19 Nov SIPRI Briefing China Peacekeeping, Washington

SIPRI Briefing on China's Expanding Presence in UN Peacekeeping Operations

Over the past 10 years, China has dramatically increased and diversified its contributions to United Nations (UN) peacekeeping activities and is at this writing the largest contributor of peacekeepers to the UN among the Permanent Five members of the UN Security Council. This development has important implications for Chinese foreign and security policy, for China's role in the international community, and for the future of the global peacekeeping regime.

What is driving China's more proactive approach to peacekeeping? How is China contributing and how are those contributions changing?  How do Chinese peacekeepers perform? What are the problems and prospects going forward for a more active Chinese peacekeeping role? Should China and its international partners seek greater cooperation around peacekeeping affairs? 

To explore these issues, the USIP is pleased to host a panel featuring Bates Gill, Chin-hao Huang and Abiodun Williams. The panel will include a presentation of Gill and Huang's new report, 'China's Expanding Role in Peacekeeping: Prospects and Policy Implications', which draws from extensive research, interviews, and site visits in China, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti, Liberia, and elsewhere in North America and Europe.

Date:  Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009
Time:  10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location:  1st Floor Conference Room, USIP
Intro/Chair:  Steve Riskin (Senior Program Officer, Grant Program, USIP)

Speakers:
* Bates Gill (Director, SIPRI)
* Chin-hao Huang (Researcher, SIPRI)

Discussant:
* Abiodun Williams (VP, Center for Conflict Analysis & Prevention, USIP)