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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.
    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

    12 Oct 2023 12:28 AM IST

    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...

    1 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

    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...

    18 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

    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

    5 July 2023 12:00 AM IST

    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

    14 Jun 2023 12:05 AM IST

    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...

    4 May 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Chinese President Xi Jinping waves at an event to introduce new members of the Politburo Standing Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | Global shift? China is on a geopolitical overdrive

    What is for India in all this renewed Chinese geopolitical vigour.

    1 April 2023 12:11 AM IST

    Ukrainian soldiersrest near their position in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | 1 yr of Ukraine war: No victor, no vanquished

    Options are being discussed but except for a determination to continue the war, not much appears emerging.

    24 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

    Pakistans former President Gen. Pervez Musharrafs popularity dropped and the attack by the security forces on Lal Masjid conservative seminary in Islamabad in July 2007 further increased his unpopularity. (File Photo: AP)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | How Siachen obsession got better of Musharraf

    The Siachen phenomenon is hardly known to the public in Indian

    13 Feb 2023 2:15 AM IST

    Captain Shiva Chouhan. (Photo: Twitter)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | Women officers in Army: From PCs to combat role

    It is good to see gender sensitivity take a higher platform in India

    26 Jan 2023 12:05 AM IST

    The suspense over Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwas extension or the appointment of a new chief was finally broken with the appointment of Lt. Gen. Asim Munir. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | Will Gen. Munir rock the boat, or keep Pak stable?

    It can be expected that Gen. Munir will attempt to establish his own coterie of loyalists who may not be in line with...

    29 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

    Chinese President Xi Jinping waves at an event to introduce new members of the Politburo Standing Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | After CPC congress, will Xi be rigid or flexible at...

    China has shown some flexibility and dynamism in its policy in dealing with India

    26 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

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