Regulating the Use of Force by United Nations Peace Support Operations: Balancing Promises and Outcomes by Charuka Ekanayake The United Nations Peace Support Operations (PSOs), originally envisaged for simple missions like monitoring ceasefires and facilitating negotiations during international armed conflicts, underwent a massive transformation after the end of the Cold War when the UN found itself involved in complex military operations embedded in violent intra-state conflicts. As civilians are increasingly subjected to brutality and atrocity in such conflicts, the use of force by the UN has become necessary for fulfilling its mandate for Protection of Civilians (POC) and Responsible to Protect (R2P). R. Vignesh | July-September 2022 | Journal of Defence Studies
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
Role of Women in Terrorism in Africa Women play active roles in sustaining and facilitating extremist activities on the African continent. Saman Ayesha Kidwai , Sindhu Dinesh | July 15, 2022 | IDSA Comments
Air Power in UN Peacekeeping Air power has made its presence felt ever since the Wright Flyer took to the air in 1903. The air domain, over the years and in all conflicts, has established itself as a pivotal tool in the hands of the politician and of course, the military exponent. Its attributes of speed, reach, mobility and flexibility along with the ability to be employed in a logistics, humanitarian and/or an offensive role positions it as an ideal tool to be used in all aspects of peace operations. Indeed, India has been at the forefront of such missions for bringing-in peace in troubled lands far and wide. Manmohan Bahadur | 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
