Alastair Crooke
Director of Conflicts Forum; Former Senior British Diplomat; Author.
'Israel' in Splinters -- at a moment of Western Self-Destruction
Both the US and Europe staked their future - ‘our democracy’ - on insisting the world sees the ‘western way’ as the only valid vision for its future, as well.
Defiance at the G20: 'World Order Z' and the birth of a Wider Political ‘Movement’
The western ‘Iran containment mechanism' (known as the JCPOA) paradoxically was ‘holed on the rocks’ of US Senate dysfunctionality and obstruction.
Russia Enlists Iran as its Force Multiplier
Western belligerency has left Iran no option but to go all in with Russia and the Eurasian Project.
Europeans oblivious to unfolding dynamics -- The price will be horrific
The Moscow-Berlin alliance had to be sabotaged to prevent further economic integration that would have drawn the continents closer together to form the world’s biggest free trade zone. Washington had to stop that in order to preserve its economic stranglehold on Europe, and what remains of dollar ‘privilege’.
Stumbling Towards ‘Principled’ Armageddon
Empires had existed for millennia, but their virtue was having been driven by a vigorous cultural energy until the energetic impulse finally fades to a rustle amongst the leaves
Borrell's Exculpatory Plea: 'So Many Black Swans -- How Could We Have Seen Crisis Coming?'
Did Borrell and his diplomat battalions not see that the US was undergoing a profound change? Did they not consider that the latter might threaten EU interests and be inimical to its wellbeing?
'Imperial Desperation': Insisting on Deference, whilst Radiating Weakness
Europe stands amid schizophrenic tensions. On one hand, ‘the Normal’ (high-end ostentatious consumption) is very present, yet, on the other hand, increasing clusters of the ‘Abnormal’ also exist.
The curious silence surrounding the Baltic gas bubbles
Of course, they know. They know who did it, but the Euro-élite won’t say.
Will Biden know when to stop?
Dare Biden risk nuclear escalation to maintain the ideological equivalence?