China's and Italy's Participation in Peacekeeping Operations: Existing Models, Emerging Challenges: Romano Prodi: Lexington Books

China's and Italy's Participation in Peacekeeping Operations

Existing Models, Emerging Challenges

China's and Italy's Participation in Peacekeeping Operations

Existing Models, Emerging Challenges

Description

Participation in international peace operations has become a key component of the foreign policy strategy of many countries worldwide. Italy and China have been, and are currently, involved in various efforts to maintain and promote international peace and security, including Peacekeeping Operations (PKOs). This book offers a description of the two countries’ engagement in international peace operations, analyzing it through the lenses of law, sociology, history, and politics. The specific experiences of Italy and China provide an excellent opportunity for comparing and contrasting how and why foreign powers intervene in the name of peace.

At the same time, this book focuses on a number of crucial challenges PKOs are currently facing (training of personnel, ensuring accountability, effectively assisting war-torn States in their rehabilitation effort), and tries to explain how Italy, China, and other international actors are trying to respond to the many dilemmas and contradictions of postwar peace. Contributors include academics from a wide range of disciplines and interests, diplomats, and practitioners involved in international peace operations.

Foreword, Romano Prodi
Introduction, Andrea de Guttry, Emanuele Sommario and Lijiang Zhu
List of Acronyms

Part 1. Italian and Chinese Participation in PKOs: Facts, Figures, Drivers, and Mechanisms
A Remarkable Evolution. Italy’s Participation in PKOs: Figures and TrendsFabrizio Coticchia
China’s Participation in PKOs: Figures and TrendsJiaxiang Hu
Reasons for Italy’s Active Engagement in PKOs: Political, Cultural and Moral ImplicationsAlessandro Polsi
What Reasons Lie Behind the Decision to Work in a PKO? The Psycho-Social Motivations of Chinese Troops and Police ForcesZonglin Zhang
Postmodern Motivation and the Morale of PeacekeepersFabrizio Battistelli
Peacekeeping Decision Making Process and Modality of Financing in ChinaSanzhuan Guo
Decision-Making Process and Modalities of Financing Participation in PKOs: The Italian ExperienceFilippo Cinoglossi

Part 2. Recent Trends and Challenges in Peacekeeping Operations: Italian and Chinese Responses
Attitudes of China and Italy Towards Regional PKOs. Are Past Differences Becoming Less Relevant?Andrea de Guttry
Italy and China’s commitment to Africa’s Peace and Security ArchitectureManon Derriennic
Mainstreaming Gender Issues and Fighting against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Peacekeeping Operations: What Has Been Done so Far by Italy and PRC?Mariangela Bizzarri and Jessica Colombo
From Peacekeeping to Stabilization: The Local Counterparts’ Capabilities Development ParadigmAnnalisa Creta
Training the Police Component of PKOs: CoESPU, an Italian ExperienceUmberto Rocca
Training the Civilian Component: the European Union ExperienceRadek Khol
Keeping the Peace at Sea: Chinese and Italian Practices in Anti-Piracy OperationsFabio Caffio

Part 3 The Deployment of National Contingents In PKOs: Legal Aspects Under National and International Law
The Legal Framework Applicable to National Military Personnel Deployed in Peacekeeping Operations: The Italian ExperienceGiulio Bartolini
The Legal Framework Applicable to National Personnel Deployed in UN Peacekeeping Operations: The Chinese ExperienceLijiang Zhu
Parliamentary Involvement With Military Missions Abroad: Experiences in EuropeLuc Verhey
Crimes Committed by Peacekeepers: Immunity v. Principles of Criminal Jurisdiction. A Brief OutlineAlberto di Martino
Responsibility Under International Law for Human Rights Violations Committed by UN Peacekeepers: Reconsidering Issues of AttributionEmanele Sommario

Product details

Published	Apr 28 2014
Format	Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition	1st
Extent	452
ISBN	9780739189320
Imprint	Lexington Books
Illustrations	20 Tables, 6 BW Illustrations
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Anthology Editor

Andrea de Guttry

Anthology Editor

Emanuele Sommario

Anthology Editor

Lijiang Zhu

Contributor

Giulio Bartolini

Contributor

Fabrizio Battistelli

Contributor

Mariangela Bizzarri

Contributor

Fabio Caffio

Contributor

Fabrizio Cinoglossi

Contributor

Jessica Colombo

Contributor

Fabrizio Coticchia

Contributor

Annalisa Creta

Contributor

Manon Derrennic

Contributor

Sanzhuan Guo

Contributor

Andrea de Guttry

Contributor

Jiaxiang Hu

Contributor

Radek Khol

Contributor

Alberto di Martino

Contributor

Alessandro Polsi

Contributor

Umberto Rocca

Contributor

Emanuele Sommario

Contributor

Luc Verhey

Contributor

Zonglin Zhang

Contributor

Lijiang Zhu

Foreword

Romano Prodi

Focusing on two contrasting troop-contributing countries—one a leading European contributor and the other an emerging peacekeeping country with the capacity to become a major contributor—this volume lifts the lid on the black box of the state to examine in detail the political factors and military considerations that influence national decision making about contributing to UN peacekeeping and the consequences of decisions to do so. Including studies on the legal frameworks for peacekeeping, implications of criminality in peacekeeping operations, and the training of peacekeepers, this book reveals what it takes to contribute UN peacekeepers in all its complexity.

Alex J. Bellamy, University of Queensland
The chapters in this volume, edited by Andrea de Guttry, Emanuele Sommario, and Lijiang Zhu, offer a rich panorama of UN peace-keeping. The book is a comparative analysis of the practices of a medium-sized Western democracy, Italy, and a permanent member of the Security Council with a completely different system of government, China. The reader may appreciate the novelty of the chapters by the Chinese authors who give insight into a practice difficult to trace because of the paucity of data and the problem of sources. Traditional peace-keeping issues are dealt with as well as less explored topics such as the social-cultural motivations prodding the two countries to take part in peace-keeping operations.

Natalino Ronzitti, Libera Università degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli, Rome