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The Mess that is Afghanistan
- August 19, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Categories: India, Military
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I chose this title to keep the scope of this essay open ended because the current situation in Afghanistan is too tenuous at present to get any clear cut answers. What we should be getting to look at is the trends and what we make of them.
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Afghanistan: How Instability There Impacts The World?
- July 26, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Category: India
Everybody is talking and discussing Afghanistan because of the uncertainty prevailing after a 20-year US and NATO presence.
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The Drone Threat : A Progressive Fit Into The Sub-Conventional Threat Matrix
- July 13, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Category: India
Sub-Conventional operations which form such an essential part of Hybrid War are never static by nature. Terrorists and insurgents find equipment and methodologies which transform the very nature of conflict.
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Reviewing Iran’s Presidential Election and Its Geopolitical Effect
- June 24, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Categories: Middle East, West Asia
Ever since 1979, when the Iranian Revolution hit the streets in Tehran and there emerged in Iran a regime unfriendly to the West and that is hell bent on creating a new niche in the geopolitical environment of the Middle East, we have had an unrelenting power game centred on Iran’s ambitions.
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Dealing with the trauma of COVID
- May 12, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Category: India
Death in a hospital, on an ICU bed and under effective medical care brings a level of mental satisfaction to family members, of having done their best to save a life.
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The Pakistan TLP Phenomena
- May 12, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Category: Pakistan
Pakistan always presents such profound options to the weekly columnist. Yet, the last two weeks have actually been beyond all expectations.
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Pandemics and Their Effect
- May 12, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Category: India
Except for a brief period in 1998 when I was researching for a dissertation on ‘Non Military Threats’, I never ever focused on pandemics as a source of existential security threat to a nation.
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Fleshing out the LoC ceasefire
- March 25, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Categories: Pakistan, Strategic Affairs
What can be done to ensure that the ceasefire agreement with Pakistan works without hiccups and progressively ushers in a peace process?
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Peace in the subcontinent: Is Pakistan serious?
- March 25, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Categories: Pakistan, Strategic Affairs
The last four attempts at rapprochement were derailed due to actions initiated from Pak. What has changed in Islamabad that we can foresee a different course ahead?
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Disengage, De-Escalate but Prepare for the Next
- February 24, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Category: Strategic Affairs
Disengagement between the Indian Army and the PLA in Ladakh was expected but it came earlier than what may have been anticipated. After nine rounds of military led talks and commencement of an immediate pull back of heavier elements a resolution of issues between the two countries still remains unlikely;
