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
China and the Pacific Islands: A New Theatre of Great Power Competition Wang Yi’s visit to the Pacific Island Countries highlights Beijing’s efforts to further consolidate ties with the region. Esha Banerji | July 11, 2022 | Issue Brief
Uniformed Women in UN Peacekeeping Operations: An Assessment of India’s Contribution The defect in the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 has occurred by viewing rationales for increasing uniformed women peacekeepers from the instrumentalist perspective. The slow rate of... Yeshi Choedon | July-September 2022 | Journal of Defence Studies
Far-Right Extremism in the West Far-right extremism, rooted in the anti-Semitic, White supremacist Nazi and Fascist ideologies of the 20th century, has gained popularity across first world countries. Saman Ayesha Kidwai | July 06, 2022 | Issue Brief
Secularization of Militancy in Kashmir: Myth or Reality? Militancy in Jammu and Kashmir has continued to remain communal, even as ‘secular’ justifications for acts of terror are being professed in the information domain. Tejusvi Shukla | July 04, 2022 | Issue Brief
