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Review of Siachen policy needs to keep Sino-Pak threat in perspective
- January 27, 2022
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Categories: Pakistan, Siachen
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General Naravane indicated that India is not averse to the demilitarisation of the Siachen Glacier
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The sensitivities of India’s internal security in 2022
- January 17, 2022
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Category: India
With networks far easier to establish and communications faster and more reliable, instability spreads many times quicker
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AFSPA debate: What could be a possible solution?
- January 12, 2022
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Category: India
We need to restore confidence on both sides and ensure an atmosphere of reasonable operational freedom without harming people, whom the military also treats as its centre of gravity.
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In the New Year China Initiates Its Well-known Strategies
- January 12, 2022
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Category: China
2022 began with a couple of events occurring at the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
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Regional Meeting of NSAs, A Timely Initiative
- November 11, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Category: India
One of the prime reasons for the timely initiative on Afghanistan taken by India’s National Security Advisor (NSA) is the serious effort by both Pakistan and China to deny an Indian role in Afghanistan, post the US withdrawal.
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Drone Attack on Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa Al Khadimi Will Complicate Iraq’s Complex Politics
- November 11, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Category: Iraq
For fairly long the attention of the world has been focused on Afghanistan and the various shenanigans related to the Taliban 2.0. A presumption seemed to prevail that all was quiet in the Middle East.
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Amit Shah’s J&K Visit Seems Appropriate but Can He Reassure the People?
- October 25, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Category: Jammu & Kashmir
Home Minister Amit Shah is on a three-day visit to J&K – a long time for the HM to spare for any state or UT.
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Are India’s borders under renewed threat?
- October 19, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Category: India
Our emerging commitment to the Indo-US strategic partnership provides insufficient support for our dilemma in dealing with both China and Pakistan at the land borders
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The Afghanistan Kaleidoscope
- September 4, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Category: India
As Afghanistan becomes more complex one is tempted to recall events in memory which caused similar confusion.
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The Mess that is Afghanistan
- August 19, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Categories: India, Military
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.
