{"id":1582,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/analyze-the-recent-trends-in-indias-role-in-the-un-peacekeeping-upsc-psir-2019-4705\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:36","slug":"analyze-the-recent-trends-in-indias-role-in-the-un-peacekeeping-upsc-psir-2019-4705","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/analyze-the-recent-trends-in-indias-role-in-the-un-peacekeeping-upsc-psir-2019-4705\/","title":{"rendered":"Analyze the recent trends in India\u2019s role in the UN peacekeeping operations. (2019\/15 marks)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R1 largest all-time contributor \u2014 recent story is quality, not quantity \u2014 specialised + tech + gender service R2 \u201crecent trends\u201d = how India contributes has changed \u2014 bulk infantry gives way to niche capability, technology, women-led roles<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Specialisation (engineers, medics, aviation, trainers \u2014 Nambiar; high-risk African missions, South Sudan \/ DR Congo \u2014 Kanwal) \u2014 technology (UNITE AWARE + UN DPO; Jaishankar \u201cprotecting the protectors\u201d; MP-IDSA \u2014 technology-contributing country; 2025 Berlin pledges \u2014 QRF, counter-IED, K-9) \u2014 gender leadership (first all-women FPU Liberia 2007 \u2014 150+ women in Congo \/ South Sudan \/ Lebanon \/ Golan; 2025 Global South women\u2019s conference, Delhi) ~ normative push (Resolution 2589 \u2014 accountability for crimes against peacekeepers)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Gowan &amp; Singh: habit not strategy \u2192 goodwill + influence \u2192 active-deployment rank now behind Nepal &amp; Bangladesh<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R1 C, Raja Mohan: beyond troops to training, logistics, mediation, tech \u2014 convert specialised service into a decisive voice in mandate-making 2 recent trends mark India as reformer, not just responder \u2014 field credibility must become agenda-setting influence<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[37],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[86],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1582","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-37","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-india-and-the-un-system","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2770,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1582\/revisions\/2770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1582"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1582"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1582"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}