Contents

Editorial

Focus

Multidimensional Peacekeeping: Protection Mandate and Recalibration of the UN Military Peacekeepers
- Kulwant Kumar Sharma

UN Peacekeeping and Ambiguity in Normative UN Norms
- A.K. Bardalai

Contemporary Technology in Peacekeeping Operations
- Swaim Prakash Singh

UN Peacekeeping in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2003–2010: An Operational Perspective for Air Power Employment
- Rajesh Isser

UN Peacekeeping Operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lessons Learnt and the Future of UN Peacekeeping
- Chander Prakash

Four Decades of UNIFIL: Mandates, Contributions and Challenges
- Prasanta Kumar Pradhan

India–US Peacekeeping Cooperation
- Saroj Bishoyi

Conduct and Discipline in United Nations Peace Operations and India’s Perspective
- V. Vidyashankar

Bangladeshi Women in UN Peacekeeping: A Case Study
- Anand Kumar

Nation-building: A Case for Armed Forces in Post-conflict Peacebuilding
- Amitabh Hoskote

Uniformed Women in UN Peacekeeping Operations: An Assessment of India’s Contribution
- Yeshi Choedon

Peacekeeping Operations by United Nations in Partnership with a Sub-regional Organisation: Experiment in Liberia 1993–98
- Mandeep Singh

Commentaries

India’s Contribution to Peacekeeping
- P.K. Chakravorty

War and Peace: Chinese Blue Helmets for National Interests?: South Sudan as a Case Study
- Govindan Praveen

India’s Role in UN Peacekeeping Operations
- Vijay Yeshvant Gidh

Understanding the Perspective of Women in UN Peacekeeping Missions
- Pintu Kumar Mahla

Indian Women in Blue Helmets: Professionalism in Peacekeeping
- Ingudam Yaipharemba Singh

India’s Contribution towards Technological Development of the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
- Rajeev Yadav

Perspective

Peacekeeping in Lebanon: Reminiscences of the First Indian Battalion Group Commander
- Guru Saday Batabyal

Book Review

Regulating the Use of Force by United Nations Peace Support Operations: Balancing Promises and Outcomes by Charuka Ekanayake
- R. Vignesh

Special Section: India and UN Peacekeeping—An Appraisal
Introduction to the Special Section

An Analysis of the Future of United Nations Peacekeeping and India’s Continued Participation
- Satish Nambiar

India and the United Nations: Past and Future
- Vijay K. Nambiar

An Appraisal of the UN and Its Peacekeeping Structure
- Mono Bhagat

Against All Odds: The Forgotten Tales of Independent India’s Tryst with Peacekeeping
- D.P.K. Pillay

Technology as a Force Multiplier in Contemporary UN PKO
- J.S. Lidder

Assessment of India’s UN Missions and Impact on Host Nations
- M.A.J. Fernandez

An Experience in Military Leadership as a Sector Commander in UN Mission in South Sudan
- K.S. Brar

Air Power in UN Peacekeeping
- Manmohan Bahadur

India and UN Peacekeeping in Africa: An Assessment
- Ruchita Beri

Technology and Peacekeeping: Can India Become a Technology-Contributing Country
- Rajeesh Kumar

Guidelines for Contributors