Shreyas Durgadasrao Deshmukh

Research Associate

Email: shreyas@dpg.org.in

Shreyas Deshmukh is a Research Associate with the National Security Program at DPG. Prior to joining DPG he worked with MitKat Advisory Services as geopolitical risk analyst. He also worked as Research Assistant at the Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS, New Delhi) and South and Central Asia Fellow at PoliTact, Washington DC. He has completed his Master’s Degree in Defence and Strategic Studies from the University of Pune and his academic focus is on geopolitical developments in Afghanistan and Pakistan. After completion of masters he interned at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA, New Delhi) where he co-edited a book “Unending Violence in Pakistan: Analyzing the Trends” and issues of “Pakistan News Digest”.

Latest Publication

India’s Proximity Archives

Date: October 22, 2025

South Asia Following intense border clashes and airstrikes by Pakistan on Kabul, a ceasefire agreement was signed between Pakistan and Afghanistan...
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India's Proximity Archives

Date: October 15, 2025

South Asia Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Foreign Minister of the Afghan Taliban, is visiting India from October 9-16. Minister Muttaqi held...
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India's Proximity Archives

Date: October 08, 2025

South Asia Raytheon will provide Pakistan with an unspecified number of AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles, according to a newly modified arms contract...
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India's Proximity Archives

Date: October 01, 2025

South Asia Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the President of Sri Lanka, visited Japan from September 27 – 30 and met Japanese Prime...
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India’s Proximity Archives

Date: September 24, 2025

South AsiaOn September 17th, during a state visit to Saudi Arabia, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shabaz Sharif ratified a “Strategic Mutual Defense...
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India’s Proximity Archives

Date: September 17, 2025

South AsiaOn September 12, Sushila Karki, a former Chief Justice of Nepal, was sworn in as Nepal’s interim Prime Minister, following...
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India’s Proximity Archives

Date: September 10, 2025

South AsiaNepal is in turmoil, as 22 people, primarily young, were killed starting September 8 when police shot at protestors who...
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India’s Proximity Archives

Date: September 03, 2025

South Asia Unrest persists in numerous universities in Bangladesh following recent conflict between student factions and escalating campus tension. On August...
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India's Proximity Archives

Date: August 27, 2025

South AsiaThe Sixth Trilateral Foreign Ministers’ Dialogue between China, Afghanistan, and Pakistan took place in Kabul on August 20. In a...
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India's Proximity Archives

Date: August 20, 2025

South Asia From August 18 to 19, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited India and co-chaired the 24th round of the...
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