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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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28/04/2013

Conflicts Forum Weekly Comment

This 'Weekly Comment' is produced every week by Conflicts Forum with links to key articles published in the regional and international media during the past week.

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20-26 April 2013 Syria has witnessed significant miltary advances by the Syrian Army over the last weeks. Earlier, government forces succeeded in disrupting opposition preparations for a prospective attack on

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19/04/2013

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12 – 19 April The Muslim Brotherhood has been under attack from all quarters. From Saudi sources: an analysispresenting Hassan Banna (the MB founder), as a mere political

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12/04/2013

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5 – 12 April The Almaty talks (5-6) April between Iran & the P5+1 have generally been spun in the western press as signalling a lack of

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06/04/2013

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29 March – 5 April  The deteriorating temper of the region can be encapsulated in three recent events:  A Sunni imam of a mosque in Aleppo this week

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22/03/2013

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15- 22 March 2013 Iraq War – Tenth Anniversary commentary: Paul Pillar, a former CIA officer and now professor at Georgetown University, reflecting back to that era,

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15/03/2013

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NEW!! This new ‘Weekly Comment’ will be produced most Fridays by Conflicts Forum and will be posted on CF’s website, with links to key articles

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01/06/2009 News

Conflicts Forum receives grant from JRCT

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Conflicts Forum is the sole UK recipient of a one-off peaceful relations grant administered by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Foundation (JRCT) for our work on

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19/02/2009 News

New book out now — Resistance: The Essence of the Islamist Revolution

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Resistance: The Essence of the Islamist Revolution By Alastair Crooke Pluto Press, February 2009 Available at bookshops in the UK, at Amazon (UK) and Amazon

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20/11/2008 News

Summary of Salafist Websites, Oct–Nov 08

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Salafist websites persist in their acute verbal offensive against Hezbollah, Iran and the Shi’i generally – but now with greater ferocity: Salafist websites have been

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