Col. Rahul K. Bhonsle

Rahul K Bhonsle is a veteran soldier who has had a distinguished service career of over 30 years, during which period he has served with distinction in the Indian Army in all its outposts and operations. During this period he has had a wide and varied exposure to a number of important operational, training, logistics and academic assignments. He has simultaneously pursued a career in professional research and writing which has seen resulted in publication of over one score books, numerous articles and papers in reputed national and international journals and web sites.

His academic qualifications include an M Phil in Defense and Management Studies and a MBA. He specializes in strategic and human security and future warfare. His latest book, "India Security Scope : 2006 The New Great Game" has been well received. Apart from his creative pursuits, Rahul is running an independent research agency, Security-Risks.com, which is dealing with strategic risk and knowledge management services in Delhi.

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Dengue Et Al: A Billion Terrorists Strike  

Opinion 
Kashmir and Nagaland Will Not Be Kosovo 
Three Roots of Violence in India 
Understanding Iran : Negotiate Not Intimidate 
Ajmer Blasts:  
Crying Need for Counter Terrorism Doctrine 
Kashmir: Lost Opportunity of Ramzan Cease Fire 
India's Pakistan Dilemma  
Bangladesh 'Minus Two' to 'Plus Two' 
Naxal Economic Warfare Strategy 
A Tale of Two Madam President Hopefuls?  
Defeating Naxalism: Hope or Apathy?

Pervez Musharraf: The End Game Begins? 
Disarming South Asia's Protestors  
Assam : Flip Flop Over ULFA  
Bhutan: South Asia's Shangri La  
Rani Bodli - The Maoist Strategy Unfolds 
India : Enhancing Regional Engagement  
Sri Lanka: Human Tragedy Ahead 
2007: A Year of Hope and Despair  
Bloody 2006: No End to Violence in 2007  
China: Balancing Power Relations in South and South-East Asia  
Nepal: Raising Hopes of Normalcy  
Maldives - Idyllic Beauty Globalizes 
Reaping the Peace Dividend in India's North East 
Reliving Legacy of the Cholas 
India's New Defence Minister:
      The Dilemma of Honesty or Efficiency
  
Musharraf's Leadership by Bluff  
Clash of 'Words' not 'Civilizations'  
Racial Profiling - Episodic Misgivings 
Disaster Ready India? A Distant Dream  
Sri Lanka : Back to the Future   
Global (Dis)Order    
Nuclear "Hostage" Crisis 
The Pains of Failed Vigilantism  
Middle East : The Emerging Cauldron  
China: The Fine art of Balancing Power Relations and Economic Engagement  

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Analysis   

Pakistan: Leaders Without Tears   
Countering Naxalism:
    Chidambaram’s Green Hunt Dilemma 
Hillary’s Rebuke to Pakistani Leadership 
India: Balancing United States and China 
Pakistan GHQ Attack: Some Key Questions 
Pakistan Military: The Profession of Politics 
Indian Military: Ready to Face the China Challenge
 
India's Top Driven Internal Security Strategy 
Bangladesh: America's New Partner 
Tomorrow's Afghanistan: Indian Stakes 
Indo Nepal Relations: Beyond Pashupatinath Episode 
Indo Maldives Global Trade Security Network 
Elections: A Salute to the Afghan People 
Nepal: A Political Basket Case?  
KP Apprehension: Blow to LTTE Revival? 
Kashmir: The Political Circus   
India Competes for US Attention with Chin-Pak  
Afghanistan Elections: Elusive Democracy 
Naga Unity: Ending South Asia's Longest War  
Lalgarh: Somnolent State in Retreat  
India: Expanding Interests in Central Asia 
Afghan Transit Treaty: Indian Bail Out for Af-Pak 
Kashmir: Listening to People's Voices 
Pakistan: Facing the Wages of Denial 
Krishna's Foreign Policy - A Balanced Regional Voice 
Is Stability Returning to South Asia? 
Pakistan's Unfolding Human Tragedy 
Nepal: Back to the Brink of Political Anarchy 
US Strategy: Wining Over People in Pakistan 
Pakistan Parliamentarians Test By Fire 
Kashmir: Lashkar-e-Taiyyaba Reviving Militancy
Indo US Relations Under Obama Administration 
India: Perils of a Fragmented Poll Verdict 
Pakistan: The Politically Failed State 
Pakistan: Vicious Competition of Terror Groups
Bangla Rebellion: The Challenges Ahead 
Bailing Out India's Bankrupt Defence Procurement 
Taliban and Terrorism: Pakistan's Twin Confessions
Obama's Afghanistan - Pakistan Policy 
Reshaping US Relations 
Zardari: Personifying Pakistan's Self Delusion 
India's Nuclear Command Authority: Headless Chickens
Nepal - Prachanda The Perpetual Revolutionary? 
Prime Minister Gilani: The ISI's New Poster Boy
Pakistan : Dangerous Diversions From FATA
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Pakistan: Suicidal Proclivities of a State 
Indo Pak - Politics of Terror  
Will Pakistan Dismantle the Terror Infrastructure? 
Saving Pakistan From Al Qaeda 
Mumbai's Pakistan Fall Out : PPP Confronts the Army
Zardari - Enamoring India's Chattering Class 
Kashmir Elections: Vote Against Separatism 
Bhutan's Obamasque Monarch
Assam Emerging as Communal Terror Complex 
Afghanistan: Misplaced Gloom? 
Bangladesh : Balancing the Begums 
Naxal Network Expanding Reach 
Pakistan's Counter Election Strategy in Kashmir 
Indian Mujahideen : Misrepresenting India's Muslims
De-Talibanization of South Asia 
Wither Regionalization and Afghanisation? 
6th September : US Double Whammy in South Asia 
Amarnath Agitation: The Way Ahead 
The Political End Game in Pakistan 
Assam : Preventing Another Kashmir 
Naxal Final Challenge to the State 
Nepal : The Political Counter Coup 
Indian Mujahideen's Wake Up Call 
Naxals Mobile Warfare Strategy 
Will the US Attack Pakistan?
Assam's Complex Peace Process 
Pakistan's Defence Budget: Misplaced Priorities 
Indian Defence Industry: The Co Production Revolution
Pakistan: Reigniting Kashmir 
Pakistan: Musharraf and Army In Control 
Bangladesh Politics -Minus Two, Phase Two 
Terror Strikes are Preventable 
North Cachar : Black Jewel of India's North East
Nepal : Maoist Must Reclaim Shangri La 
Indians in Afghanistan - Perils of Regional Politics 
Taliban's Smart Strategy in Pakistan  
North East : India's Forgotten Frontier 
Afghanistan : Back to the Future 
Naxalism : First Signs of Better Policing 
Pakistan's Terror Challenge 
India's Defence Budget: It's the Acquisition Stupid? 
Nepal Elections : Third Time Lucky 
India : Need For Caution in Pakistan Policy 
Bangladesh : Wither Democracy in Dacca? 
Naxalism : Hype and Reality  
Myanmar : India's New Great Game 
China : The Dragon's Winter Tsunami 
Bangladesh 2008 : Economy and Elections 
Nepal : Elections or Doom? 
Net Wars of India's North East  
Pakistan: Recovering From the Abyss 
India 2007 : Surviving Terrorism 
2007 - South Asia's Year of Despair
Bhutan from Gross National Happiness to Elections 
Afghanistan : Getting the Tribal Leaders on Board 
Assam's ULFA - Down But Never Out 
South Asian Winter : Hope in Despair 
Understanding Pakistan's PCO (Prevent Court Order)
Counter Naxal Strategy:
Need for a Fresh Approach 
NATO: Winning Peace in Afghanistan 
Myanmar (Burma's): Metta Revolution 
Pakistan Army's Crisis of Survival 
Malabar 2007: Maritime Overkill 
India�s Maritime Muscle: Expanding Ambitions  
SCO: NATO of the East 
India's Legislators: The War Within 
India's 'Look Myanmar' Policy  
Understanding the Al Qaeda's New Fronts 
India's Policing Woes 
Bangladesh: Splitting Parties, Restructuring Politics
Afghanistan: Winning Battles, Losing the War? 
South Asia in Conflict 
Bangladesh : Contours of Minus Two Politics 
Agni III - Make Haste Slowly  
Pakistan's Counter Militancy Strategy in FATA 
Nepal - First Round Over Many More to Go 
Roots of India's New Revolutions  
China's Defence Budget: A Critique 
India's Defence Budget : In China's Shadow? 
Nepal: Restructuring a Revolution 
(E)Merging Global Multi-Polar Order 
Wither India's Naxalites?  
Wither Bangladesh: Hope Amidst Political Wilderness? 
Kashmir: Beginning a New Phase of Peace Building
Calling ULFA's Bluff 
Somalia - No Black Hawk Down in 2006 
Pakistan's Dilemma of Strategic Identity  
Delhi's Two Children, Two Freedoms  
Making the Joint Terrorism Mechanism Work 
Indian Arms Deals - Transparency Please!
India-Pakistan "Bhai-Bhai"  
Terror Tests India's Secular Fabric  
Manmohan's Win-Win Argument