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Alastair Crooke

Former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum.

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April 16, 2025
Trump axes a stricken world order – but there’s opportunity amidst the turmoil

Trump’s actions were neither ‘spur of the moment’, nor whimsical. The ‘tariff solution’ had been pre-prepared by his team over years.

April 13, 2025
“Mucha suerte” (esa vieja advertencia de la mafia): Trump ha amenazado a irán con un ultimátum que probablemente no pueda cumplirse

Lo que se entiende ahora es que “ya no estamos jugando al ajedrez”. Ya no hay reglas.

April 10, 2025
‘Break-a-Leg’ (quel vecchio avvertimento mafioso) – Trump ha minacciato l’Iran con un ultimatum che probabilmente non potrà essere rispettato

Quello che si capisce ora è che “non stiamo più giocando a scacchi”. Non ci sono più regole.

April 7, 2025
‘Break-a-Leg’ (that old Mafia warning) – Trump has threatened Iran over an ultimatum that likely cannot be met

What is understood now is that ‘we’re no longer playing chess’. There are no rules anymore.

April 6, 2025
La debilidad transacional inclina la balanza del poder: “No se hagan ilusiones; no hay nada más allá de esta realidad”

Se avecina un “reequilibrio” económico en EE. UU. Putin tiene razón. El orden económico posterior a la Segunda Guerra Mundial “ha desaparecido”.

April 3, 2025
La debolezza transazionale fa pendere l’ago della bilancia

Un “riequilibrio” economico degli Stati Uniti sta arrivando. Putin ha ragione. L’ordine economico post-seconda guerra mondiale “è andato”.

March 31, 2025
Transactional weakness tips the balance of power – ‘Hold to no illusions; there is nothing beyond this reality’

A U.S. economic ‘re-balancing’ is coming. Putin is right. The post-WWII economic order ‘is gone’

March 30, 2025
Trump y Putin comienzan a abordar los escombros geoestratégicos acumulados… en medio del ultimátum de Trump a Irán

¿Acaso Trump ve a Irán a través de una óptica distorsionada, creyendo que al destruirla, está logrando la paz mediante la fuerza?

March 28, 2025
Trump e Putin iniziano a discutere dei cumuli di detriti geostrategici… mentre Trump lancia un ultimatum all’Iran

Trump vede l’Iran attraverso un’ottica disturbata – che nel distruggere l’Iran, sta portando la pace attraverso la forza?

March 24, 2025
Trump and Putin begin addressing cumulated geo-strategic debris… amidst Trump’s ultimatum to Iran

Does Trump see Iran through some disturbed optic – that in destroying Iran, he is bringing about peace through strength?

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