Alastair Crooke

The Israeli military and security establishment have never relished the prospect of outright war with Iran, unless […]

We might conclude that the Ben Op is just a uniquely American manifestation, of little wider import […]

The US, it seems, after earlier chastising Pakistan (for not doing enough to curb the Taliban) has […]

“Here is a story that should seem familiar. A great power, unsurpassed in military might and technological prowess, […]

Europe is hovering at the cusp of debt-induced recession. But to speak about the first recession in […]

How, even after the disaster of Libya, European leaders can ignore the long history of interventions in […]

For the first time, an American official has definitively exposed the fact that the US has no […]

Most people in the Middle East were perplexed. Not surprisingly – they have little experience of American […]

The US and their Gulf Countries and scrambling to salvage what’s left of their diplomatic clout following […]

Alastair Crooke is Director of Conflicts Forum, a small geo-political and geo-financial consultancy, and adviser to a number of […]