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America’s Technology and Sanctions War Will End, by Bifurcating the Global Economy

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Alastair Crooke, Strategic Culture Foundation, 18 Dec 2018 “The true reason behind the US-China ‘trade’ war has little to do with actual trade … What

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29/06/2005 Article

Judging Abbas

/ Mark Perry

Tags: Bush Administration, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Occupied Territories, Palestinians

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Palestine Report, June 29, 2005 Just two weeks ago — seated comfortably in his well-appointed Washington office — a former senior American foreign policy advisor

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02/06/2005 Article

Listening and Talking

/ Mark Perry

Tags: Bush Administration, Dialogue, Hamas, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Occupied Territories, Political Islam

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Bitterlemons, June 2, 2005 It is said that, soon after the signing of the Oslo Accord, Hamas leader Abdul Aziz Rantisi traveled to Tunis to

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01/06/2005 Article

In Search of Respect at the Table: Hamas Ceasefires 2001–03

/ Alastair Crooke

Tags: Dialogue, Hamas, Hezbollah, Occupied Territories, Palestinians

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Article posted on Conciliation Resources, June, 2005 “Negotiating without resistance leads to surrender. But negotiating with resistance leads to real peace…the world understood that the

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01/06/2005 Article

The Road Ahead: Perspectives on Disarming Hamas

/ Alastair Crooke

Tags: Hamas, Israeli-Palestinian conflict

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Conciliation Resources, June, 2005 The United States and Israel are adamant that Hamas’ political aspirations must come after unilateral and, if need be, coercive disarmament

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12/05/2005 Article

Apply Sparingly

/ Alastair Crooke

Tags: Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Mediation

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Bitterlemons, May 12, 2005 The international third party role (3PR) has been evolving into a remedy believed to hold quite wide-ranging restorative powers. It has

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01/04/2005 Article

Mint Tea with Terrorists

/ Stephen Grey

Tags: Bush Administration, Dialogue, Hamas, Hezbollah, Israeli-Palestinian conflict

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Article posted on New Statesman, April 11, 2005 Osama Hamdan wears an ordinary business suit and hands out an ordinary business card with his e-mail

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01/02/2005 Article

Prospects for Palestinian Security Reform

/ Alastair Crooke

Tags: Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Occupied Territories

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Arab Reform Bulletin, February, 2005 Events since PLO Chairman Arafat’s demise—the unexpectedly smooth transfer of business to a pragmatic leader committed to negotiations and reform,

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10/12/2004 Article

It is Essential to Talk to the ‘Terrorists’

/ Alastair Crooke

Tags: Dialogue, War on terrorism

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The Guardian, December 10, 2004 The rhetoric that we in the west are engaged in “a war on terrorism” is so embedded in our thinking

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01/09/2004 Article

Waving, not Drowning: Strategic Dimensions of Ceasefires and Islamic Movements

/ Alastair Crooke & Beverley Milton-Edwards

Tags: Ceasefires, Hamas, Islamists, Israeli-Palestinian conflict

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Security Dialogue, September, 2004 In the arena of ethno-national conflict, the adoption of a ceasefire is regarded as a key trigger for allowing the development

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