By : Sonalika Singh, Consulting Editor, GSDN
Iran’s strategy toward Saudi Arabia illustrates how a state with inferior conventional military capabilities can impose substantial strategic...
By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN
A cautious embrace at the BRICS table conceals a deeper disagreement over what comes first — border stability or...
By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN
Introduction
The US-Saudi civil nuclear agreement signed on 22 July 2026 has been described, accurately, as a landmark: a 30-year...
By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN
Introduction
On 7 August 2026, in a palace in Mecca, the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed a...
By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN
Africa's energy problem has never really been a shortage of promises. In the fourteen years since the first big...
By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN
Introduction
In June 2026, Belgium granted one-day visas to a five-member Taliban delegation so it could hold talks with European...
By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN
There is a particular kind of symbolism in flying five helicopters in tight formation over El Alamein. The stretch...
By : Prachi Kushwah, Research Analyst, GSDN
Introduction
The question of whether the world can de-dollarize has moved from an academic debate to a strategic economic...
By : Dr. Gayathri Pramod Panamoottil
The signing of the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement by Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye on 7 August 2026 represents...
By : Â Pratyush Raj, Research Analyst, GSDN
For years, Iran has lived with the possibility of a direct confrontation with Israel and the United States....
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...
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...
By: Nivriti Rathi, Research Analyst, GSDN
Fiat money is a government-issued currency that is not backed by a physical commodity like gold or silver. It...
By : Andey Vivaan, Research Analyst, GSDN
Introduction
Data has become one of the most important strategic resources of the twenty-first century. Every online purchase, digital...