...Nina Wilén; Paul D Williams What is a ‘peacekeeping army’ and why do some states develop them? This article lays out the first attempt to theorize this concept and illustrate its utility by comparatively analysing troop contributions to peace operations over time, with empirical examples from...

...Table 31.1 Former African ‘peacekept’ States which have become AU/UN peacekeepers after or while having hosted a peace operation. Only contingent troop contributions are included. Troop contributing country (TCC) Missions to which it has contributed troops while...

... to India and that of President George W. Bush. Essentially, the chapter argues that India gave the question of troop contribution an incredible amount of thought. Indian elites led by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee spent considerable diplomatic and political energy in considering both the advantages...