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India’s BRICS Balancing Act: Between Development, Diplomacy and Discord

By: Amisha Mohan The 18th BRICS Summit to be hosted by India in New Delhi on September 12-13 serves as a litmus test for contemporary...

The Mecca Pact and the Path Forward: A New Security Architecture in West Asia and Its Implications 

By : Dr. Gayathri Pramod Panamoottil The signing of the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement by Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye on 7 August 2026 represents...

How Iran prepared for the Two-Front War with USA & Israel?  

By :  Pratyush Raj, Research Analyst, GSDN For years, Iran has lived with the possibility of a direct confrontation with Israel and the United States....

China’s Air Operations in the Taiwan Strait: Understanding the Logic of Escalation Control 

By : Soumya Dutta, Research Analyst, GSDN On July 20-21, 2026, a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) helicopter and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) crossed into...

Why China’s progress in Military AI should worry India 

By : Dhritiman Banerjee, Research Analyst, GSDN Introduction  Technology has rapidly transformed the conduct of war since time immemorial. An example of the use of emerging...

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Between Blood Alliance and Strategic Liability: Reassessing the China–North Korea Equation in a Shifting Global Order

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction The relationship between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is often...

Geography vs. Geopolitics: Can Pakistan Bridge Central Asia’s Connectivity Divide?

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction The geopolitics of connectivity has re-emerged as the defining axis of Eurasian power competition. As supply chains fragment, sanctions...

China’s Submarine Push into the Indian Ocean and the Shifting Geometry of Power

By: Anusreeta Dutta There is usually no fanfare when the most important changes in geopolitics happen. They happen in silence, with slow deployments, logistical arrangements,...

Are India-Russia Relations as Strong as Before?

By: Prachi Kushwah, Research Analyst, GSDN India and Russia go way back. Their partnership really took off in the middle of the last century—especially during...

Why Balochistan Is Boiling Pakistan? 

By: Sonalika Singh, Consulting Editor, GSDN Balochistan, the largest yet least developed province of Pakistan, has once again emerged as the epicentre of violent unrest and political instability, raising...

Geostrategic Synchronisation in the Indo-Pacific: An Analysis of the QUAD’s Strategic Architecture

By: Prof. (Dr.) ML Meena and Ravi D. Bishnoi In recent years, geopolitical analysts have frequently framed the Indo-Pacific as a compelling geopolitical imagination shaping...

India’s Space Doctrine Recast: Power, Parity, and Strategic Autonomy

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN IntroductionIndia’s space journey began not as a quest for prestige or power projection, but as an instrument of national...

Is AUKUS a Potent Alliance Anymore? 

By: Sonalika Singh, Consulting Editor, GSDN The Australia–United Kingdom–United States (AUKUS) security partnership, announced in September 2021, was presented as a transformative strategic alignment designed...

Will Pakistan help Bangladesh go Nuclear?

By: Aasi Ansari, Research Analyst, GSDN The possibility of Pakistan assisting Bangladesh in acquiring nuclear capabilities is one of the most provocative questions in South...

From Act East to Strategic Embedment: Institutionalising India’s Defence Diplomacy in Southeast Asia

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction The Indo-Pacific today stands at the centre of intensifying geopolitical rivalry, maritime contestation, and strategic recalibration. Southeast Asia, situated...

The Algorithmic Battlefield: AI, Asymmetric Warfare, and the Future of State Security

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the character of conflict in the twenty-first century, reshaping how violence is conceived,...

India’s G20 Presidency: Advancing Inclusivity, Reform, and Global South Leadership

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction In an era marked by geopolitical fragmentation, economic uncertainty, and climate distress, multilateral institutions face an urgent legitimacy crisis....

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