Sitemap - 2025 - Conflicts Forum’s Substack

Pushing Lebanon to the Abyss / The Geo-Strategic Fracturing of Syria

Was there a clear winner in Alaska? Why did Trump abandon his ceasefire demands?

The coming Alaska circus

Alaska Summit: Who has more to win or lose?

Military Re-Occupation of Gaza: ‘The pretence of releasing the hostages is over; Netanyahu’s Government simply don’t care anymore’

Ukraine Brinkmanship -- Did Trump Just Trigger Nuclear Escalation?

Russia Seeks to Comprehend Fully the Various Constraints on Trump

After Genocide: What next for Israel?

Will Trump Attack Iran Again?

A Further US Attack on Iran Would be Pointless Kabuki

Demolishing the Shibboleths about Iran

Alastair Crooke: Is the Trump Mystique Broken?

Is the Trump ‘Mystique’ Broken? Does MAGA Sense Betrayal?

'The Last Phase before Genocide … The Jewish state is erecting a ghetto. What a horrifying sentence'

Did the US-Israeli attack make Iran stronger? Is Trump self-destructing and his presidency coming to an end?

The Resistance & Islamic Movements – Interview with Alastair Crooke

Trump mimics the Israeli ‘Way of War’

Trump's Hubris-Driven Blunders

Israel will use aggression against Iran again; Ceasefire was a cover

Everything You Need To Know About War With Iran - Interview with Alastair Crooke

US hubris-driven blunders transform the entire complexion of the wider war

An End to the Gaza War? 'Some hostages will return, but Hamas will stay’

Alastair Crooke : What's Next in Trump's War?

‘The Land of Performance’: Trump wanted a Perfect War, a Headline Show-stopper

"An unrivalled ability to execute" -- but 'military achievements are meaningless if not translated into a new reality with Iran'

Who Won the '12-Day War'?

What means ‘winning’?

Alastair Crooke: Iran–Israel Ceasefire? Inside the 12‑Day War & Trump’s Peace Deal

Euphoria turns to disillusion – “Iran has not been defeated”

Trump's Grave Miscalculations

The Key Nuclear Allegation that started the Iran-Israeli War was Coaxed from a Palantir Counter-Intelligence Algorithm

Trump’s Path to War with Iran: Are We Headed for Disaster?

Does Trump realistically expect Iranian surrender in Oman to Vance and Witkoff?

Strategic Disorder in Israel in the Midst of War

War on Iran: Israel is to blame. But what was the US' role?

War with Iran: Is War Immanent or is all this Posturing for Negotiations?

Alastair Crooke: Putin FURIOUS as Trump's Negotiations BLOW UP, Iran Prepares for War

‌Is the Trump Project Unravelling?

'Victory Turns to Defeat'

Moscow's Silence / Moscow's Threats

The Silence of the Bears

Alastair Crooke on the legacy of Imam Khomeini, the Islamic Revolution in Iran and the tradition of Irfan

Key Nuclear Limitation Treaties Threatened by Ukraine's Strike

The Collapse of US Hegemony

Fateful Days -- ‘Netanyahu's Kahanisation & the Smotrichization of the entire government is accelerating’

‘One Quiet Early Morning in Beijing, the Dollar’s Crown Slipped’

Alastair Crooke -- Geopolitical Overview of where we stand with Trump and the Anglo-Zionist establishment with regard to the war on Russia

On Ukraine, Is Trump Missing The Boat?

Can Netanyahu survive the political hurricane until 2026? Israel’s Attorney General warns ‘regime change is accelerating’

A Storm in the West: The Liberal Intellectual Paradigm Is Broken

Israel in Moral Meltdown

Israel is in Moral Meltdown

‘Transition’ to a New World Order is Beyond Most in the West

Slowly but surely, Israel is descending to the bottom of the abyss -- “Dead hostages cost less”

Alastair Crooke: My Week in Tehran

Trump's Negotiations Fail -- Seyed Mohamed Marandi & Alastair Crooke

Trump Can't Seem to Make a Deal

Israel in Turmoil: Will Netanyahu agree to a Plea Bargain?

Why Doesn’t the ‘Deal-Maker’ Close the Deal?

US Ukraine & Russia Envoy General Kellogg undermines Trump

The Kellogg Framework is a Disaster for Trump

Israeli Opposition Leader Lapid warns: "There will be political murder ... Most threats are against Ronen Bar"

Trump and War

Israel’s Deadly Game: Is War Coming?

Two former Israeli PMs warn: ‘Israel stands at the brink of the abyss; closer to civil war than ever before’

A “Trump Deal”? Juggling War, ‘Easy War’ and Negotiation

Trump and Chaos

On the Path to War with Iran

Netanyahu's 'Gang of Destroyers'; “What else needs to happen for this hollow house of cards to collapse?”

Trump Axes a Stricken World Order -- But There's Opportunity Amidst the Turmoil

Trump Demands the Impossible from Iran

Iran tops Netanyahu’s priority list; Has Qatar-gate become dangerous for him?

'Break-a-Leg’ (that old Mafia warning) -- Trump has threatened Iran over an ultimatum that likely cannot be met

Russia Flourishes Under US Sanctions

Transactional Weakness Tips the Balance of Power -- “Hold to no illusions; There is nothing beyond this reality”

War with Iran -- Trump's Biggest Mistake?

‘The Collapsing Israeli Kingdom’ -- “We are in fateful times like no other”

Whilst Trump is in a hurry, Putin, by contrast, is not

Trump & Putin Begin Addressing Cumulated Geo-Strategic Debris … Amidst Trump’s Ultimatum to Iran

Netanyahu & Dermer sabotage US-coordinated hostage deal / 'Guardians of the State’ warn Netanyahu: “You are harming the values of the State & the Zionist Enterprise”

Israel at War With Itself

Europe and Israel Decline & Fragment

The Kingdom of Judea vs. The State of Israel

European Elites in Trouble -- in Wake of a Major Reset of the Global Order

Trump by-passes Netanyahu; Takes over Phase Two negotiations directly with Hamas

Europe faces a MAGA ‘vibe-shift’ as Trump moves to his primordial objective -- The Global Reset

How Europe views Trump

Back to War? Netanyahu cancels moving to Phase Two of Gaza Ceasefire

Reality confronts the Euro ruling-strata -- ‘Through the tear in the fantasy bubble, they see their own demise’

Political Implosion in Israel & Political Earthquake in Germany

‌America as Republic, not as Empire -- Europe’s ‘Sound and Fury’ after Jaw-dropping Pivots in US Policy

Political implosion gathers pace -- "Israel is entering an era of dictatorship"

'It's Trump and Putin's World Now'

‌Trump’s Shocking Curvatures

The Ceasefire Teeters, but Does Not Collapse (yet)

Who trapped whom -- Trump or Netanyahu?

Trump's shock strategy to change entrenched paradigms

Trump’s ‘hall of mirrors’ -- Has Netanyahu managed to ‘torpedo’ the Ceasefire or not?

Can Trump save Gaza and Ukraine?

Israel Lost the War: What are the Consequences -- Alastair Crooke, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen

Trump sees the war in Gaza as having ended; A visibly frail & weakened Netanyahu 'might' travel to meet him ...

The Greatest (Geo-Political) Showman’s ‘Inside Out’ Political Solution

Are Trump & Netanyahu on a collision course?

Trump Goes on the Offensive against Russia, China, and Iran

'Trump & Netanyahu are on a clear collision course' -- as political pressures close in on Netanyahu

Is Trump positioning for a ‘no-deal’ with Russia -- or not?

Has Trump cornered Netanyahu?

Alastair Crooke: Is the US Trying to Escape Reality?

The Competency Crisis Proliferating The West

Netanyahu folds under pressure from Trump

Should Trump Trust Netanyahu?

Will Netanyahu sabotage a Hostage/Prisoner Deal -- for the fourth time?

Trump, Iran and the Obama Strategic Blueprint

Can Trump Save the US From Itself?

Can Trump Save America From Itself?

Alastair Crooke : Imperial Hubris in Syria.