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