Dr. Hirak Jyoti Das is a Research Analyst at the West Asia Centre, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi. He holds a doctorate from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, with his thesis titled “Israel’s Security Predicaments since the fall of the Mubarak Regime in Egypt.” His MPhil dissertation focused on “Israel’s Defence Industry and the Role of Arms Exports” and his Masters of Arts dissertation from South Asian University studied “India’s Foreign Policy towards Israel (1992–2012) and its Impact on Indo-Palestine Relations.”
Dr. Das has previously served as an Associate Fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation and as a Research Assistant at the Institute for Conflict Management. His research expertise spans India’s foreign policy in West Asia and South Asia, the Arab-Israeli conflict, Israel’s domestic politics, security, and arms policy, post-Arab Spring societies and the role of prominent Islamic movements, including the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthi movement.
While the Egyptian Gaza reconstruction plan is perceived as more realistic than Trump’s ‘Riviera in the Middle East’ proposal, it does not sufficiently address Israel’s concerns.
