AboutArticles by DC Pathak

Security is not static nor a ‘one-time event’

29 Oct 2019

There is no halfway deal in Security. Management of security works on the principle of completeness. You cannot feel satisfied if your house is half secure or if only a...

In pursuit of an amicable ‘balance of power’ formula

15 Oct 2019

The most important takeaway from the informal summit between Prime Minister Modi and President Xi Jinping at Mamallapuram, formerly Mahabalipuram — the second since Wuhan that happened in April...

The fine line between citizen welfare and criminal justice

14 Oct 2019

A democratic regime runs on two important premises — first, that the predominant majority of citizens were law abiding people and the enforcement agencies could use this to their...

Strengthening a partnership to combat global threats

30 Sep 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has once again proved that on matters of national and strategic import there is no stopping him till the goals set by him would be...

Diplomacy faces a stiff test in Afghanistan

21 Sep 2019

The year long efforts of Zalmay Khalilzad, US representative, holding talks with Taliban to hammer out some sort of ‘Peace Accord’ between the two — primarily to facilitate withdrawal of...

This is the message India needs to send on Kashmir

09 Sep 2019

A month down the line since the state of Jammu and Kashmir, excluding Ladakh, was turned into a Union Territory for the purpose of administering it better and put...

Strengthening of India’s spy agencies is urgently needed

26 Aug 2019

It is a matter of deep satisfaction for the people of India that our Intelligence agencies moulded in a non-political work ethos and practising the dictum of ‘working with...

Valiant attempt at restoring a pro-people approach in Kashmir

22 Jul 2019

It is not surprising at all that the maiden trip of India’s new Home Minister Amit Shah to Srinagar — during which he emphasised the need for carrying development...

India’s astute foreign policy pays rich dividends

10 Jul 2019

With India, the largest democracy of the world, rapidly rising to its potential as a global player during the Modi regime, its natural placement in the international arena is...

Modi 2.0 reign mired in a crisis of accountability

01 Jul 2019

The rise of Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister in 2014 was chiefly attributable to the confidence he inspired among the people on two counts — his personal integrity...

DC Pathak

The writer is a former director of the Intelligence Bureau in India.

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