Dilip Hiro, born in Larkana, Pakistan is an Indian author, journalist and commentator who specializes in the politics of South Asia and Middle East. Career Hiro originally trained as an engineer in India before moving to the UK to further his career and "explore the West". Hiro was the chief analyst on the Middle Eastern, Central Asian, South Asian and Islamic affairs, and terrorism for the Rome-based Inter Press Service International Features Agency (1992–99), and the London-based Gemini News Service features agency (1999–2002). He is also a frequent contributor to the following online magazines: The Guardian’s Commentisfree; Yale University’s Yale Globalist; and the New York-based Nation Institute’s website TomDispatch. Books Non-Fiction Cold War in the Islamic World: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Struggle for Supremacy (2018) The Age of Aspiration: Power, Wealth, and Conflict in Globalizing India (2016) The Longest August: The Unflinching Rivalry Between India and Pakistan (2015) Indians in a Globalizing World: Their Skewed Rise (2014) A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Middle East (2013) Apocalyptic Realm: Jihadists in South Asia (2012) After Empire: The Birth of a Multipolar World (2010) (shortlisted for the Mirabaud Prize of the Forum International Médias Nord-Sud) Inside Central Asia: A Political and Cultural History of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey and Iran (2009) (on The Financial Times’s List of Best History Books of the Year) Blood of the Earth: The Battle for the World’s Vanishing Oil Resources (2007) The Timeline History of India (2006) The Iranian Labyrinth: Journeys through Theocratic Iran and Its Furies (2005) Secrets and Lies: Operation 'Iraqi Freedom' and After (2004)/ (Financial Times’ Best Politics and Religion Book of the Year) / (Long-listed for the George Orwell Prize for Political Writing) The Essential Middle East: A Comprehensive Guide (2003) Iraq: In The Eye Of The Storm (2002) War Without End: The Rise of Islamist Terrorism and Global Response (2002), The Rough Guide History of India (2002) Neighbors, Not Friends: Iraq and Iran after the Gulf Wars (2001) Sharing the Promised Land: A Tale of Israelis and Palestinians (1998) Dictionary of the Middle East (1996) The Middle East (1996) Between Marx and Muhammad: The Changing Face of Central Asia (1995) Lebanon, Fire and Embers: A History of the Lebanese Civil War (1993) Desert Shield to Desert Storm: The Second Gulf War (1992) Black British, White British: A History of Race Relations in Britain (1991) The Longest War: The Iran-Iraq Military