An Experience in Military Leadership as a Sector Commander in UN Mission in South Sudan South Sudan gained its independence on 9 July 2011, after an overwhelming referendum held in January 2011 and became the youngest country of the world. Karanbir Singh Brar | July-September 2022 | Journal of Defence Studies
An Appraisal of the UN and Its Peacekeeping Structure Thanks to the Director General, MP-IDSA Amb. Chinoy, Col. Pillay, Dr Ruchita Beri and their team for providing the opportunity to share my views from an Indian viewpoint on the... Mono Bhagat | July-September 2022 | Journal of Defence Studies
India and the United Nations: Past and Future The subject of today’s discussion is peacekeeping but you have asked me to speak on a much broader plane about the past and future of the United Nations. Last year... Vijay Nambiar | July-September 2022 | Journal of Defence Studies
Peacekeeping in Lebanon: Reminiscences of the First Indian Battalion Group Commander This couplet from an old Iranian poem, inscribed at the entrance gate of United Nations (UN) Headquarters (HQ), conveys a message signifying the purpose of the UN. The principal aim... Guru Saday Batabyal | July-September 2022 | Journal of Defence Studies
India’s Role in UN Peacekeeping Operations The basic role of the armed forces is to defend the country against external aggression and to protect it from internal threat when its ‘national security’ is jeopardised. Apart from... Vijay Yeshvant Gidh | July-September 2022 | Journal of Defence Studies
India and UN Peacekeeping in Africa: An Assessment Over the last seven decades, United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (UNPKOs) have helped several countries across the world to move away from the path of conflict. Africa has been a significant... Ruchita Beri | July-September 2022 | Journal of Defence Studies
Against All Odds: The Forgotten Tales of Independent India’s Tryst with Peacekeeping There is a part of history that many in India are not familiar with today. This article is an account of Independent India’s first overseas mission under the UN –... D. Padma Kumar Pillay | July-September 2022 | Journal of Defence Studies
Nation-building: A Case for Armed Forces in Post-conflict Peacebuilding Indian peacekeeping forces have served the cause of international peacekeeping for over 70 years and have logged not just an enviable record doing so, but have garnered a huge bank... Amitabh Hoskote | July-September 2022 | Journal of Defence Studies
India–US Peacekeeping Cooperation Both India and the United States (US) have a long history of supporting the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (UN PKOs). Over the last two decades, the two countries have significantly... Saroj Bishoyi | July-September 2022 | Journal of Defence Studies
Four Decades of UNIFIL: Mandates, Contributions and Challenges Established in 1978 with the objective of ensuring Israeli withdrawal from South Lebanon, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has been a key factor in maintaining stability along... Prasanta Kumar Pradhan | July-September 2022 | Journal of Defence Studies
