Abstract
The use of limited force by peace support units to achieve weapons control in semi‐permissive environments is justified in light of the fact that the derailment of the weapons control process clearly jeopardizes the peace process as a whole: a country awash with arms inhibits national reconciliation, militarizes society and destabilizes the region. Compellence offers an alternative to the passivity and consternation of peace support forces faced with the eroding consent to disarmament programmes. It consists of the visible determination of external forces to ensure the implementation of the weapons control mandate with the use of limited force, whenever necessary. These threats need to be backed up by military capability, doctrinal flexibility and political commitments by troop‐contributing states.
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