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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...

Can the World De-Dollarize? 

By : Prachi Kushwah, Research Analyst, GSDN Introduction  The question of whether the world can de-dollarize has moved from an academic debate to a strategic economic...

India’s BRICS Balancing Act: Between Development, Diplomacy and Discord

By: Amisha Mohan The 18th BRICS Summit to be hosted by India in New Delhi on September 12-13 serves as a litmus test for contemporary...

The Mecca Pact and the Path Forward: A New Security Architecture in West Asia and Its Implications 

By : Dr. Gayathri Pramod Panamoottil The signing of the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement by Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye on 7 August 2026 represents...

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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...

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), particularly following recent breakthroughs in generative AI, has transformed governance and state...

Is QUAD Dead? 

By : Ritika Biswas, Research Analyst, GSDN “The Quad Is Dead, Long Live the Quad” “Did Trump Kill the Quad?” “The US Built the Quad,...

How Iran Prepared for its War with the United States and Israel 

By : Andey Vivaan, Research Analyst, GSDN Introduction  For decades, the Islamic Republic of Iran has viewed the United States and Israel as its principal strategic...

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