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Syed Ata Hasnain, a retired lieutenant-general, is a former commander of the Srinagar-based 15 Corps. He is also associated with the Vivekananda International Foundation and the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies.
    Indian Armys tanks during the 75th Republic Day parade, at the Kartavya Path in New Delhi, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. (PTI Photo/Atul Yadav)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | India's Jaffna playbook: Tips for Israel, Russia?

    Reflections on ethical warfare amid Ukraine and Gaza conflicts

    30 May 2024 6:35 PM

    A woman walks past a banner depicting launching missiles bearing the emblem of the Islamic Republic of Iran in central Tehran. (Image: AFP)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | As tensions rise, limits to escalation in Middle...

    The Middle East conflict is complex, with Iran and Israel adopting strategies to neutralize each other

    17 April 2024 6:30 PM

    With the PDM 2.0 government now embedded in Pakistan and Imran Khans vitriolic outbursts against India behind us, can we now expect any improvements in India-Pakistan relations? (Image:DC)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | What India should Expect from Shehbaz Sharif...

    First, an anti-India stance is perceived to create nationalist fervour, although it is hardly ever an electoral issue.

    11 March 2024 3:20 PM

    Police fired tear gas to disperse supporters of jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan on February 11 after his party urged protests outside election offices where they said rigging had taken place in last weeks national vote. (Photo by Abdul MAJEED / AFP)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | An unlikely spring in Pak: Will Army finally...

    To comprehend the situation, one needs to be aware of the factors which impinge here and finally decide which way...

    12 Feb 2024 7:09 PM

    Army soldiers pay their last respects to four Army personnel killed in a recent militant attack during a wreath laying ceremony, in Rajouri, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | The Rajouri encounter: It's about Pakistan's...

    The security forces take much more risk to achieve while the terrorists minimise their own risk to survive and thus...

    25 Dec 2023 5:24 PM

    Fire and smoke rises from buildings following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. AP/PTIOpinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | Israel-Hamas war: Does expansion loom large?

    The world cannot afford any more bloodletting of such proportions

    6 Nov 2023 6:41 PM

    Palestinian health officials reported hundreds of deaths from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. (AP/PTI)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | Israel-Hamas war might be transformative for...

    Hamas has employed almost 5,000 of these rockets and missiles without much interception by Israel's famed Iron Dome

    11 Oct 2023 6:58 PM

    Several houses are damaged as the flood water makes its way in the aftermath of the Cyclone Biparjoy, in Kutch district. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | Reducing risk of disasters: Taking it to India's...

    Despite the modernisation of DM which the government is following ardently, it is non-compliance of laws & norms that...

    31 Aug 2023 6:35 PM

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi being seen off by Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as he concludes his visit to UAE, in Abu Dhabi, Saturday, July 15, 2023. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | West Asia gaining strategic significance for New...

    India is a major stakeholder in West Asia through its diaspora, remittances and growing economic relations, besides the...

    17 July 2023 6:40 PM

    An independent human rights watchdog in France found that young men perceived to be Black or Arab were 20 times more likely to be stopped by the police than their peers. (Image: PTI)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | Europe at a crossroads: Why France is burning

    Continued immigration has led to France having over four million immigrants in a population of 67 million

    4 July 2023 6:30 PM

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy examines the site of a recent battle in Bucha close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | Kyiv counter-offensive: A possible last stand?

    A counter-offensive always aims deep and is designed to unhinge the adversary's defenses

    13 Jun 2023 6:35 PM

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and others pose for photographs during Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. (PTI)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | Strategic stock-taking will mark SCO FMs' Goa meet

    The visit of Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is being treated with a hot and cold attitude by the...

    3 May 2023 6:35 PM

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