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Unipolar No More: American Power at the Crossroads

By Dilip Hiro / TomDispatch Oct 12, 2016 Moscow’s frustration of Washington’s agenda to overthrow Syrian President Bashar Assad, and China's plan to link numerous Asian and European countries in a vast transportation and pipeline network, represent a growing international challenge to and curtailment of U.S. power. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

A Nuclear Armageddon in the Making in South Asia

By Dilip Hiro / TomDispatch Apr 4, 2016 The nuclear competition between India and Pakistan has entered a spine-chilling phase with Islamabad's decision to deploy low-yield tactical nuclear arms at its forward-operating military bases along its entire frontier with India. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

The Great Game in Afghanistan: a 21st Century Update

By Dilip Hiro, TomDispatch Apr 1, 2015 As the chances for peace talks between the government of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and the unbeaten Taliban brighten, the Obama administration finds itself gradually but unmistakably reduced to the status of bystander. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

A World Where No One Listens to the Planet’s Sole Superpower

By Dilip Hiro, TomDispatch Sep 30, 2013 Ever fewer countries, allies, or enemies, are paying attention, much less kowtowing, to the once-formidable power of the world’s last superpower. The list of defiant figures -- from Egyptian generals to Saudi princes, Iraqi Shiite leaders to Israeli politicians -- is lengthening. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

The Great Afghan Corruption Scam

By Dilip Hiro, TomDisaptch Apr 3, 2013 Washington has vociferously denounced Afghan corruption as a major obstacle to the U.S. mission in Afghanistan. But none of the relevant documents refer to the single most relevant fact: that the fraud and misconduct originates in Washington itself. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )