Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain is a former Commander of India’s Kashmir Corps and Chancellor of the Central University of Kashmir.

PoJK On The Boil: Why India Must Replace Populism With Strategy

Geopolitics

Islamabad underestimates how chronic misgovernance corrodes legitimacy. By treating civic protests as security nuisances, and by maintaining an ethnic superiority complex, the Army is creating conditions for prolonged instability.

October 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM IST

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Ceasefire Dreams, Strategic Reality: Peace In Gaza Is Still A Pipedream

Geopolitics

India’s foreign policy hallmark in West Asia has been balance — principled on Palestinian rights, pragmatic with Israel, and cooperative with the US and Gulf. That maturity must continue.

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

October 1, 2025 at 3:37 AM IST

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Ladakh’s Aspirations and the Path Ahead

Ladakh needs patience, aspirational understanding, and empathetic ‘hearts and minds’ outreach to chart the right path toward resolution.

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

September 27, 2025 at 8:36 AM IST

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Saudi Insecurity, Pakistan’s Rebound: Reviewing Persian Gulf Security

If Riyadh’s fears over external threats and about US reliability are widely shared, Gulf monarchies outside of Saudi may begin to seek similar arrangements.

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

September 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM IST

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A New Middle Eastern Canvas for All Indian Diplomacy

Diplomacy in the Middle East has always been a delicate dance. Today, it resembles a freshly-painted canvas: vibrant, but with strokes that can blur if handled clumsily.

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

September 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM IST

PIB

The Shifting Landscape of Global Terror

9/11 Anniversary

Two decades and more after 9/11, trans-national terrorism has declined in intensity but not in relevance. From Kashmir to Gaza, the definition remains elusive, and the threat ever-evolving

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

September 11, 2025 at 6:17 AM IST

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Israel’s Doha Strike: Hard Power, Safe Havens, And the Future of Warfare

The norms that once restrained states from striking outside their immediate battlefields are dissolving.

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

September 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM IST

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India at the SCO: Strategic Autonomy in a Multipolar Moment

Can India convert the SCO into a stage for quiet diplomacy without being cornered into alignment?

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

September 1, 2025 at 5:06 AM IST

PMO

Between Washington And Beijing: India’s Search For Strategic Space

As Washington recalibrates and Beijing signals a thaw, India must weigh economic openings with China while navigating the shifting US–Russia dynamic

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

August 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM IST

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Rethinking Development Resilience in the Himalayan Arc

There is an urgent need for resilient, sustainable development in the Himalayas—balancing security, ecology, and livelihoods through innovation, monitoring, and civil–military cooperation.

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

August 13, 2025 at 4:28 AM IST

ISRO

Indo-US Relations and the Tariff War: Strategic Drift or Calculated Brinkmanship?

As global alignments shift and economic coercion replaces diplomacy, India faces a turbulent phase in its ties with the US

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

August 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM IST

White House

A False Calm: Middle East In The Eye Of The Storm

Middle East is not a region where historical grievances quietly fade. Rather, it is a region where pain is generational and revenge is both cultural currency and political instrument.

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

July 29, 2025 at 7:08 AM IST

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Pakistan’s Self Perception: An Insight Into Its Post Operation Sindoor Mindset

In Pakistan's self-perception what does it think it achieved with the Pahalgam carnage, the 88-hour standoff with India, and the entire build up, escalation and de-escalation that occurred during Operation Sindoor. That, could dictate what it could do next.

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

July 15, 2025 at 2:02 AM IST

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Proxy Warfare Loses Its Edge Against Sustained State Countermeasures

Iran’s and Pakistan’s reliance on proxy warfare is under strain as sustained, multi-domain responses expose its declining strategic value.

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

June 30, 2025 at 8:16 AM IST

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Unpredictability Rules As Israel Tries To Break Iran

Israel may have the firepower, Iran the will, but the deeper risk is that this war could spiral into a global crisis with no winners.

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

June 20, 2025 at 3:58 AM IST

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Bombs And Drones Leave The Middle East In Flux

Israel's strikes on Iran mark a risky new phase in shadow warfare, testing deterrence, red lines, and the fragile balance in the Middle East.

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

June 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM IST

The Bureau

Too Much Paper, Too Little Appetite: State Bond Strains Persist

Markets Cautious Despite Hopes of Trump–Xi Meeting

India’s September Retail Inflation Lowest Since 2017; Core Rises to 4.5%

Gold ETFs Log Record Inflows in September; Equity Fund Inflows Ease for Second Month

Steel Industry Gets Temporary Relief on BIS Rule; GTRI Urges Full Rollback

As Bihar Turns Into a Battleground, Swing Voters Could Rewrite the Map

India’s Biggest Investor Base Is Still on the Sidelines

Will India's Ban on Online Money Games Work? Or Will It Meet the Same Fate as Liquor Prohibition?

Jallikattu: Tamil Nadu’s Ancient Bull-Taming Tradition