Dilip Hiro

Dilip Hiro is the author of Inside Central Asia (Overlook Press).

Protests in Kazakhstan Rattle Russia and China

Protests in Kazakhstan Rattle Russia and China Protests in Kazakhstan Rattle Russia and China

China’s response to massive protests in its energy-rich neighbor show that claims of noninterference in the domestic affairs of other countries are not to be taken at face value.

Feb 4, 2022 / Dilip Hiro

President Joe Biden

Biden’s Anti-China Ambitions Biden’s Anti-China Ambitions

Like Trump, Joe Biden is committed to a distinctly anti-China global strategy rooted in fears of American decline.

Apr 24, 2021 / Dilip Hiro

Donald Trump

Trump Is Losing the Tech War Against China Trump Is Losing the Tech War Against China

The Trump administration has responded like a petulant child to China’s booming tech presence, from slapping tariffs on Chinese products to banning TikTok.

Aug 19, 2020 / Dilip Hiro

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and U.S. President Donald Trump

Comparing the US’s and China’s Response to Covid-19 Comparing the US’s and China’s Response to Covid-19

When humanity emerges from this crisis, the standing global order may look quite different.

Apr 28, 2020 / no-paywall / Dilip Hiro

Trump Shame Shutdown

Trump Is Accelerating America’s Decline Trump Is Accelerating America’s Decline

Global confidence in the US has fallen under the current administration, amid an expanding Chinese-Russian alliance.

Jul 2, 2019 / Dilip Hiro

The Indian Kashmir Army

South Asia’s Overlooked Nuclear Crisis South Asia’s Overlooked Nuclear Crisis

While few were watching, India and Pakistan may have just narrowly avoided a nuclear confrontation.

Apr 4, 2019 / Dilip Hiro

Donald Trump withdraws from TPP

Donald Trump Makes the United States More Dispensable Than Ever Donald Trump Makes the United States More Dispensable Than Ever

The president who coined “the art of the deal” has drastically reduced his country’s value globally.

Aug 23, 2018 / Dilip Hiro

America First Actually Means China First

America First Actually Means China First America First Actually Means China First

“Rivals” are stepping into the vacuum created by Trump’s isolationism.

Feb 6, 2018 / Dilip Hiro

Trump in Saudi Arabia

Trump and Saudi Arabia Against the World Trump and Saudi Arabia Against the World

This is a formula for disaster on a global scale.

Jul 6, 2017 / Dilip Hiro

Presidents Putin and Jinping

Think the US Is the Foremost Global Superpower? Think Again Think the US Is the Foremost Global Superpower? Think Again

Welcome to a multipolar world.

Oct 11, 2016 / Dilip Hiro

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