Raspal Khosa is an independent defence and strategic policy analyst with a longstanding interest in South Asia. He consults to Australian Government agencies and the Australian Defence Force with respect to strategy, operations and conflict analysis. His recent work focused heavily on ADF operations in the Middle East Region and Afghanistan. He visited Afghanistan as an opinion leader on five occasions with the ADF, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Headquarters, and as a guest of the United States Armed Forces.
Raspal was previously employed as a Research Fellow with the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), where he managed the Institute’s Outreach Program. His role at ASPI included research and analysis, policy advice and media comment on the Afghanistan conflict and South Asian security. His publications on the Afghanistan insurgency were read at the highest levels of government. He lectured on the counter-insurgency campaign in Afghanistan at the Australian War College, Canberra. Australia’s major international allies, private sector corporations and local and global news media frequently sought his analysis of this complex intervention.
Whilst at ASPI, Raspal participated in three successive rounds of the Australia–India Security Roundtable. This 1.5 track strategic dialogue was supported by the Australia–India Council, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. It provided a platform to exchange views on a range of regional and global issues of common concern to Australia and India, and to identify areas with a potential to enhance the bilateral security relationship.
Raspal has also conducted post-graduate research into the Kashmir Insurgency with the University of New South Wales, which afforded him an appreciation of the history, politics, culture and strategic posture of key South Asian states. During this period, he cultivated an extensive range of contacts within the South Asia security studies community on the Indian Sub-continent, and in Europe and North America.
Raspal holds a Master of Arts (Strategic Studies) from the Australian National University and an Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in History from the University of Adelaide.
