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Bad Moon: (Trouble) Rising

December 19, 2017

Bad Moon: (Trouble) Rising It seems that we are coming to the crux: President Trump, like Reagan before him, was elected by ‘the people’ rather than by (what Paul Craig Roberts calls the ‘ruling interest groups’): “As a high official in Reagan’s government who was aligned with Reagan’s goals to end stagflation and the Cold War, I […]

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The ‘End of Dreams’, and the Saving of Appearances

November 25, 2017

The ‘End of Dreams’, and the Saving of Appearances Zao Wu-Ki The red sun 1950Once again, to my delight, we’re back with former British diplomat and MI6 ‘ranking figure’ Alastair Crooke and his Conflicts Forum organization. We posted a few of his articles this year and last. This time, Alastair writes a reaction to one […]

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Saudi Arabia’s Desperate Gamble

November 11, 2017

Saudi Arabia’s Desperate Gamble Furious over defeat in Syria, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince is gambling again, arresting rivals at home and provoking a political crisis in Lebanon, but he may lack the geopolitical chips to pull off his bet, says ex-British diplomat Alastair Crooke. It is always tempting. The Syrian war is coming to an end, […]

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Trump’s Scary Nuclear Doctrine 

October 12, 2017

Trump’s Scary Nuclear Doctrine  Pleasing Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and terrifying almost everybody else, President Trump is threatening nuclear war against North Korea and, by implication, war with Iran, as ex-British diplomat Alastair Crooke explains. There are acres of print analyzing “will he, or won’t he” in respect to President Trump taking military action in […]

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Kurdish Referendum Roils the Mideast

October 7, 2017

Kurdish Referendum Roils the Mideast The Kurdish referendum seeking independence from Iraq has created more uncertainty in the turbulent Mideast with Israel appearing to see value in the new chaos, reports ex-British diplomat Alastair Crooke. One week after Kurdish leader Masud Barzani held his referendum on Kurdish independence from Iraq (with both the referendum and […]

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Coming Apart: The Imperial City At The Brink

June 20, 2017

Coming Apart: The Imperial City At The Brink Thomas Cole Destruction of Empire 1836The Conflicts Forum, directed by former British diplomat and MI6 ‘ranking figure’ Alastair Crooke, sent me another unpublished article by Alastair and asked if the Automatic Earth would publish it. But of course. Previous articles by Alastair published here are: ‘End of […]

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Coming Apart: The Imperial City At The Brink

June 18, 2017

Coming Apart: The Imperial City At The Brink  Thomas Cole Destruction of Empire 1836The Conflicts Forum, directed by former British diplomat and MI6 ‘ranking figure’ Alastair Crooke, sent me another unpublished article by Alastair and asked if the Automatic Earth would publish it. But of course. Previous articles by Alastair published here are: ‘End of […]

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Alastair Crooke: ‘End of Growth’ Sparks Wide Discontent

October 16, 2016

Alastair Crooke: ‘End of Growth’ Sparks Wide Discontent Notre Dame Gargoyle, Paris France, 19th century Former British diplomat and MI6 ‘ranking figure’ Alastair Crooke quotes my September 26 article “Why There is Trump” so extensively in this article for Consortium News that I thought I might as well post the whole thing here at the Automatic Earth too. […]

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