International Peacekeeping: Perspectives from Pakistan
| Editor: Prof Dr Tughral Yamin Binding: Hardback Pages: 338 Language: English Year: 2022 Edition: 1st ISBN: 978-969-448-828-8 Price: PKR2400 / US$55 (Export) Publisher: IPS Press Content |  |
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About the Book
UN peacekeeping forms an important tenet of Pakistan’s foreign policy. Pakistan began participating in UN peacekeeping operations in 1960. Since then the country has earned the distinction of being one of the most consistent and professional peacekeepers. Along the way, it has acquired the reputation of being one of the largest troop contributing countries among the UN member states. However, very little has been written about the subject by Pakistani scholars. This drought in written work has done great injustice to the accomplishments of Pakistani peacekeepers and to national peacekeeping philosophy. This book covers the glaringly obvious gap in the existing corpus of UN peacekeeping literature and gives voice to Pakistani scholars and practitioners on this subject. It covers a wide array of topics ranging from foreign policy motivations to modern trends in peacekeeping and how Pakistan is adapting to these emerging challenges. It also brings out the lessons learnt from various operations. This work represents the ideas and thoughts of veteran peacekeepers, professors and students of the Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS), an institution which is recognized by the UN as the world’s leading peacekeeping training school. This book of collected works is meant to be a standard textbook for those studying the subject of peacekeeping
About the Author
Prof. Dr. Tughral Yamin was a professional soldier before he opted for a second career in the academia. He served in the elite 7 Frontier Force Regiment and retired as brigadier after 36 years of active service. He was awarded the Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) for meritorious service.
In the army, he served on prestigious command, staff and instructional appointments. He was trained in the UK and Federal Republic of Germany, where he attended the staff college course. He is also an alumnus of Pakistan Staff College Quetta and National Defence University, Islamabad. He served with the Pakistani armored brigade deployed in Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and has also represented his country as a senior officer in the ASEAN regional forum.
Prof. Yamin has been intimately involved in peacekeeping training and has authored several articles on the subject of peacekeeping. One book among the several that he has written, one that he is really proud of, is about UN peacekeeping operations in Somalia (1992-1995) in which his unit participated with distinction.
Intellectually, Prof. Yamin is considered a leading authority on peacekeeping operations in Pakistan. He is often invited to deliver lectures and participate in events on the subject of peacekeeping.
