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The Cold War divide paralyzed the function of the UN Security Council—the core UN collective security mechanism based on the consensus of the five permanent members. Since the five permanent members of the UN Security Council were divided into two camps of East and West, it was almost impossible to garner consensus on issues of any importance on peace and security.
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Marrack Goulding, “The Evolution of United Nations Peacekeeping,” International Affairs (London), Vol. 69, No. 3 (July 1993), p. 452.
As for Japanese debate over its participation in UNPKO and its constraints, please refer to Akiko Fukushima, Japanese Foreign Policy: A Logic of Multilateralism (Macmillan, 1999).
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Takahiro Shinyo, ed., Kokusai Heiwa Kyoryoku Nyumon (Yuhikaku Sensho, 1995), pp. 177–178.
Masashi Nishihara and Serig Harrison, eds., Kokuren PKO to NichibeiAnpo, (Aki Shobo, Tokyo 1995), p. 153.
Masashi Nishihara, “Trilateral Country Roles: Challenges and Opportunities,” in John Roper et al., Keeping the Peace in the Post-Cold War Era: Strengthening Multilateral Peacekeeping (New York, Paris, and Tokyo: The Trilateral Commission, 1993), p. 64.
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Fukushima, A. (2003). UN Peacekeeping Operations and Japan’s Role in Retrospect and Prospect: A Possible U.S.-Japan Cooperation. In: Ikenberry, G.J., Inoguchi, T. (eds) Reinventing the Alliance: U.S.-Japan Security Partnership in an Era of Change. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403980199_11
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