Description
The quest for recognition and international status for Bangladesh can be studied through the lens of its active participation in peacekeeping especially in the post-cold war period. Although the country face ample problems internally through its home grown insecurities, however countries and donors extended its aiding hands in guaranteeing the country’s strive towards a better Bangladesh. Moreover, the coups that held the country and its citizens stranded has worsened the situation. However, Bangladesh became the top contributor very much early as far as its South Asian counterparts and others are concerned. The nature of war altered from interstate to intrastate approach and peacekeeping also transmuted from traditional to multidimensional. The core of the paper spins around the enquiry of how and what motivates a developing country like Bangladesh to dynamically contribute at such a high level amid the instability and internal security concerns especially in its early years. Notwithstanding the question of UN peacekeeping financial crisis, its participation along with other troop contributors is hypnotising. The concerns of decision making process in Dhaka and at the UN is an important question to be discussed in the paper as this has been side-lined by the powerful countries. In a nutshell there is no doubt that Bangladesh has earned acclaims and position through its unswerving presence as a troop contributor.
