Deepak Tripathi, PhD, FRHistS, FRAS, is a British historian of the Cold War, the Middle East and the United States in the post-Soviet world. His latest books "Imperial Designs: War, Humiliation and the Making of History" (Potomac Books, imprint of the University of Nebraska Press) and "A Journey Through Turbulence" (Dignity University Press), have just been published.
The Syrian Riddle
Persuading those who are ideologically drunk and politically myopic is often a hopeless undertaking.…
David Cameron’s Mission to India
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.…
The French-British Intervention in the Sahel
There is a lot to fight for, but there could be a heavy price to pay.…
India and its Moral Crisis
More than anything else today, Indian society is going to be judged by how it treats its women.…
Another Gaza War
It is important to dismiss some fallacies surrounding the recent Gaza war.…
Britain’s Drones
Now we know that not only did the United Kingdom already have drones, but more are coming to join the Royal Air Force for surveillance and combat operations in foreign…
What’s Left?
Autocratic instincts of capitalism of today mirror those of communism of the days gone by.…
Delusions of Power
Great people like Gandhi and Mandela use power to curb power. Barack Obama stands among those who use power to accumulate more of it. …
Revealing the Obvious
The 'leaked' NATO report on the military situation in Afghanistan was largely recycled information, useful for the official leakers and journalists who got the scoop.…
Iran, the Revolution and the Language of War
A few days ago, I revisited a lecture given by Fred Halliday, FBA, an intellectual giant among scholars of Middle East and Cold War history, at the London School of…
Spring in the Arabian Desert
Since the outbreak of peaceful protests against President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia in December last year, popular rebellions against authoritarian rule have swept the Arab world. Extraordinary…
America, Iran and an Unashamedly Interventionist Secretary of State
The war is not over yet in Libya after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, and the Obama administration has turned its attention to Iran. Attorney General Eric Holder’s announcement of…
When War Came Home…
War came to Britain’s streets this past week in London, Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol and other urban centers. The country had seen protests against the Iraq war, cuts in pensions for…
A Million Dollar Question
When the president of the United States makes a long-awaited statement about matters of war and peace, it is an important moment. President Barack Obama’s announcement on June 22 that…
The Dynamic of Mission Creep in Libya
Some commentators and politicians are describing it as mission creep – a slide into deeper military involvement in Libya, going beyond the original goal, and inviting unpredictable consequences. In simple…
Barack Obama, a Counterrevolutionary
In my book Overcoming the Bush Legacy in Iraq and Afghanistan (Potomac Books, Inc., 2010), I described Barack Obama’s victory over his Republican opponent John McCain in the November 2008…
The Making of the Egyptian People’s Revolution
These are days of reckoning for Hosni Mubarak and those associated with the Egyptian regime in and outside the country. The outpouring of a million or more people in Cairo,…
The Law of the Jungle
Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break…
The Cost of Humiliation
Never underestimate the cost of humiliation. For in war victory is never clean, because it empowers the vanquished, or their successors, to struggle in the future. Recent wars in Iraq,…
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Quid Pro Quo Diplomacy in US-Myanmar Relations
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No Bear Market In Gold
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Erdoğan’s Visit to Washington, D.C.
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A Scientific Theory of the WTC 7 Collapse
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The Myth of the U.N. Creation of Israel
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Bush Convicted of War Crimes in Absentia
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Ron Paul: Propagandist or Prophet?
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