Analyze the recent trends in India’s role in the UN peacekeeping operations. (2019/15 marks)
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Route 1 largest all-time contributor → recent story is quality, not quantity → specialised + tech + gender service
Route 2 “recent trends” = how India contributes has changed → bulk infantry gives way to niche capability, technology, women-led roles
specialisation (engineers, medics, aviation, trainers — Nambiar; high-risk African missions, South Sudan / DR Congo — Kanwal) → technology (UNITE AWARE + UN DPO; Jaishankar “protecting the protectors”; MP-IDSA → technology-contributing country; 2025 Berlin pledges — QRF, counter-IED, K-9) → gender leadership (first all-women FPU Liberia 2007 → 150+ women in Congo / South Sudan / Lebanon / Golan; 2025 Global South women’s conference, Delhi) → normative push (Resolution 2589 — accountability for crimes against peacekeepers)
Gowan & Singh: habit not strategy → goodwill ≠ influence → active-deployment rank now behind Nepal & Bangladesh
Route 1 C. Raja Mohan: beyond troops to training, logistics, mediation, tech → convert specialised service into a decisive voice in mandate-making
Route 2 recent trends mark India as reformer, not just responder → field credibility must become agenda-setting influence
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
Also asked on this head
India and the UN System — 9 questions in the Vault.
- “India must strive to become a semi-permanent member of the UNSC, rather than a permanent member without the right to veto.” Comment. (2024/10 marks)
- Discuss the importance of India’s role in UN
- Explain the factors which justify India’s claim for a permanent seat at the UN security council. (2022/15 marks)
How this is taught
The same flow snapshot, built for every head of the syllabus, with the answer written in class.
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