PSIR & GS 2 Daily Brief
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…
Brussels deals with a government it will not recognise, Beijing takes the sea in small steps, and Tehran asks too much of a strait — PSIR & GS2 Brief, 3 August 2026
Today's brief reads three articles. Shairee Malhotra and Maiwand Safi of the Observer Research Foundation ask what the Taliban visit to Brussels does to the idea of recognition. Lynn Kuok…
Talks can wait but the hotline cannot, Britain changes leaders because its parties still check them, and the Ghats need consent — PSIR & GS2 Brief, 1 August 2026
Today's brief reads three articles. Anand Kumar writes in South Asia Monitor on why India should keep communication with Pakistan while refusing talks. Debasish Roy Chowdhury asks in Scroll whether…
China exports its own weakness, Pakistan’s provinces turn on Punjab, and India offers rules at sea — PSIR & GS2 Brief, 31 July 2026
Today's brief reads three articles. Narain Batra in The Statesman argues that China's hold on world markets grows out of the weakness of its own economy. Utpal Kumar in Firstpost…
A closed strait reaches North Africa, the FCRA Bill turns on NGOs, and a bigger Lok Sabha means a smaller Parliament — PSIR & GS2 Brief, 30 July 2026
Today's brief reads three articles. Yasmine Zarhloule in Carnegie follows a closed strait in the Gulf all the way to Morocco and Algeria. P.D.T. Achary in The Hindu reads the…
Washington bends its enrichment rule for Riyadh, and India is told that its rise is now a problem of institutions — PSIR & GS2 Brief, 29 July 2026
Today's brief reads three articles. Harsh V. Pant in ORF reads the new nuclear agreement between the United States and Saudi Arabia as a rule bent for a partner. C…
India and China work together without trusting each other, Chabahar waits on other people’s wars, and South Asia’s mistrust is built into the map — PSIR & GS2 Brief, 28 July 2026
Today's brief reads three articles. Sujan Chinoy in Firstpost argues that India and China are working together again out of necessity, not out of trust. Maiwand Safi at the Observer…
Cheap drones have changed what force can buy, and India should lean on neither Washington nor Beijing — PSIR & GS2 Brief, 27 July 2026
Today's brief reads three articles. Robert A. Pape in Foreign Affairs argues that cheap drones have taken away the American power to settle a war quickly. Imran Khurshid in Firstpost…
Autonomy costs more, a strait answers a river, and Dhaka waits for delivery — PSIR & GS2 Brief, 25 July 2026
Today's brief reads three articles. Ghadeer Nabizade in an MP-IDSA issue brief argues that India held its own line through the war on Iran, and paid more for it. Aparna…
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