| Primary advisor | Fingar, Thomas |
| Degree granting institution | Stanford University, Stanford Global Studies, Center for East Asian Studies |
Subjects
| Subject | Stanford Global Studies |
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| Subject | East Asian Studies |
| Subject | China |
| Subject | United Nations |
| Subject | Peacekeeping |
| Subject | South Sudan |
| Subject | Non-interference |
| Genre | Thesis |
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- Bachman, Elizabeth Ann. "Peacekeeping with Chinese Characteristics?: A Case Study of PRC Involvement in Peacekeeping Operations in South Sudan." Stanford Digital Repository. 2018. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/ym181db3369
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