China's African Peacekeeping Decision-Making in the Hu Jintao Era - Hardcover

by Fanie Herman (Author)

China's role in international peacekeeping has greatly expanded during the leadership of Hu Jintao, and China has since become a significant contributor to peacekeeping operations (PKOs) in Africa. The importance of the book is expressed in the view that peacekeeping intervention is a tool that strengthens or fulfills policy goals in the United Nations Mission.

Author Biography

Fanie Herman holds a PhD in International Politics and is interested in China's diplomatic relations with Africa. He published articles in international journals on the strategic, security and economic dimensions of this relationship. Some of his noted articles are China's oil diplomacy with Sub-Saharan Africa, China and South Africa: a case study on two level-games, the role of the Chinese media in African peacekeeping operations, China and power politics in Africa, and Sino-South African diplomacy. Currently he is a part-time lecturer in International Affairs at a University in Taiwan.