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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.
    The critical thing for the moment is that Mr Putin has decided to carry on the fight. He has reportedly ordered the mobilisation of 300,000 reservists. APOpinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | The Ukraine war and the prospects in the making

    By the end of August 2022 six months had elapsed without any decisive signals of victory or defeat on the battlefield in...

    25 Sept 2022 11:10 PM IST

    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 7:09 AM IST

    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

    Sri Lanka’s slow descent into an abyss is evident from the developments over the past few weeks. Let down by...

    13 July 2022 11:33 PM IST

    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 11:20 PM IST

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

    This war has seen least transparency in information

    9 Jun 2022 12:07 AM IST

    Unity never hurts a nation; that is what your Army is pursuing and truly showing the way. (Representational Image/ By Arrangement)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | Pluralism is a way of life for India’s armed...

    In the armed forces, no one looks at your faith, caste or ethnicity

    5 May 2022 12:47 AM IST

    Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. (AFP)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | The many consequences of Imran Khan’s outswinger

    An avoidable constitutional crisis has been created, which is likely to create more turbulence in Pakistan’s already...

    5 April 2022 11:30 PM IST

    A man carries shopping bags as heavy smoke from a warehouse destroyed by Russian bombardment casts shadows on the road outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 24, 2022. (AP)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | Putin’s Ukraine war goes beyond just war-fighting

    It’s not classically conventional and is veering towards combinations: hybrid, conventional and grey zone, all rolled...

    25 March 2022 12:07 AM IST

    Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | Wars need wisdom: How far is Putin likely to go?

    The mistake was made not in 2021-22 but way back in 1991, when the Soviet Union broke up

    28 Feb 2022 1:38 AM IST

    Besides the traditional internal security hotspots like Kashmir and the Northeast, we need to dwell briefly on other places where attention does not travel easily. (Photo:PTI)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | The sensitivities of India’s internal security in...

    With networks far easier to establish and communications faster and more reliable, instability spreads many times...

    14 Jan 2022 11:11 PM IST

    The abhorrence for Pakistans ways and how these will lead the whole of J&K into a bigger trap of violence and counter violence must be dwelt upon for all segments of society. Representational Image. (AFP)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | Protecting minorities in J&K amidst 1990s' fears

    Three decades later, those threats seem to be once again translating into acts

    11 Oct 2021 1:03 AM IST

    Taliban fighters patrol inside the city of Ghazni, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. The Taliban captured the provincial capital near Kabul on Thursday, the 10th the insurgents have taken over a weeklong blitz across Afghanistan as the U.S. and NATO prepare to withdraw entirely from the country after decades of war. (AP/Gulabuddin Amiri)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | If the Taliban succeeds, regional chaos to follow

    Pakistan was forced to assist in the global war on terror against the very same elements it had created

    14 Aug 2021 7:32 AM IST

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