In the current world scenario, we witness more military forces involved in peace support (PSOs) and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) operations and less in conventional warfare. The United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UN DPKO) website indicates that the post-Cold War decades have seen a big jump in the number of such operations worldwide. Of the 60 operations...

This chapter will examine the impact of technology on multinational military operations, and the ways in which technology has helped to shape military missions in the 21 century. It will also discuss how culture influences the use and effectiveness of technology in multinational operations. The issues addressed in this chapter are complex and related to topics in all of the other chapters in th...