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The Protracted Crisis in Mindanao: Japan’s Cooperation and Human Security

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Human Security and Cross-Border Cooperation in East Asia

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Despite decades of domestic and international efforts to end the protracted conflict in Mindanao, a sustainable resolution has still not been found. Japan has been involved in the peace process in the region, using a new cooperation modality by taking part in the 3D (diplomacy, defense and development) dimensions. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) also attempted to step out of the traditional modality of its assistance by taking part in a mediation forum. Against the backdrop of local history, this chapter analyzes JICA’s involvement in the peacemaking and coordination efforts beyond its traditional mandate. This is then followed by an examination of grass-roots perceptions of the peace process and JICA’s activities. Development practitioners should experiment and explore peace processes that would fit local realities.

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  1. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Tokyo, Japan

    Sachiko Ishikawa

  2. Institute for Strategic and Development Studies and Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

    Dennis Quilala

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  1. Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

    Carolina G. Hernandez

  2. Graduate School of International Studies, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Eun Mee Kim

  3. Graduate School of Global Studies, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan

    Yoichi Mine

  4. Institute of International Studies, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

    Ren Xiao

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Ishikawa, S., Quilala, D. (2019). The Protracted Crisis in Mindanao: Japan’s Cooperation and Human Security. In: Hernandez, C., Kim, E., Mine, Y., Xiao, R. (eds) Human Security and Cross-Border Cooperation in East Asia. Security, Development and Human Rights in East Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95240-6_10

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