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As one of the traditional peacekeepers with vast field experiences, India should rise to new levels of peacekeeping-not just participating by way of deploying Indian troops as part of a UN force to keep peace in various parts of the world, but also by strategically utilizing its field experiences to shape new thinking about peacekeeping. Is there a case for India to take on such a role? What explains India's proactive commitment to UN peacekeeping? What is India's reputation in UN peacekeeping? Are there challenges to the leadership potential of India in UN peacekeeping? This article aims to answer some of these questions. To this end, it is argued that although India, based on its peacekeeping strengths, experiences and reputation, has more than a credible case to 'lead' new thinking about peacekeeping, complex challenges may make it difficult for India to be recognized to take such a lead.Being one of the traditional peacekeepers with vast experience and demonstrated strengths in United Nations (UN) peacekeeping, India has more than a credible case to 'lead' as a driver of new thinking about peacekeeping in the twenty-first century. It would not be an overstatement to say that UN peacekeeping is in need of new directional thinking in line with the new challenges and threats emerging in the field today. Present-day UN peacekeeping operations are complex, not only because they are multifaceted involving a combination of political, humanitarian and military roles, but also because they need to be conducted in Article International Studies 47(2-4) 225-246Kabilan Krishnasamy is an expert on UN peacekeeping and South Asian issues, currently works in various policy aspects of academic governance within the Registrar's Office at

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