The Middle East – The Betrayal by the Elites ALASTAIR CROOKE An esteemed Arab League ‘grandee’ recently thundered that it was impossible for the Arab world to accept anything – ‘other’- than 21st century modern […]
The Middle East Strategic “Balance” Shredded ALASTAIR CROOKE President Trump was understood to not want a Mid-East war that might blight his rosy re-election prospects (so long as the US stock market stays inflated, and […]
Boris Johnson: An Unlikely Jacobin, Challenging Today’s Paradigm ALASTAIR CROOKE The Brexit issue is settled (with the clear election outcome): We can now exhale our held breath, and with a sigh of relief, sink deeper […]
The Post-War ‘Consensus’ is Over – ‘Either We Reinvent Bretton Woods, or It Risks Losing Relevance’ ALASTAIR CROOKE Kevin Baron, editor of Defense One (a leading US defence publication, funded by the defence industry) explains his anxieties about NATO’s […]
The Lebanese “Canary In The Mine” Is Signalling Mid-East Trouble Ahead ALASTAIR CROOKE There have been protests (mostly pointing up economic stress) across the region for some months: from Egypt to Iraq. But the Lebanese […]
A Panicked Israel Is a Dangerous Israel ALASTAIR CROOKE Former US Presidential Candidate, Pat Buchanan has written, “the Middle East and world, have been awakened to the reality that, when Trump said he was ending […]
ER Editor: In relation to the earlier part of Crooke’s article below, we also recommend this from the Manchester Evening News, Why Boris Johnson’s choice of ‘left-behind towns’ may have also laid bare his election masterplan. […]
ER Editor: We also recommend this piece by Martin Sieff titled Why Liberal Internationalism Has Already Lost the Global Struggle for the Future. Of note: The pathologies of international human trafficking, trading of millions of […]
Germany Stalls and Europe Craters ALASTAIR CROOKE The influential economic commentator on Europe, Ambrose Pritchard Evans, writes: “German industry is in the deepest slump since the global financial crisis, and threatens to push Europe’s powerhouse […]
The Citadels of America’s Elites: Fractured and At Odds with Each Other ALASTAIR CROOKE Something is ‘up’. When two Financial Times columnists – pillars of the Western Establishment – raise a warning flag, we must […]
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