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The River Has Outgrown the Treaty: Why the Ganges Pact Needs More Than a Renewal

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction On 12 December, thirty years of water diplomacy between India and Bangladesh runs out. The real danger is not...

Without a Handshake: Seven Decades of China and Bhutan Edging Closer

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN INTRODUCTION Bhutan and China have never exchanged ambassadors. Yet tourists, students, traders and delegations keep crossing the gap, mostly by...

Six Years to a Handshake: How India and Europe Arrived at a Defence Partnership

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN INTRODUCTION The EU-India Security and Defence Partnership, signed in January 2026, did not come out of nowhere. It is the...

Burn It or Sort It: Why India’s Waste-to-Energy Push Starts at the Kitchen Bin

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN INTRODUCTION  Incinerators are only as good as what is fed into them. Four decades of Delhi's experience, from Timarpur to...

India’s Chabahar Deadlock: How New Delhi can Resolve it?  

By : Sourishree Ghosh, Research Analyst, GSDN Why is India's Gateway to Central Asia stuck?   The geopolitical deadlock is a combined factor of the regional crisis...

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Global South Rising: Demography, Diplomacy, and the New Architecture of Inclusive Globalization

By: khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction The shifting tectonics of global politics and economics are steadily dismantling the long-standing hierarchies that defined the international system...

What is stopping Trump from breaking the Iran Ceasefire? 

By: Sonalika Singh, Consulting Editor, GSDN The fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran in April 2026 sits on a knife’s edge, shaped not...

Why Air Superiority Now Determines Maritime Control?

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction: The Transformation of Strategic Hierarchies in Warfare The evolution of warfare in the 21st century is marked by a...

From Sahel Spillover to Strategic Autonomy: The EU–Ghana Security and Defence Partnership as a New Pillar of Stability in West Africa

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction: Recalibrating Security in an Age of Interconnected Threats Contemporary international relations are increasingly characterised by the erosion of clear...

How Russia benefitted Economically from the Iran War 

By: Sonalika Singh, Consulting Editor, GSDN The outbreak of conflict involving the United States, Israel, and Iran in early 2026 has had far-reaching geopolitical and...

India’s Hidden Inflation Crisis: The Fossil Fuel Trap

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN The Illusion of Stability: Decoding India’s Inflation India’s inflation narrative in recent months appears reassuring at first glance. March retail...

Will the Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Hold? 

By: Sonalika Singh, Consulting Editor, GSDN In regions where history is layered with conflict and fragile understandings, a ceasefire rarely signals resolution; more often, it represents a...

The Waning Red Shadow: Is India’s Maoist Insurgency Truly Near Its End?

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN From Naxalbari to the Red Corridor: Origins, Expansion, and Ideological Foundations The trajectory of India’s Maoist insurgency, often referred to...

NATO at a Crossroads: Trump and the Exit Debate

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Origins of NATO and the Foundations of Collective Security The debate surrounding a possible U.S. withdrawal from NATO cannot be...

Oil Shockwaves and Economic Ripples: How the West Asian Crisis Threatens India’s Growth Trajectory

By:Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Energy Disruptions and India’s Structural VulnerabilityThe ongoing geopolitical instability in West Asia, layered atop the prolonged Russia-Ukraine conflict, has once...

Can America’s Naval Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz Succeed? 

By:Sonalika Singh, Consulting Editor,GSDN The prospect of a United States-led naval blockade targeting Iranian ports and restricting maritime access around the Strait of Hormuz marks...

From Criminalisation to Compliance: How Jan Vishwas 2.0 is Redefining India’s Regulatory Framework

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction India’s regulatory landscape is undergoing a significant transformation with the introduction of the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill,...

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