- 25 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityGeneral's desk
Reviewing Iran’s Presidential Election and Its Geopolitical Effect
Reviewing Iran’s Presidential Election and Its Geopolitical Effect Ever since 1979, when the Iranian Revolution hit the streets in Tehran and there emerged in Iran a regime unfriendly to the…
Himalayan Blunder 2020: This Time It’s China
Himalayan Blunder 2020: This Time It’s China One year after a course of related strategic events is perhaps just the right time to take stock and analyze those aspects of…
Pandemics and Their Effect
Pandemics and Their Effect 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…
The Pakistan TLP Phenomena
The Pakistan TLP Phenomena Pakistan always presents such profound options to the weekly columnist. Yet, the last two weeks have actually been beyond all expectations. From turning down trade with…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
Anti-Naxal Operations: Putting Heads Together
Anti-Naxal Operations - Putting Heads Together I am commencing this on a frank note. Failure in security related operations or intelligence, which involves out of proportion casualties, is never taken…
The Implications of Invisible Warfare: Hugely Enabled by Emerging Technologies
Speaking as a guest lecturer to a large group of serving army officers just recently I went to some extent to explain the various events and milestones of the past…
Ceasefire and India-Pakistan Relations: Overcome the Past to Give Substance to the Future
With the strategic community’s focus and attention towards the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in recent months, little attention was paid towards the potential for change at the western border…
Disengage, De-Escalate but Prepare for the Next
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…
Dousing the Embers : Thoughts on India’s Future Internal Security Challenges
At the outset let me admit that neither the title nor the theme of this essay is an original. I have borrowed it from the doyen of Indian military institutions,…
The Ladakh Deployment: Soldiers Against Winter’s Fury
The Army Chief, General Manoj Naravane in his Army Day press interaction confirmed that the Indian Army is prepared to remain deployed in additional strength in Ladakh due to the…
The Indian People Deserve to Know More about the Victory in Indo-Pak War 1971
Six years ago, was the 50th anniversary of the Indo-Pak Conflict 1965. Even as a second-generation officer and having served 40 years in the Indian Army, I thought I did not…
