This book lies at the intersection between United Nations peacekeeping
operations and India-Japan relations. While India has been at the forefront of
UNPKO since its beginning, Japan due to its unique recent history and pacifist
constitution is a more recent, hesitant and tentative contributors to overseas
peaceful military operations. Instead, Japan is the second largest contributor
of the UN's regular and peacekeeping budgets and has provided some senior
civlian representatives to specific peacekeeping operations.
About Author :
Dipankar Banerjee
Director, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi. Has followed an
academic and research career and headed important research institutions in India
and in the region. His