Articles By Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch

Confronting the Dragon: Assertiveness Required

Confronting the Dragon: Assertiveness Required

By: Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Oct , 2011

Chinese actions over the last few years reflect an increasing assertiveness bordering on domination. While the relationship between India and China could be considered stable at the strategic...

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Maoist terror, governance failures and the keyboard terrorist

Maoist terror, governance failures and the keyboard terrorist

By: Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Aug , 2011

The growth of Left Wing Extremism in India from an obscure village in the Naxalbari Block of West Bengal in 1967 to 235 districts across its length and breadth in 2011 does not bode well for the...

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Will Pakistan Implode?

Will Pakistan Implode?

By: Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch | Issue: Vol 26.1 Jan-Mar 2011 | Date: 21 Mar , 2011

Imagine a country where every week one or two young men – mostly in their teens, blow themselves up as suicide bombers in senseless acts of violence! Where targeted killings take place almost...

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Internet poses threat to Authoritarian Regimes

Internet poses threat to Authoritarian Regimes

By: Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Jan , 2011

The Jasmine Revolt:  The story of Tunisia gives one hope that oppressive regimes can be overthrown by the power of people mobilised to fight injustice without recourse to violence or civil war....

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Facing the Dragon : is India prepared?

Facing the Dragon : is India prepared?

By: Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch | Issue: Vol 25.1 Jan-Mar 2010 | Date: 18 Oct , 2010

The contours of India’s relationship with China have been tumultuous over the last six decades. From periods of great bonhomie in the mid fifties – the ‘Hindi-Chini Bhai Bhai’ years to...

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