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August 12, 2026

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Will IMEC ever Fructify? 

By : Andey Vivaan, Research Analyst, GSDN Introduction  When India, the United States, the European Union and key Gulf countries announced the India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) during...

The Institutionalisation of China’s AI Diplomacy: WAICO and the Battle for the Rules of Global AI

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction For much of the past three years, China's approach to global artificial intelligence governance has unfolded through declarations, action...

Why is Japan stepping up its Military Preparedness 

By : Hridbina Chatterjee, Research Analyst, GSDN For nearly eight decades, Japan’s geopolitical identity was anchored by a singular, legally binding philosophy: absolute pacifism. Enshrined in Article...

China’s Expanding EV Footprint in South Asia and Its Implications for India

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction Electric vehicles have quietly become one of the most consequential instruments of Chinese influence in South Asia. What began...

Building the India–Africa Agrifood Partnership

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction Agriculture sits at the heart of the India-Africa relationship, yet for decades it has been treated as a secondary...

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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...

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...

India’s G20 Presidency: Advancing Inclusivity, Reform, and Global South Leadership

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction In an era marked by geopolitical fragmentation, economic uncertainty, and climate distress, multilateral institutions face an urgent legitimacy crisis....

Comparison of India & China in Space Warfare Capabilities

By: Sonalika Singh, Consulting Editor, GSDN In the twenty-first century, outer space has evolved from a largely scientific and exploratory domain into a critical arena of economic...

Is Non-Alignment Still Relevant In Today’s World?

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction The concept of Non-Alignment has, since the mid-20th century, shaped debates about sovereignty, great power politics, and the agency...

Algorithmic Authoritarianism: AI Surveillance, Ethnic Control, and the Uyghur Question in Xinjiang

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI), accelerated by the global prominence of tools such as ChatGPT, has transformed...

The Blue Economy in the Indian Ocean: Institutions, Innovation, and Integrated Governance

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction The Indian Ocean is emerging as one of the most geopolitically significant and economically vital maritime spaces of the...

Is CPEC in Pakistan seeing Success? 

By: Sonalika Singh, Consulting Editor, GSDN The China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the flagship component of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, stands as one of the most ambitious experiments...

Gendering Separatism: Women, War, and the Politics of Resistance

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction Armed conflicts and separatist movements have historically been narrated through masculinized frameworks of power, strategy, and territorial control. Yet,...

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