Note: Episode 40 is a follow-up of episode 39, so I kindly request you to first listen to episode 39 to very well connect with our discussion in episode 40.

In episode 40, we explore the politics, challenges, and successes that define the UN peacekeeping missions, aiming to maintain peace and stability in conflict-ridden regions worldwide, with Major General (Dr) AK Bardalai. The episode also provides valuable insights into the delicate balance of power, the complexities of international relations, and the humanitarian efforts that underpin these endeavors.

About the guest speaker:

Major General (Dr) AK Bardalai, commissioned into the Indian Army on 11 June 1977, is a graduate of the National Defence Academy, Pune (India) and Defence Services Staff College Wellington (India). General Bardalai commanded an infantry battalion in Siachen Glacier, an infantry brigade in the mountainous terrain and counter-terrorism operations in North East India and an infantry division in the western theatre of India from May 2010 to July 2011 and was the Commandant of the Indian Military Training Team in Bhutan from October 2011 to January 2014. 

General has drawn rich experience from his earlier assignments as a UN Military Observer in Angola, Director of UN Peacekeeping at Integrate HQs of MoD (Army), a Research Fellow (UN Peacekeeping) with United Service Institution (USI) of India, New Delhi and the Deputy Head of the Mission and Deputy Force Commander in UNIFIL (Lebanon) from March 2008 to March 2010. Post retirement from the army on 30 April 2014, he is actively engaged in the academic study of UN Peace Operations. He holds a PhD in UN Peace Operations from Tilburg University (the Netherlands).

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