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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.
    Syed Ata Hasnain | As tensions rise, limits to escalation in Middle EastColumnists
    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

    18 April 2024 12:11 AM IST

    Syed Ata Hasnain | An Unlikely Spring in Pak: Will Army Finally Prevail?Columnists
    Syed Ata Hasnain | An Unlikely Spring in Pak: Will Army Finally...

    Nations are known to throw up unclear verdicts in elections leading to hung legislatures and the cobbling of coalitions....

    13 Feb 2024 12:02 AM IST

    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...

    It’s hardly a riddle or a quiz why encounters with terrorists continue in the Rajouri-Poonch sector of Jammu and...

    25 Dec 2023 10:56 PM IST

    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?

    One of the prime differences between the Arab-Israeli wars of 1956, 1967 and 1973, and the current standoff between...

    7 Nov 2023 12:12 AM IST

    Syed Ata Hasnain | Israel-Hamas war might be transformative for MideastOpinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | Israel-Hamas war might be transformative for...

    A war of such intensity, the employment of unbridled violence and the sheer brutality of the ongoing war between the...

    12 Oct 2023 12:30 AM IST

    Syed Ata Hasnain | Reducing risk of disasters: Taking it to Indias publicOpinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | Reducing risk of disasters: Taking it to India's...

    There are some good things happening in India and some bad things too; in the context of the famous quip by Charles...

    1 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Syed Ata Hasnain | West Asia gaining strategic significance for New DelhiOpinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | West Asia gaining strategic significance for New...

    It’s after fairly a long time that I attended a half-day seminar on West Asia, a region till recently in the focus...

    18 July 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Syed Ata Hasnain | Europe at a crossroads: Why France is burningOpinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | Europe at a crossroads: Why France is burning

    Many are wondering just what has gone wrong with French society. An advanced country, one of the leading Western powers...

    5 July 2023 12:00 AM IST

    Syed Ata Hasnain | Kyiv counter-offensive: A possible last stand?Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | Kyiv counter-offensive: A possible last stand?

    I usually get the maximum public response whenever I address issues of a pure military nature related to the ongoing war...

    14 Jun 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Syed Ata Hasnain | Strategic stock-taking will mark SCO FMs Goa meetOpinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | Strategic stock-taking will mark SCO FMs' Goa meet

    The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is an inter-governmental organisation established in 2001. Its members...

    4 May 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Syed Ata Hasnain | Global shift? China is on a geopolitical overdriveOpinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | Global shift? China is on a geopolitical overdrive

    With the Russia-Ukraine war going past its one-year mark and showing little sign of abating anytime soon, the world is...

    1 April 2023 12:52 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…

    The war in Ukraine began unexpectedly on February 24, 2022, and took most of the world by surprise. Many analysts felt...

    24 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

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