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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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USA’s Nuclear Posturing on Russia

By: Gayathri Pramod, Research Analyst, GSDN Donald Trump's return to the peak of American power has reshaped the very structure of international diplomacy, displacing the...

Modi China visit: No Re-set but an Outreach

By: Simran Sodhi, Guest Author, GSDN The world of geo-politics is undergoing some serious changes, as United States President Donald Trump changes policies, one tweet...

Is Türkiye the new great Threat to Israel after Iran?

By: Shreya Dabral, Research Analyst, GSDN A significant paradigm shift is occurring in how Israelis view their enemies in the region, as the forces...

Trump’s Trade War Onslaught: China’s Geo-economic Opportunity?

By: Prof. Bawa Singh & Vishnu Agrawal As early 2025, the US and China’s trade war was reached to its inflicting point. In one step,...

The India-Philippines Concord: Context, Clarity and a Viable Force countering China in the South China Sea

By: Aishwarya Dutta The South China Sea, situated in the southern part of the Chinese mainland, is also bordered by countries such as Brunei, Indonesia,...

Tectonic Tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean: Cyprus–Israel Relations between Alliance and Anxiety

By: Drishti Gupta, Research Analyst, GSDN The Eastern Mediterranean is no longer just a peripheral zone of Middle Eastern diplomacy; it has become a strategic...

Greece–Turkey Tensions: Navigating Conflict, Cooperation, and Regional Stakes in the Eastern Mediterranean

By: Aditi Sharma, Research Analyst, GSDN The rivalry between Greece and Turkey that has its roots in centuries-old conflicts and is marked by frequent crises that have influenced...

India and the Trump Dilemma

By: Simran Sodhi, Guest Author, GSDN The Trump 2.0 Presidency, most in India thought, would be an easy one for India. After all, Prime Minister...

“Is MAGA really Happening?”

By: Sonalika Singh, Research Analyst, GSDN “Make America Great Again” (MAGA), first coined by Donald Trump during his 2016 presidential campaign, has evolved into a...

Trump’s Tariff’s on India: Time for the Great Indian Leap

By: Lt Col JS Sodhi (Retd), Editor, GSDN On July 30, 2025 as the 47th US President announced tariffs on India along with penalties for...

Global Implications of Iran-Russia Growing Strategic Partnership

By: Aasi Ansari, Research Analyst, GSDN The recent Iran-Russia growing strategic partnership has shifted the attention towards the Middle East and elevated the concerns for...

Reset in India-Canada Relations

By: Gayathri Pramod, Research Analyst, GSDN The India–Canada reset in relations represents one of the most consequential diplomatic recalibrations undertaken by New Delhi in recent years,...

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