@article{Van der Waag_2012, title={Editorial}, volume={28}, url={https://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/197}, DOI={10.5787/28-1-197}, abstractNote={<p>In September 1998 the Faculty of Military Science, University of Stellenbosch (Military Academy) in association with the Institute for Security Studies hosted a conference in commemoration of the first fifty years of United Nations peacekeeping. The increasing need for peacekeeping and peace-support operations, the ongoing conflicts in central Africa and the escalating call for African peacekeepers underlay the importance of bringing politicians, diplomats and academics together in Africa at this time.</p&gt;}, number={1}, journal={Scientia Militaria - South African Journal of Military Studies}, author={Van der Waag, Ian}, year={2012}, month={Feb.} }