PSIR & GS 2 Daily Brief
American alliances hold on interest rather than promise, India and Japan turn to each other as the order shifts, and the Mecca pact resets the regional balance — PSIR & GS2 Brief, 19 August 2026
Download PSIR & GS2 Daily Brief- 19 -August - 2026 Today’s brief covers these important themes: Kurt M. Campbell and Rush Doshi in Foreign Affairs talks about how American Allies…
A defence pact signed at Mecca sends India towards Tehran and Kabul, the Police Act of 1861 outlives the Raj, and a weak monsoon still floods the cities — PSIR & GS2 Brief, 18 August 2026
Today’s brief reads three articles. Atul Aneja at the Vivekananda International Foundation argues that the new defence pact among Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan should send India towards Iran and…
China buys a second road to Europe, three states promise each other deterrence, and a fixed election cycle strains the parliamentary system — PSIR & GS2 Brief, 17 August 2026
Today’s brief reads three articles: China’s new container service to Europe through the Arctic, the joint deterrence agreement signed at Mecca by Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan, and the case…
Two wars becoming one, the hands-off rule in election disputes, and the price of digital participation — PSIR & GS2 Brief, 12 August 2026
Today's brief reads three articles: two wars that are joining into one, the rule that keeps courts out of an election while it is being held, and what happens to…
Urban local bodies, a fragmenting world order, and the standing of international law — PSIR & GS2 Brief, 11 August 2026
Today's brief reads three articles: urban local bodies in Brazil and India, the breaking up of the order that followed the Cold War, and the standing of international law.PSIR &…
Iran holds the strait, Saudi Arabia buys cover, and the Election Commission must win over the losers — PSIR & GS2 Brief, 10 August 2026
Today's brief reads three articles. R Swaminathan in the Deccan Herald argues that the Strait of Hormuz, and not the bombing, will decide the war with Iran. Mahesh Sachdev in…
Two navies hold one ocean, a corridor waits for a guard, and the last survivors of the bomb are dying — PSIR & GS2 Brief, 7 August 2026
Today's brief reads three articles. Om Prakash Das of MP-IDSA sets out what the visit to Indonesia added to an old defence relationship. Harsh V. Pant and Dharminder Singh Kaleka…
Access to Britain is the easy half, a bigger BRICS agrees on less, and the Finance Commission puts performance before need — PSIR & GS2 Brief, 6 August 2026
Today's brief reads three articles. Shruti Jain of the Observer Research Foundation asks what India has to fix at home before the trade agreement with Britain pays. Ruchita Beri of…
Who may enrich uranium, who must defend Europe, and whether power will still follow rules — PSIR & GS2 Brief, 5 August 2026
Today's brief reads three articles. Yoel Guzansky writes in Foreign Affairs on the nuclear agreement between the United States and Saudi Arabia. Col KL Viswanathan asks in South Asia Monitor…
Narrow seas, a minister’s resignation and the pradhan pati: power is not where the rules put it — PSIR & GS2 Brief, 4 August 2026
Today's brief reads three articles. Harsh V. Pant of the Observer Research Foundation writes that maritime chokepoints have become instruments of coercion. E.D. Mathew in the South Asia Monitor reads…
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