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The Oil That Washington Wants New Delhi to Give Up — and Why It Shouldn’t

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction A law named after a senator who did not live to see it pass now threatens India with a...

The Mandela Effect: False Memories and Brain Deceptions

By: Nandika Dusi, Research Analyst, GSDN In the story of Snow White, we all remember the Evil queen say, “Mirror, mirror on the wall”, if...

Cognitive Debt: What Happens to the Human Mind When Machines Do the Thinking

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction A small, unreviewed MIT study on ChatGPT and essay-writing has become a flashpoint for a much larger question: as...

Robots, Not Just Rifles: What Russia’s Drone Corps Teaches India’s Battle Groups

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN As the Indian Army builds Integrated Battle Groups meant to fight and win fast, two-front wars, the Rubicon Centre's...

A Line on the Map, a Home on Both Sides: India’s Unfinished Boundary with Myanmar

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction As New Delhi accelerates fencing and quietly explores a small territorial exchange in Manipur, the real test is whether...

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From Zeitenwende to Indo-Pacific: Why India Is Central to Germany’s Strategic Reset

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction Germany’s declaration of Zeitenwende in 2022 marked a historic rupture in its post–Cold War strategic culture. Triggered by Russia’s...

From High-Speed Growth to Strategic Recalibration: Decoding China’s Economic Slowdown under Xi Jinping

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction Standing apart from previous Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leaders such as Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping, China’s post-1978 economic...

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...

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