Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

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.

Pakistan’s 27th Amendment: Constitutionalising the Deep State

Geopolitics

The future of deterrence and crisis escalation is shifting as Pakistan’s 27th Amendment cements the army’s dominance, tightening nuclear control and altering the risks India must navigate.

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

November 26, 2025 at 6:44 AM IST

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Turkey and India: A Relationship Drifting into the Crosswinds

Geopolitics

Is Ankara’s current posture towards New Delhi driven by ideological projection or geopolitical calculation—or both?

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

November 18, 2025 at 6:18 AM IST

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The Educated Radical: How India’s Urban Terror Ecosystem is Evolving

Educated professionals entering the terror matrix mark a chilling new phase, where respectability becomes cover and urban India the chosen battlefield.

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November 13, 2025 at 7:40 AM IST

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Signals From the City

Geopolitics

Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York marks more than a political upset—it hints at a generational shift in leadership, strategy, and civic values.

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November 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM IST

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‘We Shall Overcome’: How the Women’s World Cup Triumph Mirrors India’s Spirit of Belief and Resilience

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Every great comeback begins with belief. The Women’s World Cup victory, Jemimah Rodrigues’ rebirth, and Major DP Singh’s journey from war injury to glory reveal a truth India has always known — we rise because we rise together.

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November 1, 2025 at 5:45 AM IST

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Ukraine and Russia: Is There Still a Road to Peace?

Geopolitics

With Gaza calming and Europe tiring, the world’s attention may turn again to Ukraine, where fatigue, not force, could open a window for peace.

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

October 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM IST

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The Invisible Frontline: Cyber Wars And India’s Digital Destiny

Geopolitics

With cyberattacks now striking our financial, military, and governance networks at record levels, the new frontier of national security is no longer just on land, sea, or air—it’s as much in cyberspace.

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

October 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM IST

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Afghanistan Standoff: The Shifting Sands Of Pakistan’s Strategic Depth

Geopolitics

Pakistan’s long-cherished notion of strategic depth in Afghanistan has collapsed. India, through quiet resilience and measured engagement with the Taliban, has reclaimed moral and strategic space. 

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October 16, 2025 at 7:18 AM IST

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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September 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM IST

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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.  

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August 13, 2025 at 4:28 AM IST

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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

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August 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM IST

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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.

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July 29, 2025 at 7:08 AM IST

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