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Month: July 2026

18 July 2026

Allies without trust, engagement without recognition, partnership without alliance — PSIR & GS2 Brief, 18 July 2026

Today's brief reads three articles. Heather A. Conley in Foreign Affairs argues that American threats over Greenland could spoil the Arctic defence the United States needs from its allies. Puspa…

17 July 2026

Law without force in the South China Sea, competition as the point of a trade deal, and a third language nobody asked for — PSIR & GS2 Brief, 17 July 2026

Today’s brief reads three articles. Anil Wadhwa of the Vivekananda International Foundation writes that China lost the case of 2016 and took the water anyway. V. Anantha Nageswaran in The…

16 July 2026

Civilisation as a claim to power, the ocean as India’s answer to China, and the price of a war fought to change a regime — PSIR & GS2 Brief, 16 July 2026

Today's brief reads three articles. Prerna Gandhi of the Vivekananda International Foundation writes that civilisation has become the working vocabulary of foreign policy. Utpal Kumar in Firstpost holds that geography…

15 July 2026

A hegemon losing its followers, autonomy without money in the North East, and defence deals that never become factories — PSIR & GS2 Brief, 15 July 2026

Today’s brief reads three articles. Richard Wike in Foreign Affairs reports that the world now doubts American democracy itself. Pramod Boro in ThePrint asks that the Sixth Schedule councils be…

14 July 2026

Kautilya’s mandala at sea, the wealth women do not own, and a nuclear plan India can build itself — PSIR & GS2 Brief, 14 July 2026

Today’s brief reads three articles. Sreemoy Talukdar in Firstpost reads five visits between April and July as one Indo-Pacific plan, drawn from Kautilya’s mandala. Bina Agarwal in the Indian Express…

13 July 2026

American promises lose their value in the Indo-Pacific, courts move disabled litigants up the queue, and a pending petition keeps a seat empty — PSIR & GS2 Brief, 13 July 2026

Today’s brief reads three articles. Chintamani Mahapatra in Firstpost argues that deterrence in the Indo-Pacific is failing on credibility and not on capability. Rahul Bajaj in the Deccan Herald reads…

11 July 2026

A war that cost America its word in the Gulf, an older map of the Indo-Pacific, and AI placed on top of Aadhaar — PSIR & GS2 Brief, 11 July 2026

Today's brief reads three articles. Anil Trigunayat writes for the Vivekananda International Foundation that the war has cost the United States its standing as the security provider of West Asia.…

10 July 2026

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8 July 2026

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7 July 2026

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