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The West now faces the task of de-fusing the landmine of their own electorate’s conviction of a […]
Alastair Crooke
Alastair Crooke is the founder and director of the Conflicts Forum, which works for engagement between political Islam and the West.
“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 […]
Put simply, NATO, acting impetuously (i.e., escalating further in Ukraine) can become a pretext for securing Russia’s […]
Russia is unlikely to take the bait: It has the real strategic advantage in all areas of […]
Team Biden has painted the US into such a polarised ‘corner’ over Ukraine that America cannot ‘walk-back’ […]