Deepika Saraswat

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Deepika Saraswat’s article ‘Détente and discord: Tehran’s dilemmas’, has been published in Hindustan Times on 25 June 2025. After a US-backed ceasefire, Iran faces...

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Deepika Saraswat’s article ‘From Gaza to Tehran: Israel’s Expanding War in the Middle East’ has been published in India's World Magazine on 20 June,...

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Deepika Saraswat's op-ed  'Slow and steady progress in US-Iran nuclear talks' has been published in Hindustan Times, on 16 May, 2025. Read Complete Article [+] Disclaimer: The...

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Deepika Saraswat's article ‘Iran in India-Middle East Relations: Between Autonomy and Alignment' has been published in India's World Magazine issue, titled Rethinking the Middle...

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Deepika Saraswat’s article ‘Washington and Tehran: A struggle for leverage’ has been published in Hindustan Times on 21 March 2025. Under the Biden regime, Iran engaged...

Iran has prioritised dialogue and diplomacy with the Taliban on key issues of water-sharing and border security.

• Deepika Saraswat |
• February 11, 2025 |
• Issue Brief

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Deepika Saraswat’s article ‘What will Trump 2.0 do to contain Tehran?’ has been published in Hindustan Times on 25 January 2025. An immediate foreign policy...

This article adopts a systemic-impact understanding of middle power as an analytical framework to provide a nuanced understanding of Look East Policy under the Raisi administration. It analyses three aspects...

• Deepika Saraswat |
• May-June 2024 |
• Strategic Analysis

Faced with geostrategic setbacks, a militarily assertive Israel and the incoming Trump presidency, Iran has prioritised diplomacy with both regional countries and the West.

• Deepika Saraswat |
• December 27, 2024 |
• Issue Brief

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Deepika Saraswat’s article ‘behind Iran’s restraint in West Asia conflict’ has been published in Hindustan Times on 13 December 2024. Iran’s missile barrage into...