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 of tit-for-tat strikes between Iran and Israel is rife with unpredictable consequences for an already destabilised region, says Dr Saraswat.
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.
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 July 5 will be a showdown between the two most polarising political visions for the country, says Dr Saraswat.
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 potential expansion of the conflict into a wider regional war. Given that Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah and the Houthis in Yemen were quick to target Israel’s northern and southern borders, respectively, Tehran’s regional ‘proxy network’ has dominated discussions about the possibilities of conflict escalating into a direct war involving the US, Israel and Iran.
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 to the presidency had been systematically brought about by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as part of a generational change in Iran’s political leadership, says Dr Saraswat.
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 Israel marks the end of the shadow war and the beginning of an uncertain future for the region, says Dr Saraswat.
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 Security Issues on 01 April 2024.
Deterrence, Escalation Management and the Iran–Israel Conflict
Iran and Israel have shown preference for a carefully controlled escalation while avoiding a conflict spiral.