Alastair Crooke

At its core, the cabinet judges that public anger and the call to “crush” Hamas will outlast […]

Former British diplomat and EU advisor Alastair Crooke discusses the context that gave way to the truce […]

Former British diplomat and advisor on Middle East issues to EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana, joins […]

Alastair Crooke (fmr British Diplomat): Is Israel Losing the War?

The present hostage exchange is centred on Gaza. However, Israel has three fronts of hot conflict open. […]

Notwithstanding the Biden Op-Ed, the Biden Administration may prove vulnerable to pressure, as the Democratic electoral prospects […]

Netanyahu is setting the stage for entrapment of the Biden Administration by manoeuvring so that the U.S. […]

Alastair Crooke (fmr British Diplomat ): Evaluating Israel’s Moral Justifications

As “Israel” swings towards a Biblical “Greater Israel”, the Islamic world turns increasingly uncompromising. “We are now […]

Is this punishment on Gaza’s civilian population, prompted by desire for vengeance? Or is it an outpouring […]

Alastair Crooke: (fmr. British Diplomat) – What is Biden’s endgame in Gaza?

Taking on the US’ aircraft carriers (even without going into detail) is symbolically tantamount to the Axis […]