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Before the Barrels Move: What Canada’s Pacific Pivot Actually Requires of India

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN The commercial logic for India to buy more Canadian oil and gas is easy to state and, on its...

Ground Broken, Not Yet Built: What Koizumi’s Visit Really Shows About India-Japan Defence Ties

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Shinjiro Koizumi's two-day visit to India in August 2026 has been read, reasonably, as a turning point. A decade...

Why China’s Grip on Rare Earth is Ringing Warning Bells for the World 

By : Soumya Dutta, Research Analyst, GSDN Indonesia, the country with the world’s largest nickel reserve at approximately 60% had decided to halt its export...

The Quiet Alternative: Why India’s Modest Energy Diplomacy Is Gaining Ground in Africa as Bigger Pledges Stall

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...

The G7’s Democracy Problem: Why 2026 Is the Wrong Year to Formalise a D10

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN For a concept that has been "about to happen" for eighteen years, the idea of a D10 — a...

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Will Trump’s Peace Plan Last in the Middle East?

By: Prachi Kushwah, Research Analyst, GSDN When former United States President Donald J. Trump unveiled his “Peace to Prosperity” plan on January 28, 2020, the...

Current status of IMEC: Cause of Concern?

By: Sanjay Mummana, Research Analyst, GSDN The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) was among the most ambitious international connectivity projects announced in the recent years....

Beyond Words: Kautilya-Learnings for the Present Times

By: Anamika Tiwari, Guest Author, GSDN Kautilya (also known as Chanakya) was India’s political strategic thinker and philosopher of the 4th century B.C during Chandragupta...

Will the Korean Peninsula ever see Peace?

By: Shreya Dabral, Research Analyst, GSDN The Korean Peninsula is also still one of the most delicate geopolitical hotspots of the modern world. Several decades...

Israel-Hamas Pause Deal

By: Brig AJA Pereira, SM (Retd) “You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.” — Indira Gandhi The Pause Deal The Israel–Hamas ceasefire agreement, part of U.S....

Taliban vs Indian Women

By: Simran Sodhi, Guest Author, GSDN The visit of the Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi to India, has been an opportunity for India to...

India’s Self-Reliance in Defence

By: Kumar Aryan, Research Analyst, GSDN India's pursuit of defence self-reliance represents a transformative strategic shift that has fundamentally restructured the nation's military-industrial ecosystem. The...

Saudi-Pakistan Defence Pact: A Mere Illusion for Pakistan

By: Srijan Sharma After Israel’s surprise strike on Qatar, the Middle East entered a strategic reset phase, seeking political and security support. The Arab-Islamic emergency...

Effects of the Trump Tariff War on India

By: Gayathri Pramod, Research Analyst, GSDN In 2025, the United States sharply escalated trade pressure on India through a series of tariff measures that culminated...

India’s Strategic Evolution: The Shift from Global Rule-Taker to Multi-Vector Rule-Shaper

By: Hridbina Chatterjee India's foreign policy has gone through a significant change—transitioning more away from "Strategic Equidistance” to "Multi-Vector Engagement." For decades, New Delhi -...

Is the European Union in Chinese Grip?

By: Prachi Kushwah, Research Analyst, GSDN The European Union (EU) is today in a very critical crossroad with the People’s Republic of China. In the...

India’s ‘Neighbourhood First Policy’ needs an Urgent Re-think

By: Simran Sodhi, Guest Author, GSDN Even as Nepal seems to calm down and stabilize, the recent upheaval in the Himalayan Kingdom has left India...

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