General's desk
The Yangtse Standoff : With or Against the Run of Play
One of the highlights of the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Qatar are some of the results against the run of play. A perfectly balanced game suddenly goes in favour…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
A New Pakistan Army Chief : The World and India Remain Wary
Apprehension about a change in command of the Pakistan Army has been rife for fairly long. Although everything about Pakistan remains unpredictable, the announcement of the appointment of Lt Gen Asim…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
How the Practice of Illegal Terror Financial Networks Functions in a Proxy War Zone?
Three fascinating events relating to counter terrorism took place in quick succession over the last eight weeks. First was the meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) which took…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
Are Paradigms of Indo-US Relations Changing?
Little did the world expect that the war in Ukraine would become such a spoiler of global geopolitics that many emerging and well-established international relationships would get challenged. The conflict’s…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
A Reminder for India : 13 October was International Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Day
CHANAKYA FORUM IS COMMITTED TO EXECUTE REQUISITE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR REDUCTION OF DISASTER RISK AND ENHANCEMENT OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT CULTURE, FOR THE SAKE OF HUMANITY. Headlines in the media inform us…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
The Ukraine War: From Here to Where?
The dynamics of war will always remain unpredictable. In February 2022 the reputed Russian war machine was expected to flatten all resistance of the Ukrainians in a matter of days.…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
The Pelosi Visit to Taiwan: Why All the Tension?
It happened all of a sudden. A visit to Taiwan by US Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi was known to be on the cards around this time.…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
Staking Out and Striking Ayman al Zawahiri
It took ten years to take out Osama bin Laden (OBL) after chasing him through the mountains of Afghanistan. He was ultimately cornered in Abbottabad 800 meters from the gates…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
NATO’s Madrid Summit and the Potential Expansion to Include Finland and Sweden
With war in Eastern Europe, and one involving Russia, could a NATO summit be far behind. Ever since 1991 when the Soviet Union finally broke up and NATO rejoiced in…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
India’s Strategic Communication – Need for a Policy and Capability Development
In the last ten years or so, the number of times I have spoken on the need for a policy on strategic communication along with a coordinated capability for India,…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
The Significance of India’s Continued Presence at G7 Summits
In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and the economic havoc it has wreaked on the world, everyone's concern is about stability, to return to a situation of normalcy and…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
Indo-Pacific: The Quad Summit Returns Focus to the World’s Biggest Potential War Theatre
How much the world is nearing a catastrophic confrontation and how intimidated China feels about the response to its coercive aggression in the Indo Pacific, was made evident by the…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
