Sujata Ashwarya is Assistant Professor at the Centre for West Asian Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. She received her MPhil and PhD degrees in West Asian Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She was awarded fellowships for research at the Rothberg International School, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (MSH) and Centre d’Etudes et des Recherches Internationales (CERI), Paris; and the Schusterman Centre for Israel Studies, Brandeis University, USA. She was also affiliated as a researcher at the Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran, Iran. Her research interests include India’s West Asia policy, politics and foreign policy of Iran, Iraq and Israel, politics of energy, and issues relating to democratisation in the region. Her books, Civil Society, Democracy and State in West Asia (edited) and Essays on Iran and Israel: An Indian Perspective were published in 2010 and 2014 respectively.

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• 1. The Cold War Years, 1947–1992 2. The Post-Cold War Period: Opportunities and Constraints 3. Energy Ties and the United States: The Iranian Nuclear Imbroglio, Sanctions on Iran and the Vienna Deal 4. India’s Balancing Act: Iran, Israel and Saudi Arabia 5. Conclusion

Sujata Ashwarya is Assistant Professor at the Centre for West Asian Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. She received her MPhil and PhD degrees in West Asian Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She was awarded fellowships for research at the Rothberg International School, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (MSH) and Centre d’Etudes et des Recherches Internationales (CERI), Paris; and the Schusterman Centre for Israel Studies, Brandeis University, USA. She was also affiliated as a researcher at the Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran, Iran. Her research interests include India’s West Asia policy, politics and foreign policy of Iran, Iraq and Israel, politics of energy, and issues relating to democratisation in the region. Her books, Civil Society, Democracy and State in West Asia (edited) and Essays on Iran and Israel: An Indian Perspective were published in 2010 and 2014 respectively.

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• 1. The Cold War Years, 1947–1992 2. The Post-Cold War Period: Opportunities and Constraints 3. Energy Ties and the United States: The Iranian Nuclear Imbroglio, Sanctions on Iran and the Vienna Deal 4. India’s Balancing Act: Iran, Israel and Saudi Arabia 5. Conclusion

Sujata Ashwarya is Assistant Professor at the Centre for West Asian Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. She received her MPhil and PhD degrees in West Asian Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She was awarded fellowships for research at the Rothberg International School, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (MSH) and Centre d’Etudes et des Recherches Internationales (CERI), Paris; and the Schusterman Centre for Israel Studies, Brandeis University, USA. She was also affiliated as a researcher at the Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran, Iran. Her research interests include India’s West Asia policy, politics and foreign policy of Iran, Iraq and Israel, politics of energy, and issues relating to democratisation in the region. Her books, Civil Society, Democracy and State in West Asia (edited) and Essays on Iran and Israel: An Indian Perspective were published in 2010 and 2014 respectively.

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• 1. The Cold War Years, 1947–1992 2. The Post-Cold War Period: Opportunities and Constraints 3. Energy Ties and the United States: The Iranian Nuclear Imbroglio, Sanctions on Iran and the Vienna Deal 4. India’s Balancing Act: Iran, Israel and Saudi Arabia 5. Conclusion