Tilak Devasher specializes in security issues, especially pertaining to India’s neighbourhood. He is the author of four widely acclaimed books on Pakistan: Pakistan: Courting the Abyss (Harper Collins, 2016); Pakistan: At the Helm (Harper Collins, 2018); Pakistan: The Balochistan Conundrum (Harper Collins, 2019); and The Pashtuns: A Contested History (Harper Collins, 2022). He has also edited three books for the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF): Pakistan Insights 2019; Pakistan Insights 2020; and Pakistan Insights 2021-22. Tilak retired as Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India in 2014. He is Member, National Security Advisory Board (NSAB); Consultant, VIF; Emeritus Resource Faculty at Rashtriya Raksha University; and Distinguished Fellow, United Services Institution of India. During his professional career he served in Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi and overseas. Apart from his books, he writes regularly for newspapers, magazines and think tank journals. He also appears regularly on TV talk shows. Tilak is an alumnus of Mayo College, Ajmer and St. Stephen’s College, Delhi.

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