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Alastair Crooke

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

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November 8, 2026
El suelo sobre el que se asienta europa está temblando

La Comisión Europea propone un aumento del 81 % en las contribuciones anuales de los Estados miembros al presupuesto de la UE para el próximo año.

November 7, 2026
Il terreno su cui poggia l’Europa sta tremando

La Commissione europea propone un aumento dell’81% dei contributi annuali degli Stati membri al bilancio dell’UE per il prossimo anno.

November 3, 2026
The ground on which Europe stands is shaking

European Commission proposing 81% increase in annual contributions to EU budget by member states for next year.

October 30, 2026
La guerra contro l’Iran e il “terribile potere del denaro”

Netanyahu sta dicendo a Trump che ora deve portare a termine l’opera di distruzione dell’Iran

October 27, 2026
L’ennesima iniziativa di pace finanziarizzata dalla scuderia Witkoff-Kushner

Anziché dare priorità ai profitti delle parti interessate, la coppia Witkoff-Europa dovrebbe concentrarsi sull’architettura di sicurezza eurasiatica e sui confini tra NATO, Russia e Cina per guadagnare terreno a Mosca.

October 26, 2026
The Iran war and the ‘terrible power of the purse’

Netanyahu is telling Trump that he needs now to finish the job of destroying Iran

October 22, 2026
Yet another financialised peace initiative from the Witkoff-Kushner stable

Instead of prioritizing stakeholder profit, the Witkoff-Europe combo should address Eurasian security architecture and NATO-Russia-China frontiers to gain traction in Moscow.

October 1, 2026
Un monde sens dessus dessous

Les civilisations peuvent-elles rassembler les fragments d’aperçus et de savoirs plus anciens pour redonner le contexte permettant de rendre le discours moral à nouveau intelligible ?

September 30, 2026
As premissas equivocadas por trás do alarde em torno da «guerra contra a Rússia» dos europeus

Foi a análise equivocada do Ocidente que o prendeu em uma espiral de ações que correm o risco de levar a Europa a uma guerra com a Rússia.

September 28, 2026
The faulty premises underlying Europeans’ ‘war on Russia’ hyper-ventilation

It was the West’s mistaken analysis that has trapped the West into an escalatory staircase of actions that risk taking Europe to a war with Russia.

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