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Before the Barrels Move: What Canada’s Pacific Pivot Actually Requires of India

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN The commercial logic for India to buy more Canadian oil and gas is easy to state and, on its...

Ground Broken, Not Yet Built: What Koizumi’s Visit Really Shows About India-Japan Defence Ties

By: Khushbu Ahlawat, Consulting Editor, GSDN Shinjiro Koizumi's two-day visit to India in August 2026 has been read, reasonably, as a turning point. A decade...

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...

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The “Little Red Dot” of Southeast Asia: Singapore’s Internal Dynamics and its Balancing Role in the Indo-Pacific

By: Aishwarya Dutta Introduction A non-communist regime popularly construed as a “pseudo-democracy”, Singapore is home to the ‘healthiest’ and the most ‘disciplined’ population of the world...

Ethiopian Crisis: A Catastrophe in Making

By: Nabhjyot Arora, Research Analyst, GSDN ‘Bring the weapon; do you support Fano?’ – a question amongst that many Amnesty International officials asked to the...

What would a Successful Grand Strategy look like for the Foreign Policy of India

By: Swaraj Parameswaran Introduction With India geographically being the seventh-largest nation on earth and reportedly the most populous country, there is great need for it to...

The Indo-Pacific and the three C’s: China, Challenges and Cooperation

By: Aishwarya Dutta The Indo-Pacific region with its ever-expansive dynamism spans 36 countries spread across major continents, 16 time zones, more than half of the...

China’s Economy: Declining or Deception

By: Anjali Mahto, Research Analyst, GSDN China's economic achievements over the past thirty years have been spectacular. In 2022, its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reached US$ 18.3...

The Quest for Alternatives: BRICS and the Challenge to Dollar Dominance

By: Harshit Tokas, Research Analyst, GSDN For the past 80 years, the United States dollar has reigned supreme as the world's principal reserve currency. However,...

Essequibo: The Land of Perpetual Conflict

By: Seetal Patra, Research Analyst, GSDN “There is nothing that prevents Guyana from exercising its rights to its internationally recognized land and marine space”, said...

Arab League: An Analysis

By: Mahima Sharma, Research Analyst, GSDN The Arab League, officially known as the League of Arab States, is a regional organization that brings together 22...

Importance of Red Sea for Global Trade and Geopolitics

By: Barsha Hazarika, Research Analyst, GSDN The Red Sea, situated between Africa and Asia, stands as a vital inlet of the Indian Ocean with its...

Iran: Impact of Economic Sanctions

By: Muktha Prasannan, Research Analyst, GSDN Since January 1984, Iran's economy has been under various US economic sanctions of increasing scope and intensity. The sanctions...

Nauru’s Recognition of China: Trouble for Taiwan

By: Deeplaxmi Patil, Research Analyst, GSDN Introduction Nauru, a tiny Micronesian island, was among the select few nations upholding diplomatic relations with Taipei amidst China's persistent...

The Rise and Fall of Venezuela’s Petrostate Glory

By: Ayush Shankar In the coronary heart of South America, where emerald rainforests hug the amazing Orinoco River, a state pulsed with possibility. Venezuela, a...

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