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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.
    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.

    31 March 2023 6:41 PM

    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.

    23 Feb 2023 6:30 PM

    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

    12 Feb 2023 8:45 PM

    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

    25 Jan 2023 6:35 PM

    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...

    28 Nov 2022 6:30 PM

    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

    25 Oct 2022 6:35 PM

    File photo of Lt General Anil Chauhan (retd) who has been appointed as the new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | As a new CDS takes charge, fresh start for the...

    The appointment of Lt. Gen. Anil Chauhan as the CDS, with the rank of general, is largely being welcomed

    3 Oct 2022 7:30 PM

    Ukrainian serviceman walks past a blown Russian APC near Kutuzivka, north of Kharkiv, east Ukraine, Sunday, May 15, 2022. (AP/Mstyslav Chernov)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | The Ukraine war and the prospects in the making

    The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, which was due to meet in early September 2022, didn't appear to offer any hope...

    26 Sept 2022 4:07 AM

    US President Joe Biden (AP)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | Biden in Mideast: Why old conflicts can't be...

    The war in Ukraine has reinvigorated the importance of the Middle East and the inevitability of the US-Israel special...

    2 Aug 2022 1:39 AM

    Sri Lanka army soldiers patrol near the official residence of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa three days after it was stormed by anti government protesters in Colombo in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (AP)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | India must act with care amidst Lanka imbroglio

    A $51 billion debt, with debt servicing of $7 billion needed this year, is proving unmanageable

    13 July 2022 6:04 PM

    Indian army soldiers are seen near the site of a gunbattle between suspected militants and government security forces at Moachwah in Chadoora area of Budgam district on the outskirts of Srinagar on October 28, 2020. (AFP)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | Agnipath to transform our military, so give it a...

    Transformation always means wholescale uprooting of the old and planting of the new. Agnipath is a subset of the...

    19 Jun 2022 5:50 PM

    Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | Ukraine: Reflections on termination of conflict

    This war has seen least transparency in information

    8 Jun 2022 6:36 PM

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