29/06/2010 Article

Iran and the end of Deference

The dismissive brushing aside of the results of those who had successful engaged Iran -Turkey and Brazil - leaves little on which to build. It leaves bitterness and mistrust on all sides.

/ Alastair Crooke

Tags: Iran, United Nations

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Article posted on Middle East Channel, foreignpolicy.com, June 2010 The additional sanctions which the Security Council imposed on Iran earlier this month, and the additional

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29/06/2010 Article

The Shifting Sands of State Power in the Middle East

The prospective bitter struggle over the future of the region, and the shaping of Islam closely interconnected to the balance of power will not see a region any “easier” for the US to deal with.

/ Alastair Crooke

Tags: Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Middle East, Obama administration

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Article posted on The Washington Quarterly, June 2010 In his commendably candid interview with Time in January 2010, President Barack Obama noted that managing politics

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03/06/2010 Article

After the Israeli Flotilla Incident, Turkey is the new Palestinian Champion

What we are witnessing is another step – perhaps crucial – in the shifting strategic balance of power in the Middle East.

/ Alastair Crooke

Tags: Egypt, Hamas, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinians

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Article posted on The Christian Science Monitor and The New York Times June 3, 2010 Beirut, Lebanon “This is language that we have not heard

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