BANGLADESH AND UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS: THE QUEST FOR A NATIONAL POLICY TO MEET THE CHALLENGE OF UNCERTAINTY (original) (raw)

This paper attempts to discuss a major research question—to what extent and why a national peacekeeping policy is significant for a top peacekeeping contributing nation, such as Bangladesh, to address the global and local challenges of UN peacekeeping missions? In doing so, the paper offers a review of the national policies of different states and its importance in the international peacekeeping discourse. Later, it unfolds the trends of Bangladesh's contribution to UN peacekeeping missions and analyzes the challenges in the changing patterns of global peacekeeping. In the final section, the paper prescribes the critical aspects that a prospective national policy may need to address in the context of Bangladesh. The paper argues that Bangladesh will eventually need a national policy to effectively utilize its resources, to coordinate the role of different institutions, and to fulfill its normative visions in international peacekeeping endeavours. It suggests that the process of formulating a national policy needs to be inclusive of actors and issues relevant to the changing future patterns of global peacekeeping.

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