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Turning the Carbon Squeeze into a Springboard: India’s CBAM Dilemma After the EU Trade Deal

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN A landmark free trade agreement with Brussels has opened Europe's markets to Indian exporters just as a new carbon...

The SCO at 25: A Bloc Building Institutions Faster Than It Builds Consensus

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN As the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation marks a quarter-century, its expanding security architecture and connectivity ambitions sit uneasily alongside an...

How Iran has Checkmated Saudi Arabia through the Houthis  

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...

Beyond the Handshake: Why Sequencing, Not Sentiment, Will Decide the India-China Reset

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN A cautious embrace at the BRICS table conceals a deeper disagreement over what comes first — border stability or...

Three Deterrents, One Kingdom: What the Saudi Nuclear Deal Really Reveals About a Post-American Gulf

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...

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Trump’s MAGA: Dream or Work-in-Progress

By: Prachi Kushwah, Research Analyst, GSDN The political slogan “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) has emerged as one of the most influential and debated ideas...

Current Status of IMEC 

By:Sonalika Singh, Consulting Editor, GSDN The India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), unveiled during the G20 Summit in New Delhi in September 2023, was envisioned as...

Why the Western Hemisphere Matters to the United States?

By: Ankit Raj, Research Analyst, GSDN The Western Hemisphere has been at the centre stage of the United States foreign policy, economic strategies, and national...

Global Fault Lines and India’s Economic Resilience: Navigating Uncertainty Amid Geopolitical Turbulence

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN India in a Fragmented Global Order The contemporary global economic landscape is increasingly shaped by geopolitical tensions, supply chain...

Why Strait of Hormuz matters for India’s Energy? 

By : Sonalika Singh, Consulting Editor , GSDN The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow maritime corridor connecting the Persian Gulf with the Arabian Sea, occupies...

From Blue Economy to Viksit Bharat: Reimagining India’s Maritime Power in the 21st Century

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction India’s emergence as the world’s fourth-largest economy and its projected ascent to the third position by 2028 signals a...

From Sanctions to Strategic Convergence: Mapping Russian Investment and Economic Statecraft in India

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction The trajectory of India–Russia economic relations since 2022 reflects a paradox of expansion and imbalance. Bilateral trade has surged...

When Rule-Makers Become Rule-Breakers: The Crisis of Order in Contemporary Geopolitics

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction The contemporary international system stands at a critical inflection point, where the very actors that once designed and upheld...

Financing Survival: Reimagining Climate Justice for Least Developed Countries in a Debt-Constrained World

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Climate Vulnerability Amid Structural Financial Inequities Least Developed Countries (LDCs), particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, stand at the frontline of...

Is the Ceasefire in the Middle East on the Horizon? 

By : Sonalika Singh, Consulting Editor, GSDN The prospect of a ceasefire in the Middle East, particularly amid the intensifying confrontation involving Iran, Israel, and...

Reimagining Deterrence: India’s Path to Multi-Domain Military Superiority

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN The Changing Nature of Warfare and the Need for Multi-Domain Deterrence India’s security environment is undergoing a profound transformation,...

Bridging Ambition and Action: Enabling Transition Finance in India through Lessons from Japan

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction As the global climate agenda accelerates, the role of finance in enabling decarbonisation has become central to national...

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