- 27 July, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityPakistan
TEN POINTS FOR SECURING J&K IN THE RUN UP TO THE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS
Much has been analysed and written on why the recent near coordinated terror attacks in the Jammu region were executed with Pakistan sponsorship. The broad understanding reflects that they were…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
DEATH OF IRANIAN PRESIDENT EBRAHIM RAISI: DOES IT CHANGE ANY DYNAMICS?
For many it was surprising to see the amount of interest in the Indian media on the unfortunate passing of President Raisi of Iran along with his Foreign Minister, Hossein…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
NATIONAL SECURITY WISHLIST: SOME EXAMPLES FROM CHINA
Fernand Braudel, academic and historian of the early 20th Century, is widely credited with the statement that “The geography of a region plays a significant role in shaping its history.”…
By Brigadier Sanal Kumar (Retd)
PAKISTAN- CLASHES ON WESTERN BORDER AND TERRORISM INFERNO WITHIN
Pakistan already battling grave and debilitating fiscal emergency is now getting mired in internal chaos and escalating tension on her Western border. Military-establishment has been utilising Eastern border with India…
By Lt Gen K J Singh (Retd)
INDIA’S PUSHBACK AGAINST CHINA : HOW RISK PRONE IS THIS GAMBLE? PART 2
From Part 1 Is the Indian push back that we have witnessed in the last few weeks, and serially discussed in several video discussions, sufficient in weight and content to…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
Mission Divyastra Successful: New Frontiers
On March 11, 2024, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) under “Mission Divyastra” successfully tested the Agni-V ballistic missile, which uses Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology. This is…
By Air Cmde SP Singh (Retd)
FENCING- A VIABLE SOLUTION AGAINST PEACETIME SECURITY THREATS
After announcement of fence along India-Myanmar border by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, a larger debate kicked off on viability of fence as security imperative verses inefficacy of fencing on…
By Captain RC Sharma
Terrorism in J&K: Shifting Across Pir Panjal
The formidable Pir Panjal range, the transient home of nomadic shepherds of Gujjars and Bakarwal tribes, slices Jammu and Kashmir into two distinct areas. In the first few decades of…
By Maj Gen Neeraj Bali, SM (Retd)
PAKISTAN’S ELECTIONS AND THE CHALLENGE ASIM MUNIR FACES
While all the counting and the conjectures on government formation go on, I draw the attention of my readership to the strategic fallout of the Pakistan election, and this is…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
THE INCREASING TREND OF ‘NEAR WARS’ AND THEIR IMPACT ON INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Even as full-blown wars such as the ones between Russia and Ukraine, and between Israel and Hamas, rage without decisive results, there are many situations around the world which remain…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
THE INDIAN ARMED FORCES IN MALDIVES: STORM IN A TEACUP
Nations deploy personnel from their armed forces in different neighbouring countries mostly for security and good will, that is if the politico-diplomatic relationship is cordial or something even better. Receiving…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
CHINESE GYRFALCON IN PAK SKIES
According to reports published in the media, General Zaheer Ahmed Babar, the Chief of Staff of the Pakistan Air Force, has disclosed the recent acquisition plans of the Pakistan Air…
By Air Marshal Anil Khosla (Retd)
