Deepika Saraswat

Associate fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Deepika Saraswat’s article ‘Tehran’s choices after Israeli strikes in Beirut' has been published in Hindustan Times on 11 October, 2024. A potentially extended round...

Azerbaijan, with backing from Turkey and increasingly Russia, continues to push for a transport corridor to its exclave Nakhchivan, a year after it recaptured Nagorno-Karabakh.

• Deepika Saraswat |
• September 26, 2024 |
• Issue Brief

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Deepika Saraswat’s article ‘The Long Road to Reform’ has been published in Open Magazine on 12 July 2024. The article analyses Masoud Pezeshkian’s win...

Masoud Pezeshkian’s victory in Iran’s snap presidential election has unexpectedly brought reformists back to the political arena.

• Deepika Saraswat |
• July 12, 2024 |
• Issue Brief

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Deepika Saraswat's article 'In Iran, a battle between polarising political views' was published in Hindustan Times, on 01 July 2024. The Pezeshkian-Jalili run-off on...

Since the Hamas’s cross-border attack in Southern Israel on 7 October and Israel’s severe military response in Gaza, Iran has been central to both public and policy discussions about the...

• Deepika Saraswat |
• January-February 2024 |
• Strategic Analysis

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Deepika Saraswat's article 'President Raisi's demise leaves Iran at a cross roads' has been published in Hindustan Times on 21 May, 2024. Raisi’s rise...

Iran and Israel have shown preference for a carefully controlled escalation while avoiding a conflict spiral.

• Deepika Saraswat |
• May 10, 2024 |
• IDSA Comments

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Deepika Saraswat’s article ‘Iran-Israel conflict no longer a shadow war' has been published in Hindustan Times on 22 April 2024. Iran’s direct retaliation against...

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Deepika Saraswat’s article 'Iran: Part of an ‘Axis’ or a Middle Power in (Eur)Asia' was published by NatStrat Centre for Research on Strategic and...