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As this bellum (war) rolled across the region, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and others — all formerly rich […]
Alastair Crooke
Alastair Crooke is the founder and director of the Conflicts Forum, which works for engagement between political Islam and the West.
The West is too dysfunctional and weak now to fight on all fronts. Yet there can be […]
NATO is quietly ‘moving on’ from Ukraine — towards Cold War with China while the US is […]
The West now faces the task of de-fusing the landmine of their own electorate’s conviction of a […]
“Israel” is falling apart. Or, behind the apparent chaos, is there some plan up someone’s sleeve? Tens […]
When the U.S. begins its pivot away from Ukraine, and looks fully to Europeanise the war, the […]
Biden has put the US Establishment into a bind: Can we imagine the US throwing up its […]
Where does Europe go in the wake of the Nord Stream allegations? It is hard to see […]
In the US, the Beltway and mainstream media narrative has pirouetted from ‘Russia losing’ to that of […]
Bill Burns travelled (in secret) in mid-January to meet Zelensky. Was it to prepare Zelensky for a […]
Everywhere today, we hear the language of psychic stress – of basal disquietude emanating out from societies […]
Weak leadership has lifted the lid on the European Pandora’s box Things are getting psychotic. As you […]