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GLOSSARY
Operational Art

Defined as the cognitive approach by commanders and staffs—supported by their skill,
knowledge, experience, creativity, and judgment—to develop strategies, campaigns,
and operations to organise and employ military forces by integrating ends, ways,
means, and risk. Operational art requires broad vision and the ability to anticipate.

Operations Other Than War

Operations other than war embrace peace support operations within which is
peacekeeping, peace enforcement, conflict prevention, peace-making, peace building,
humanitarian operations and counter insurgency operations.

Patrol Craft
Smaller vessels which are designed to operate for much shorter periods. Patrol craft
are small, fast and robust vessels armed with medium and short ranged surface and
anti-air weapons.

Peace

Peace is a condition that exists in the relations between groups, classes or states when
there is an absence of direct or indirect violence or the threat of violence.

Peace Building Operations

The actions that support political, economic, social and military measures and
structures, aimed to strengthen and solidify political settlements in order to address
the causes of conflict.

Peace Keeping Operations
The operations that are undertaken with the consent of all the major parties in a conflict
under Chapter VI of the UN Charter, to monitor and facilitate the implementation of
peace agreement. Not all peace keeping forces, however, are controlled by the UN.

Peace Making Operations

The activities conducted after commencement of a conflict, to secure a ceasefire or
prompt a rapid peaceful settlement.

Persuasion

Persuasion is convincing another state, by diplomatic means without the threat or use
of force to carry out certain actions that are in its own interests, by emphasising the
benefits of the actions to that state.

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