- 23 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityHamas
YAHYA SINWAR’S DEATH AND THE FUTURE OF THE WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST
The war initiated by the October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas on Israel could theoretically end tomorrow once the means to fight run out and so also the will. Unlike…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
THE MIDDLE EAST : IS IT HEADING TOWARDS ANOTHER CATASTROPHIC WAR ?
With public attention focused on Prime Minister Modi’s visits to Poland, Ukraine and the US, only the peripheral events of the Middle East were finding their ways into the headlines.…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
Decoding Israel’s Gaza Strategy
Eight months after Hamas stormed across the ‘impregnable’ Israeli border defences, unleashed terror and mayhem, and took away 120 hostages, Israel’s response rages on. The attacking IDF has reduced several…
By Maj Gen Neeraj Bali, SM (Retd)
AUSTIN’S VISIT TO ISRAEL : ADVICE ON TRANSFORMING THE WAR IS SANE AND SAGE LIKE
When a man as experienced as Lloyd Austin talks about war and its strategic linkages the world needs to perk up and take note. Austin is not a political US…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
THE CEASEFIRE IN GAZA : WHO IS LIKELY TO BENEFIT?
Customarily, ceasefire in intense conventional operations is rare. The party undertaking the offensive could hardly be keen to cause a break in the tempo of operations, where the time in…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
J&K’S TACTICAL BATTLES: MISNOMERS AND NUANCES IN THE CURRENT TIMES PART 2 CAN THE HAMAS MODEL BE REPLICATED FOR CONFLICT RENEWAL
This is an article in continuation of the author’s Part 1 published in Chanakya Forum on 22 Sep 2023 A bold decision on 5th August 2019 removed J&K from the…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
Hamas is Holy in Kerala?
Recently, well known diplomat turned politician Dr Shashi Tharoor learnt the hard way that Hamas is ‘holy’ in Kerala. On October 26, in a rally organised by Indian Union Muslim…
By Colonel S Dinny (Retd)
USE OF AIR POWER IN GAZA
On October 7, 2023, the Islamic Resistance Movement (better known by its Arabic-derived acronym, Hamas) launched a multifaceted surprise attack on Israel that has killed more than 1000 Israelis and injured at least 2,500…
By Air Cmde SP Singh (Retd)
ISRAEL PALESTINIAN WAR : ANOTHER CONFLICT ZONE IN FLAMES
My first ever geopolitical study in life was in Jun 1967, at the beginning of the Six Day War. I requested my history teacher to explain to us all what…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
Australia intends to list Hamas as terrorist organisation
SYDNEY (Reuters) -The Australian government intends to list the entirety of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas as a terrorist organisation under the country's criminal code, Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews said…
U.S., Palestinian officials hold first economic dialogue in five years -State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and Palestinian officials met virtually on Tuesday to renew the U.S.-Palestinian Economic Dialogue, the first such meeting in five years, the U.S. State Department said.State They…
Hamas official says Qatar enables fuel-to-cash scheme for Gaza civil servants
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - A Hamas official said on Monday that Qatar will start sending Gaza up to $10 million worth of Egyptian fuel a month under a…
