Deepika Saraswat

Dr. Deepika Saraswat is Associate Fellow at the West Asia Center. Her research interests include Iran’s geopolitics in Middle East and Eurasia and interpenetration of religion and politics in postcolonial contexts. Her research project at MP-IDSA is on ‘Iran’s Asian Orientation: Quest for Status and Regional Cooperation.Dr. Saraswat has a PhD in Political Geography from Centre for International Politics Organisation and Disarmament, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Earlier, Dr. Saraswat was Research Fellow at the Indian Council of World Affairs (March 2018-October 2021). Her book titled ‘Between Survival and Status: The Counter-hegemonic Geopolitics of Iran’ was jointly published by the Indian Council of World Affairs and Macmillan Education in January 2022.

Associate Fellow

Publication

India’s Inclusive Vision for Eurasia

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Deepika Saraswat's article ‘India's Inclusive vision for Eurasia' has been published in ‘The National Interest’ on 03 October, 2022. While Prime Minister Modi’s initial...

Out of the Veil in Iran

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr Deepika Saraswat's article 'Out of the Veil in Iran' has been published in the Open Magazine, on 30 September, 2022. Iran’s youth have been...

Tehran’s white flag in Vienna

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Deepika Saraswat’s article ‘Tehran’s white flag in Vienna’ has been published in ‘The Indian Express’ on December 06, 2021. Iran wants the JCPOA talks...