War and Peace: Chinese Blue Helmets for National Interests?: South Sudan as a Case Study The People’s Republic of China (PRC) was accepted into United Nations (UN) on 25 June 1971, replacing the nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek, who fled to the island of Taiwan in 1949. Chiang’s Republic of China had been among the founding members of the UN. Being one of the five permanent members (P5) of the UN Security Council (UNSC) with veto rights, China is presently the second largest fund contributor after the United States (US). G. Praveen | July-September 2022 | Journal of Defence Studies
An Analysis of the Future of United Nations Peacekeeping and India’s Continued Participation As it evolved over the years, UN peacekeeping became an extraordinary art that called for the use of the military personnel not to wage war but to prevent fighting between belligerents. To ensure the maintenance of cease-fires, and to provide a measure of stability in an area of conflict while negotiations were conducted. To that extent, it is important to distinguish between the concept of ‘collective security’ and peacekeeping in the international environment. Satish Nambiar | July-September 2022 | Journal of Defence Studies
UN Peacekeeping Operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lessons Learnt and the Future of UN Peacekeeping The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has seen conflict and violence ever since its independence, for varied reasons. The main causes are its abundant and ill-managed natural resources, lack of institutions, ethnic issues, lack of state authority and undisciplined and ill-trained national security forces. Chander Prakash | July-September 2022 | Journal of Defence Studies
US Tech Sanctions on China China’s technology sector has faced challenges due to sanctions imposed by the United States. Halima Z. Ansari | July 13, 2022 | Issue Brief
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. K.S. 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 Appraisal of the UN’s Peacekeeping System and Mechanism. 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 marked a hundred years of multilateralism. The founding of the League of Nations in January 1920 to maintain peace and foster international cooperation represented the first real institutionalization of multilateralism. 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 of the UN is to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to peace, including actions for suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of peace. The UN peacekeeping attempts to help countries navigate the difficult path from conflict to peace. 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 carrying out these functions, in the seven decades of independence, the Indian Armed Forces have been actively participating in United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations. 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 region for deployment of the United Nations (UN) peacekeepers, often known as ‘the blue helmets’. Out of the 12 ongoing UNPKOs, six are located in Africa.1 They include Western Sahara (MINURSO), Mali (MINUSMA), Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), Central African Republic (MINUSCA), South Sudan (UNMISS) and Abyei (UNISFA), a disputed border area between Sudan and South Sudan. Ruchita Beri | July-September 2022 | Journal of Defence Studies
