The 21st century has seen China emerge as a leading global actor. China’s rise has been multifaceted as the East Asian state has become a leading political, strategic and economic power. China’s...Show moreThe 21st century has seen China emerge as a leading global actor. China’s rise has been multifaceted as the East Asian state has become a leading political, strategic and economic power. China’s rise has also extended to the UN. Since the turn of the century, China has undoubtedly increased it’s influence and become a leading UN peacekeeping force. This Thesis argues that China’s emergence and active contribution has impacted the UN’s peacekeeping norms. Since the 1940s, decades of Western dominance over the UN’s peacekeeping agenda displayed a liberal character and came to embrace ideas such as interventionism and the promotion of human rights. As China has increasingly engaged with the UN peacekeeping agenda and participated in UN peacekeeping missions, the UN has been influenced by China’s very distinct peacekeeping values, such as the promotion of state sovereignty.Show less
