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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 | Will Nasrallah’s killing shift Middle East war dynamics?Columnists
    Syed Ata Hasnain | Will Nasrallah’s killing shift Middle East war...

    The notion -- the “King is dead, long live the King” -- may apply to monarchies and their continuity. But in...

    3 Oct 2024 12:12 AM IST

    Syed Ata Hasnain | Understanding nuances of elections in KashmirColumnists
    Syed Ata Hasnain | Understanding nuances of elections in Kashmir

    In 1996 the Government of India decided to conduct the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir after a gap of...

    4 Sept 2024 12:12 AM IST

    Syed Ata Hasnain | Managing disasters: Why rapid awareness is vitalColumnists
    Syed Ata Hasnain | Managing disasters: Why rapid awareness is vital

    When a nation has legitimate aspirations such as the goal of becoming a $5 trillion economy in the very near...

    16 Aug 2024 12:40 AM IST

    Security personnel patrol ahead of the annual Amarnath Yatra, near Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu, Wednesday, June 26, 2024.(PTI Photo)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | How to stabilise, secure J&K for Assembly polls

    As J&K prepares for Assembly elections, ensuring security and stability in a region with a complex history of conflict...

    27 Jun 2024 12:35 AM IST

    Indian Armys tanks during the 75th Republic Day parade, at the Kartavya Path in New Delhi, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. (PTI Photo/Atul Yadav)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | India's Jaffna playbook: Tips for Israel, Russia?

    Reflections on ethical warfare amid Ukraine and Gaza conflicts

    31 May 2024 12:05 AM IST

    A woman walks past a banner depicting launching missiles bearing the emblem of the Islamic Republic of Iran in central Tehran. (Image: AFP)Opinion
    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 12:00 AM IST

    With the PDM 2.0 government now embedded in Pakistan and Imran Khans vitriolic outbursts against India behind us, can we now expect any improvements in India-Pakistan relations? (Image:DC)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | What India should Expect from Shehbaz Sharif...

    First, an anti-India stance is perceived to create nationalist fervour, although it is hardly ever an electoral issue.

    11 March 2024 8:50 PM IST

    Police fired tear gas to disperse supporters of jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan on February 11 after his party urged protests outside election offices where they said rigging had taken place in last weeks national vote. (Photo by Abdul MAJEED / AFP)Opinion
    Syed Ata Hasnain | An unlikely spring in Pak: Will Army finally...

    To comprehend the situation, one needs to be aware of the factors which impinge here and finally decide which way...

    13 Feb 2024 12:39 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...

    The security forces take much more risk to achieve while the terrorists minimise their own risk to survive and thus...

    25 Dec 2023 10:54 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?

    The world cannot afford any more bloodletting of such proportions

    7 Nov 2023 12:11 AM IST

    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

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