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Has Syria truly entered the endgame? Certainly. The question, however, is, will Syria progress through the snakes […]
Alastair Crooke
Alastair Crooke is the founder and director of the Conflicts Forum, which works for engagement between political Islam and the West.
The regional transformation came about because the U.S. and its toxic ‘with us, or against us’ doctrine […]
Washington may derive satisfaction by presenting the changes that happened in the Middle East as the Saudis […]
U.S. & NATO fallen into their Own Trap? – Alastair Crooke
The West is stuck between the public sentiment which it contrived and the reality on the ground […]
So here we are: more ‘mud’ slinging at President Putin (ludicrously enough) as an alleged indicted ‘child […]
Bibi is by nature cautious – even timid. His radical ministers, however, are not, Alastair Crooke writes. […]
As this bellum (war) rolled across the region, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and others — all formerly rich […]
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 […]