Principal speaker
Associate Professor Liu Tiewa
Marching for a More Open, Confident and Responsible Great Power: China and UN Peacekeeping Operations
Presented by: Associate Professor Liu Tiewa, School of International Relations and Diplomacy, Beijing Foreign Studies University
The UN peacekeeping operation (UNPKO) has been the UN’s most cherished invention and a unique and dynamic instrument to help countries torn by conflict foster the conditions for lasting peace. China has returned to the UN as early as 1972, but its involvement did not commence until the end of the Cold War. From its early hesitation to now being the country dispatching the most UN peacekeeping personnel among the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, Chinese response and policy would inevitably have profound impact over the Operation and therefore attract the attention in the international community. This seminar will examine Chinese participation in UN peacekeeping from a historical perspective. In particular, it will explore the evolution of Beijing’s perceptions, principles, concerns and practice in international peacekeeping through crucial cases, and its wider implications for the future of the Operation.
Liu Tiewa is an associate professor at the School of International Relations and Diplomacy at Beijing Foreign Studies University and now a visiting fellow at the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (University of Queensland, Australia), where she also serves as an Advisory Board Member and the China Program Coordinator. Her recent publications include: “Chinese Strategic Culture and the Use of Force: Moral and Political Perspective in Contemporary Chinese Diplomacy,” The Journal of Contemporary China; and “China and Responsibility to Protect: Maintenance and Change of Its Policy for Intervention”, The Pacific Review.
- Wednesday 27 August 2014
- Level 7, Board Room, Webb Centre Building, Queensland College of Art, South Bank Campus, Griffith University
- 12:30-2:00pm
A light lunch will be provided
Numbers are limited and reservations are essential. To RSVP contact Natasha Vary on (07) 3735 5322 or events-gai@griffith.edu.au by 5.00pm Friday 22 August 2014.
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