Kingshuk Chatterjee

Professor, Department of History, Calcutta University

Contributions

The Middle East after the Israel- Iran War

June 30, 2025 Kingshuk Chatterjee

The Twelve Day War between Israel and Iran may seem like a short burst of conflict that was contained in its scope, but might prove in the long term to be a fuse that was lit to the regional powder-keg. The US intervention that appears like having b...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Israel, US, Iran, Air defence, JCPOA, NPT, IRGC, axis of resistance, nuclear programme, Witkoff

Iran: Review of Situation as of December 2024

December 18, 2024 Kingshuk Chatterjee

Right from the beginning of the Gaza Conflict triggered by the outrage of 7th October 2023, it was very clear that Iran did not want a war with Israel. This was partly because Israeli military capabilities by themselves are demonstrably far more sign...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Commentary, Israel, IRGC, Hezbollah, Benjamin Netanyahu, Masoud Pezeshkian

Pezeshkian as President: What Might this Mean for Iran and India

July 15, 2024 Kingshuk Chatterjee

Election for the presidency of the Islamic Republic in Iran has brought into limelight the unlikely figure of Masoud Pezeshkian, who beat the arch-conservative Saeed Jalili in the run-off held on 5th July 2024. Winning by a good nine percentage poin...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, Ebrahim Raisi, Reformist bloc, Hijab laws, 2022 protests, Saeed Jalili

Iran in the Wake of the Death of Ebrahim Raisi

May 27, 2024 Kingshuk Chatterjee

The death of Ebrahim Raisi, the incumbent President of Iran, in a tragic accident has lent to feverish speculation as to what could its repercussions be. The general consensus that is emerging seems to be that having made little original contributio...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, IRGC, Ayatollah Khamenei, Ebrahim Raisi, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Mohammad Mokhber

रायसी का राष्ट्रपति बनना और इसके निहितार्थ

August 20, 2021 Kingshuk Chatterjee

इस्लामिक गणराज्य ईरान में राष्ट्रपति पद के लिए हुए चुनाव के परिणाम के बारे में ज्यादातर लोग पह�...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, भारत, चीन, अफगानिस्तान, अमेरिका, तालिबान, दोहा समझौता, इस्लामाबाद