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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...

Salami-Sliced Legitimacy: How the World Is Normalising the Taliban Without Ever Formally Saying So? 

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction In June 2026, Belgium granted one-day visas to a five-member Taliban delegation so it could hold talks with European...

Over the Desert Where History Was Made: India’s Sarang Helicopters Take Wing in Egypt

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN There is a particular kind of symbolism in flying five helicopters in tight formation over El Alamein. The stretch...

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Analysis of China’s Energy Dependency 

By : Simar Kaur, Research Analyst, GSDN Introduction  As the second-largest economy and leading industrial nation in the world, the issue of energy security is not...

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...

WILL THE IRAN WAR CEASEFIRE HOLD? 

By : Jaiwant Singh Jhala, Research Analyst, GSDN The ceasefire that followed the recent Iran-Israel conflict has offered the Middle East a much-needed pause after weeks of...

China-Bangladesh Relations: Warning Bells for India 

By : Andey Vivaan, Research Analyst, GSDN China-Bangladesh Relations : Source Internet Introduction  India and Bangladesh have shared close ties for several decades because of their common...

Beyond the SH-15: China’s Expanding Military Footprint in Pakistan

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Introduction For much of the past decade, the China-Pakistan defence relationship was discussed largely in terms of individual platforms —...

China-Bangladesh Relations: Warning Bells for India 

By : Bhavika Bhartiya, Research Analyst, GSDN For almost fifty years, Bangladesh has been India's closest ally in South Asia. The relationship started in 1971...

USA-China-Russia Alignment: Troubled Times for the World under Trump 

By : Soumya Dutta, Research Analyst, GSDN The contemporary geopolitical landscape has been marked by growing tensions among the United States, China and Russia, with the interactions...

Türkiye-Bangladesh Relations: Warning Bells for India 

By : Simar Kaur, Research Analyst, GSDN Introduction   The complex South Asian geopolitics sees the changing equation between Bangladesh and Türkiye as one of the important...

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