Alastair Crooke

By Alastair Crooke, Published on Al Mayadeen, July 4, 2022: The West, in its cavalier manner, entered upon war with the Russia-China axis, without due care.  It expected easy ‘wins’ with [...]

By Alastair Crooke, Published on Strategic Culture Foundation, July 4, 2022: With the G7’s political leaders off in orbit on some imagined ‘representation of the world’, they are seemingly [...]

By Alastair Crooke, Published on Strategic Culture Foundation, June 6, 2022: The fixation with Ukraine essentially is but a gloss pasted over the realities of a global order in decomposition. [...]

If sanctions are not lifted, Iran will hit back. And Israel will try to deter Iran from pursuing its nuclear programme. The two will clash. By Alastair Crooke Published on Strategic Foundation, [...]

VIDEO In this interview, Alastair Crooke speaks with Peter Lavelle about the Middle East and expands on his recent article Israel in the Middle East — A Civilisational and Metaphysical War. By [...]

Trump may not be prepared to go to war for Israel, but others in the US Establishment view America ‘winning again’ in the wider civilisational war, as an existential issue for America. By [...]

They – the Euro 3 – are taking Iran to the JCPOA Disputes Resolution Mechanism at the UN, insisting Iran to be in non-compliance with its obligations under the JCPOA. By Alastair Crooke Published [...]

Gulf States will be pursing their lips as they consider now their own vulnerabilities and question their reliance on that US umbrella. Even the Pentagon might be questioning, ‘what then – is the [...]

Despite the lack of evidence with regard to Iran the likes of Pompeo and Bolton continue to escalate their warmongering rhetoric – while Trump distances himself from their hawkish stance. [...]

With the US decision to end the eight waivers issued in respect to the import of oil and gas from Iran on 2 May, the Trump Administration effectively is taking its first steps along the path of [...]