Answering the Call of Higher Duty: Nelson Mandela and Edward Snowden
Two individuals who have unquestionably dominated the 2013 agenda are Nelson Mandela and Edward Snowden.
Read MoreDeepak Tripathi is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
Posted by Deepak Tripathi | Dec 19, 2013 | Africa, US, Viewpoints |
Two individuals who have unquestionably dominated the 2013 agenda are Nelson Mandela and Edward Snowden.
Read MorePosted by Deepak Tripathi | Jul 18, 2013 | News & Analysis, US |
Washington’s response in the aftermath, and the announcement that the United States would go ahead with the supply of F-16 aircraft to the military, suggest that Washington’s priority is to see “controlled change” in Egypt.
Read MorePosted by Deepak Tripathi | Jun 25, 2013 | Asia Pacific, Middle East, US, Viewpoints |
The presidency which began with the audacity of hope appears to be heading toward a legacy of spin, deceit and a culture of prurience.
Read MorePosted by Deepak Tripathi | Jun 7, 2013 | Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, News & Analysis, US |
Iran has been an object of desire in the strategic rivalry called the Great Game between the British and Russian imperial powers in Central Asia from the early nineteenth century.
Read MorePosted by Deepak Tripathi | May 26, 2013 | Middle East, Palestine, Reviews, US |
Power and humiliation are the cause and effect of human behavior. In Imperial Designs, I also discuss interventions by Russia, Britain, and the United States in Iran and the consequent radicalization of the Iranian population.
Read MorePosted by Deepak Tripathi | May 13, 2013 | Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, News & Analysis, US |
Persuading those who are ideologically drunk and politically myopic is often a hopeless undertaking.
Read MorePosted by Deepak Tripathi | Feb 27, 2013 | Asia Pacific, Europe, News & Analysis |
By the time the British prime minister met his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh in Delhi, the deal to sell AgustaWestland helicopters to India seemed to have been scuppered.
Read MorePosted by Deepak Tripathi | Feb 3, 2013 | Africa, News & Analysis |
There is a lot to fight for, but there could be a heavy price to pay.
Read MorePosted by Deepak Tripathi | Jan 4, 2013 | Asia Pacific, Viewpoints |
More than anything else today, Indian society is going to be judged by how it treats its women.
Read MorePosted by Deepak Tripathi | Nov 30, 2012 | Middle East, Palestine, US, Viewpoints |
It is important to dismiss some fallacies surrounding the recent Gaza war.
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