Stories by Dilip Hiro
Dilip Hiro's forthcoming book is The Iranian Labyrinth: Journeys Through Theocratic Iran and Its Furies (Nation Books).
Following the Bush pattern of expecting the leaders of Iran to do the bidding of Washington means placing a bet on the inconceivable.
Posted on Oct 30, 2009, Source: Tomdispatch.com
A new world order is emerging from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, with its center gravitating towards China.
Posted on May 4, 2009, Source: Tomdispatch.com
The current oil shock, the fourth in the past 30-plus years and the deadliest so far, shows every sign of continuing for a long, long stretch.
Posted on Jul 17, 2008, Source: Tomdispatch.com
Alan Greenspan's remarks in context.
Posted on Sep 27, 2007, Source: Tomdispatch.com
In almost every measure, the United States is past its zenith. A look at the challenges that are bringing the heyday to a halt.
Posted on Aug 23, 2007, Source: Tomdispatch.com
The election has exposed and sharpened the sectarian and ethnic fault lines in Iraqi society. Meanwhile, bolstered by a popular mandate, the new government seems set on a collision course with American occupiers.
Posted on Feb 17, 2005, Source: Tomdispatch.com
Starting with Saddam's arrest in 2003, each of Washington's rosy scenarios – in which a diminution of violence is predicted and a path to success declared – has turned to dust.
Posted on Jan 29, 2005, Source: Tomdispatch.com
Iran agrees to suspend its nuclear program and works out a deal with the European Union — leaving the U.S. out in the cold.
Posted on Dec 6, 2004, Source: Tomdispatch.com
The ferocious assault on Fallujah is just the beginning of four more years of an re-energized Bush foreign policy. Next stop, Teheran.
Posted on Nov 9, 2004, Source: Tomdispatch.com
