The Competency Crisis Proliferating The West – OpEd
The essayist and military strategist, Aurelien, has written a paper entitled: The Strange Defeat (original in French). The ‘strange defeat’ being that of
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Author: Alastair Crooke
Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum.
Website: https://strategic-culture.su
Articles by Alastair Crooke :
Trump, Iran And The Obama Strategic Blueprint – OpEd
Like a smashed antique clock – with its elaborate cogs, ratchet wheels and innards splayed out from the casing –
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Can Trump Save America From Itself? – OpEd
Russian FM Lavrov last week dismissed Team Trump’s floated peace proposals for Ukraine as unsatisfactory. Essentially, the Russian view is
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Imperial Hubris (And Its Consequences) In Syria – OpEd
The Syria story, it seems, is not so simple as ‘President Assad fell’ and the ‘technocratic Salafists’ rose to power. At
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The ‘King-Makers’ Pull The Rug From Syria, Yet Again: A ‘Greek Tragedy’ Begins – OpEd
James Jeffrey, former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and Turkey, in a March 2021 interview with PBS Frontline, laid out very plainly the template for
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A New Geo-Political Map Is Unfolding: The End Of Syria (And Of ‘Palestine’ For Now) – OpEd
Syria has entered the abyss – the demons of al-Qa’eda, ISIS, and the most intransigent elements of the Muslim Brotherhood
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Erdogan’s Idlib Shock Shadows ‘Kursk’ – OpEd
‘Doomsters’ is an occasional Russian expression used to categorise commentators that only see the ‘dark side to events’ (a vice
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The Long War To Reaffirm Western And Israeli Primacy Undergoes A Shape-Shift – OpEd
The long war to reaffirm western and Israeli primacy is undergoing a shape-shift. On one front, the calculus in respect
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The Counter-Insurgency Is ‘On’ – Against Trump’s ‘Storm’ – OpEd
The Deep State whispered to Trump: ‘You cannot withstand the storm’. Trump whispered back: “I am the storm”. The war is on.
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There Are No ‘Easy Wars’ Left To Fight, But Do Not Mistake The Longing For One – OpEd
Israelis, as a whole, are exhibiting a rosy assurance that they can harness Trump, if not to the full annexation
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