Alastair Crooke
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first heard Apr 2026
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And that has given them a very cautious attitude to their relations.
And we've seen that caution sort of obviously in Syria at times, but also in Putin's relations with Israel.
I don't mean it in any denigrant way.
I'm just saying that I think he's a cautious person, a lawyer by training, and he understands the power, the global power and its ability to mobilize and its ability to use proxies to damage and maybe even defeat
a country and so you know this is i mean it's interesting because this is exactly the the parallel that we're dealing with now um with with iraq um in the sense uh that i think um the united states um would like and iran would be content
to find a security solution, a permanent security solution, not just a ceasefire, which would involve, of course, things like sanctions, removal of sanctions, things very similar to what Russia is looking for.
But just as in the Ukrainian situation, the European determination to continue the war
on Russia using the Ukrainian proxies has really stopped the ability to find a political solution, a political architecture.
Because what Russia wants is quite clear.
I think Russia wants to set the boundaries very clear.
What is the boundaries of the sphere of interest of nature?
And what are Russia and China and Asia's
fear of interest.
Where does the boundary between this lie and what does that mean?
That's what I think he means when he talks about security architecture.
And this is what Iran is effectively saying.
You know, you have to curb something about stopping Israel because otherwise Israel will not allow you to come to any, you know, any serious, meaningful agreement.
uh with uh iran um and to and if you don't and then iran will do it its own way which is going to be and you said what happens about hummus but uh you know they only have to keep almost tightly closed for three weeks
And the pain across financial markets in the West about supply lines and about food and all these issues will become very, very severe.
So, you know, they're saying, you know, these are our equations.
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