Nomads and Warlords, Chadian Forces in African Peace Operations

Command Arrangements for Peace Operations

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors want to acknowledge the efforts of several colleagues who supported this effort in a variety of ways. The materials from the Center for Advanced Command Concepts and Technologies (ACT) workshops are the products of serious work by dozens of professionals representing not only all of the military Services and the Joint Staff, but also the staff members at the National...

Muslims, Missionaries and Warlords in Northwestern China

Weapons Tracing and Peace Support Operations: Theory or Practice?

Introduction Weapons tracing is a set of methods used to identify weapons and ammunition and track their origins. It has an established role in criminal investigations, where it is typically used not only to prove a firearm-related offence, but also to uncover the source of illicit supplies to criminals. By contrast, weapons tracing in conflict and post-conflict situations—for example, by peace...

Pre-deployment preparation of military nurses of the South African National Defence Force for participation in peace support operations.

BACKGROUND South Africa has dedicated itself to participate in peace support operations (PSOs). The concept of 'jointness', involving different arms of services, was adopted within the South African National Defence Force, thus involving nurses in PSOs. PROBLEM STATEMENT Combat-readiness being a prerequisite for those involved in PSOs raised questions as to the readiness of forces to particip...

Operations research/management science contributions to peace studies

The discourse on ethics in operations research/management science (OR/MS) has many aspects. Among them there is the ethical responsibility the OR/MS community faces in a world in which the widespread presence of structural violence makes the construction of a peaceful and sustainable social order a very challenging task, and puts at risk the very survival of human kind. In this paper we want to...