The Year That Was
The year 2025 will likely be remembered not as a year of sudden rupture but as a year when the world finally accepted that instability was no longer temporary. What had once been described...
Author: The Kootneeti Team
75 Years of India’s Contribution to UN Peacekeeping: A New Book by Maj Gen P.K. Goswami
The book 75 Years of India’s Contribution to UN Peacekeeping, chronicles India’s seven-and-a-half-decade journey in blue helmets. Written by by Maj Gen P.K. Goswami, VSM (Retd) of the United Service Institution (USI), the book...
[Event] Advancing Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Imperative in a Fragmented World
USI ANNUAL UN FORUM 23-24 October 2025 (In collaboration with ICRC and CUNPK) New Delhi – October 18, 2025 – The Centre for UN Studies, United Service Institution of India (USI), will host its...
The Great American Riddle
There was a night in New Delhi back in 1971 when the city seemed cloaked not only in the monsoon mist but in the heavy weight of history itself. India was at a crossroads,...
Pax Americana at 249: The Empire That Endures
“The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class—it is the cause of humankind.”—Anna Julia Cooper From Lahore’s barren bus stops to the Nairobi...
India Marks 75 Years of UN Peacekeeping with USI Symposium Honouring Legacy, Leadership, and Sacrifices
New Delhi, 29 May 2025 — On the occasion of the International Day of United Nations (UN) Peacekeepers, the United Service Institution of India (USI) hosted a high-level symposium commemorating India’s 75-year journey in...
Navigating Peril and Peace: The UN Frontlines in The Unforgettable Saga of Sierra Leone Book Launch
The book discussion and release of The Unforgettable Saga of Sierra Leone by Lt Gen VK Jetley (Retd) was an event marked by insightful reflections, strategic discussions, and an appreciation of one of the...
USI Annual UN Forum 2024: Changing Characters of Conflicts
The United Services Institution of India (USI) hosted its Annual UN Forum on 27-28 November 2024, focusing on the “Changing Character of Conflicts, Challenges to Peace Operations and International Humanitarian Law.” Opening Session Maj...
The UNITED States of America
“It was a bloodbath”, remarked a senior commentator visibly upset as he recalled the horror of 5th November, the fabled election night in America. Kamala Harris, the current Vice president of the United States...
The Conflicted States of America
September 15th is globally celebrated as the International Day of Democracy and 2024 would be remembered as the year of celebrating the cherished idea of self-rule which in the words of Albert Moravia boasts of...
