Alastair Crooke, Valdai Discussion Club, 29 Feb 2016 http://valdaiclub.com/news/military-progress-in-syria-and-its-wider-political-consequences-reality-and-the-price-of-prejudice/ President Obama is cornered: He faces a decision that, whatever course he opts to pursue, he

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Conflicts Forum Weekly Comment, 12 February 2016 At the outset of this year, we suggested that an economic era somehow was drawing to a close

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Alastair Crooke, The World Post/Huffington Post, 8 February 2016 BEIRUT — Late in the night on Feb. 2, the news hit: “all communication and supply

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Conflicts Forum Weekly Comment, 29 January 2016 The Week, an American political magazine, recently asked the question: “Imagine giving this advice to a Republican presidential candidate:

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Conflicts Forum Weekly Comment, 22 January 2016 First of all, it (the oil rout) is worse than generally supposed: Source: Zerohegde  Adjusted for inflation, Saudi Arab

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Alastair Crooke, Valdai Discussion Club, 25 January 2016 Europe is thinking less about ‘values’ and more about functionality — a functionality that consists almost wholly

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Alastair Crooke, Valdai Discussion Club, 19 January 2016 This year, 2016, will be the year energy and raw material producers face bitter reality, and it

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Official Washington is awash with tough talk about Russia and the need to punish President Putin for his role in Ukraine and Syria. But this

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Comment by Guest Editor, Conflicts Forum, (first circulated 27 Nov 2015) Western Europe and the US are hopeful that a deal on Iran’s nuclear program and

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