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Dilip Hiro

Dilip Hiro

Dilip Hiro is the author of Sharing the Promised Land: A Tale of Israelis and Palestinians (Interlink), Between Marx and Muhammad: The Changing Face of Central Asia (HarperCollins), Neighbors, Not Friends: Iraq and Iran After the Gulf Wars (Routledge), War Without End: Rise of Islamist Terrorism and the Global Response (also Routledge), Iraq: In the Eye of the Storm (Nation Books), Secrets and Lies: Operation "Iraqi Freedom" and After, The Iranian Labyrinth: Journeys Through Theocratic Iran and its Furies, Blood of the Earth: The Battle for the World's Vanishing Oil Resources and, most recently, After Empire: The Birth of a Multipolar World (all Nation Books).

Articles

A World in Which No One Is Listening to the Planet’s Sole Superpower (Foreign Policy, US Military Presence Abroad)

The greater Middle East’s greatest rebuff to Uncle Sam.

How Operation Enduring Freedom Mutated Into Operation Enduring Corruption (Economy, Politics, World)

In Western hands, Afghanistan didn't transition to a "free market" system—but a particularly venal form of crony capitalism.

Washington's Pakistan Meltdown (Foreign Policy, Nuclear Arms and Proliferation, War on Terrorism)

The United States and Pakistan have become the dysfunctional nuclear family of international relations.

Taking Uncle Sam for a Ride (Foreign Policy, War and Peace, US Wars and Military Action)

How Pakistan makes Washington pay for the Afghan war.

Playing the China Card: Has the Obama Administration Miscalculated in Pakistan? (Foreign Policy, World)

Pakistan’s Chinese alliance is one of its most potent weapons in any future showdown with the US.

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The American Century Is So Over (Foreign Policy, Politics)

Obama’s rudderless foreign policy underscores America’s waning power.

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Why Obama's Iran Policy Will Fail (Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Regions and Countries)

Why Russia and China will sink Washington's Iran policy.

How Bush's Iraqi Oil Grab Went Awry (Environmental Issues, Corporations, US Wars and Military Action, Environment)

Want proof the Iraq War was all about oil? Here it is.

An Oil-Slicked Playing Field (Environmental Issues, Regions and Countries, Environment)

The scramble for petroleum by developing countries worldwide is
reshaping global geopolitics in favor of oil-rich nations like Iran,
Venezuela and Sudan.

Iran's Nuclear Ambitions (Global Organizations, Regions and Countries, Nuclear Arms and Proliferation)

By insisting on its right to develop the full range of nuclear technology, Iran has become a Third World hero.