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Dilip Hiro

Dilip Hiro is the author, among many other works, of After Empire: The Birth of a Multipolar World. (Nation Books), His 36th and latest book is The Age of Aspiration: Power, Wealth, and Conflict in Globalizing India (The New Press).

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Dec 10, 2017
Latest from Dilip Hiro
Demonstrators are seen during a demonstration against the visit to the UK by US President Donald Trump on July 13, 2018, in London, England.
Politics & Elections

The Rise of an Anti-Trump Movement at Home and Abroad

To what extent can the anti-Trump sentiment coalesce in ways that will set our world on a new course?
by
Dilip Hiro,
TomDispatch
August 23, 2018
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News Analysis

The Saudi-American-Iranian-Russian-Qatari-Syrian Conundrum

Trump’s foreign policy agenda is a package of contradictions threatening to reach a boiling point in the Middle East.
by
Dilip Hiro,
TomDispatch
July 6, 2017
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News Analysis

US Power at the Crossroads: A Snapshot of a Multipolar World in Action

If you’ve noticed the growing assertiveness of China and Russia, you’ll know that we’re on an increasingly multipolar planet.
by
Dilip Hiro,
TomDispatch
October 11, 2016
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News Analysis
War & Peace

The Most Dangerous Place on Earth: A Nuclear Armageddon in the Making in South Asia

Undoubtedly, for nearly two decades, the most dangerous place on earth has been the Indian-Pakistani border in Kashmir.
by
Dilip Hiro,
TomDispatch
April 4, 2016
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News Analysis
War & Peace

The Great Game in Afghanistan: The US Is Losing Out

A new chapter could unfold in war-torn Afghanistan in which the Chinese role would only grow, while the US role declines.
by
Dilip Hiro,
TomDispatch
April 1, 2015
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News Analysis

Clueless in Cairo

Amid the deadly chaos in Egypt, Washington has been reduced to the role of a helpless bystander.
by
Dilip Hiro,
TomDispatch
June 5, 2014
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News Analysis

A World in Which No One Is Listening to the Planet’s Sole Superpower: The Greater Middle East’s Greatest Rebuff to Uncle Sam

Contrary to US rhetoric, it seems the Middle East could be the force shifting the international political tide.
by
Dilip Hiro,
TomDispatch
September 30, 2013
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News Analysis

How the Pentagon Corrupted Afghanistan

Operation Enduring Freedom mutated into Operation Enduring Corruption.
by
Dilip Hiro,
TomDispatch
April 2, 2013
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News Analysis
War & Peace

The Alliance from Hell: How the U.S. and Pakistan Became the Dysfunctional Nuclear Family of International Relations

With Pakistan holding up the Afghan war and the US keeping Pakistan completely dependent on IMF loans, the two countries are locked into a dysfunctional affair that will…
by
Dilip Hiro,
TomDispatch
October 18, 2012
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News Analysis

Taking Uncle Sam for a Ride: How Pakistan Makes Washington Pay for the Afghan War

The following ingredients should go a long way to produce a political thriller. Mr. M, a jihadist in an Asian state, has emerged as the mastermind of a…
by
Dilip Hiro,
TomDispatch
April 17, 2012
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