China's and Italy's Participation in Peacekeeping Operations

Existing Models, Emerging Challenges

Edited by Andrea de Guttry; Emanuele Sommario and Lijiang Zhu - Foreword by Romano Prodi - Contributions by Giulio Bartolini; Fabrizio Battistelli; Mariangela Bizzarri; Fabio Caffio; Fabrizio Cinoglossi; Jessica Colombo; Fabrizio Coticchia; Annalisa Creta; Manon Derrennic; Sanzhuan Guo; Andrea de Guttry; Jiaxiang Hu; Radek Khol; Alberto di Martino; Alessandro Polsi; Umberto Rocca; Emanuele Sommario; Luc Verhey; Zonglin Zhang and Lijiang Zhu

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.

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Pages: 452 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9⅜

978-0-7391-8931-3 • Hardback • April 2014 • $176.00 • (£137.00)

978-0-7391-8932-0 • eBook • April 2014 • $167.00 • (£129.00)

Subjects: Political Science / International Relations / General, Law / International, Political Science / Peace

China's and Italy's Participation in Peacekeeping Operations

Existing Models, Emerging Challenges

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Summary

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.

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Lexington Books

Pages: 452 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9⅜

978-0-7391-8931-3 • Hardback • April 2014 • $176.00 • (£137.00)

978-0-7391-8932-0 • eBook • April 2014 • $167.00 • (£129.00)

Subjects: Political Science / International Relations / General, Law / International, Political Science / Peace

Author

Andrea de Guttry isprofessor of international law; director of the International Research Laboratory on Conflict, Development, and Global Studies; and director of the International Training Programme for Conflict Management at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa.

Emanuele Sommario is assistant professor of international law at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa.

Lijiang Zhu is associate professor of intentional law at China University of Political Science and Law.

Table of Contents

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
1. A Remarkable Evolution. Italy’s Participation in PKOs: Figures and Trends
Fabrizio Coticchia
1. China’s Participation in PKOs: Figures and Trends
Jiaxiang Hu
1. Reasons for Italy’s Active Engagement in PKOs: Political, Cultural and Moral Implications
Alessandro Polsi
1. What Reasons Lie Behind the Decision to Work in a PKO? The Psycho-Social Motivations of Chinese Troops and Police Forces
Zonglin Zhang
1. Postmodern Motivation and the Morale of Peacekeepers
Fabrizio Battistelli
1. Peacekeeping Decision Making Process and Modality of Financing in China
Sanzhuan Guo
1. Decision-Making Process and Modalities of Financing Participation in PKOs: The Italian Experience
Filippo Cinoglossi

Part 2. Recent Trends and Challenges in Peacekeeping Operations: Italian and Chinese Responses
1. Attitudes of China and Italy Towards Regional PKOs. Are Past Differences Becoming Less Relevant?
Andrea de Guttry
1. Italy and China’s commitment to Africa’s Peace and Security Architecture
Manon Derriennic
1. 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
1. From Peacekeeping to Stabilization: The Local Counterparts’ Capabilities Development Paradigm
Annalisa Creta
1. Training the Police Component of PKOs: CoESPU, an Italian Experience
Umberto Rocca
1. Training the Civilian Component: the European Union Experience
Radek Khol
1. Keeping the Peace at Sea: Chinese and Italian Practices in Anti-Piracy Operations
Fabio Caffio

Part 3 The Deployment of National Contingents In PKOs: Legal Aspects Under National and International Law
1. The Legal Framework Applicable to National Military Personnel Deployed in Peacekeeping Operations: The Italian Experience
Giulio Bartolini
1. The Legal Framework Applicable to National Personnel Deployed in UN Peacekeeping Operations: The Chinese Experience
Lijiang Zhu
1. Parliamentary Involvement With Military Missions Abroad: Experiences in Europe
Luc Verhey
1. Crimes Committed by Peacekeepers: Immunity v. Principles of Criminal Jurisdiction. A Brief Outline
Alberto di Martino
1. Responsibility Under International Law for Human Rights Violations Committed by UN Peacekeepers: Reconsidering Issues of Attribution
Emanele Sommario

Reviews

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