Alastair Crooke

2 weeks ago | ronpaulinstitute.org | Ron Paul |Larry Johnson |Alastair Crooke |Jonathan Hofer

News this week that Elon Musk will soon be departing his “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) is a grim reminder of what happens when you challenge big spending DC. Unfortunately, the lesson once again is that when you challenge the empire, the empire eventually strikes back. President Trump rode into office with the help of Elon Musk’s ambitious plan to cut two trillion dollars in spending and slash useless and bloated government bureaucracies.

3 weeks ago | alethonews.com | Alastair Crooke |Eva Bartlett

A ‘Trump deal’? Juggling war, ‘easy war’ and negotiation By Alastair Crooke | Strategic Culture Foundation | April 24, 2025Trump clearly is in the midst of an existential conflict. He has a landslide mandate. But is ringed by a resolute domestic enemy front in the form of an ‘industrial concern’ infused with Deep State ideology, centred primarily on preserving U.S. global power (rather than on mending of the economy).

Feb 2, 2025 | alethonews.com | Lisa Hutchinson |Alastair Crooke

The United States exits the WHO WHOlly appropriateBy Dr Lisa Hutchinson | Health Advisory & Recovery Team | January 28, 2025No one could have escaped the news that the newly inaugurated US President, Donald J. Trump has signed an Executive Order to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO).

Feb 1, 2025 | alethonews.com | Kit Klarenberg |Alastair Crooke

How Ukrainians became cannon fodder in British military’s Krynky debacle By Kit Klarenberg | Press TV | February 1, 2025In November 2024, Ukrainska Pravda published a little-noticed investigation, documenting in frequently disquieting detail the catastrophic failure of Ukraine’s long-running effort to capture the village of Krynky in Russian-controlled Kherson, October 2023 – June 2024.

Feb 1, 2025 | alethonews.com | Glenn Diesen |Alastair Crooke

Did the US Declare the End of the Unipolar World Order? By Professor Glenn Diesen | January 31, 2025Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave an interview with Megyn Kelly on 30 January 2025 which could signal the beginning of the end of America’s hegemonic security strategy. Rubio recognised that unipolarity, having one centre of power in the world, was a temporary phenomenon that has now passed:“it’s not normal for the world to simply have a unipolar power. That was not – that was an anomaly.