• ISBN13: 9788126908516
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Politics and Current Affairs
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: N/A
• Publication Date: June 26, 2007
• Pages: 248
• Original Price: INR 550.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 440 grams

The year 2006 was a year of paradox of promise and tribulations for South Asia. Thus stock exchanges across the region soared (except Karachi) and India’s booming economy demonstrated a steady northward trajectory pulling with it other markets as Bangladesh and Sri Lanka which had integrated under the SAFTA. In other spheres, however, South Asian states were oscillating from crisis to crisis. Be it Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh or India, security continued to be one of the prime considerations for the people and governments in all these states. Capturing the entire security flavour of South Asia, this book is an attempt to place the national, regional and global events in perspective. The aim is not to provide instant history but to see beyond the media driven, hyphenated short-term view of happenings in the Subcontinent and portend the path ahead. Trend spotting especially of lurking dangers will hopefully provide the necessary motivation for adorning a sage path of cooperation, compromise and mutual assistance, for that is the way ahead for the multitudes in South Asia and not reliving memories of the past, feels the author.

Brig Rahul K Bhonsle (Retd) is a veteran soldier with over 32 years of operational experience in the Indian armed forces providing him the backdrop for research in security studies with focus on human security, asymmetrical challenges, conflict trend analysis and future warfare. He has published a number of books and articles in professional journals, magazines as well as national dailies. He is the editor of monthly journal South Asia Security Trends and is extensively quoted in major national and international newspapers and websites. His most recent works include, Transforming to the Information Warfare Paradigm, Asymmetrical Challenges to India’s National Security and India Security Scope 2006: The New Great Game. Rahul Bhonsle is associated with the website www.security-risks.com and Security-Risks.com, a strategic risk and knowledge management consultancy.