{"id":249087,"date":"2026-11-05T17:28:51","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T17:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/?p=249087"},"modified":"2026-11-05T17:29:17","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T17:29:17","slug":"former-british-intelligence-officer-ukraine-iran-and-yemen-are-part-of-a-larger-struggle-for-a-western-dominated-world-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/former-british-intelligence-officer-ukraine-iran-and-yemen-are-part-of-a-larger-struggle-for-a-western-dominated-world-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Former British intelligence officer: Ukraine, Iran and Yemen are part of a larger struggle for a Western-dominated world order"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former British intelligence officer and EU Middle East advisor Alastair Crooke paints a far-reaching picture of today’s geopolitical conflicts. According to his analysis, the wars and confrontations in Ukraine, against Iran, and in Yemen are not isolated events, but rather expressions of an overarching Western power project. Its aim, he argues, is to maintain a world order in which the West sets the rules. Russia, Iran, and ultimately China stand in the way of this ambition because, as independent \u201ccivilizational states<\/em>,\u201d they resist Western dominance.<\/p>\n

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Crooke begins his analysis with a fundamental thesis: Behind the current international order lies the idea that a Western-led civilization must determine the rules by which the world functions.<\/p>\n

He refers to statements made by Marco Rubio in Athens, which he interprets as meaning that the West must once again be the leading force \u2013 the civilization that sets the rules and framework of a world order.<\/p>\n

For Crooke, this reveals a deeply rooted Western self-image: The idea that a world could exist in which the West no longer gives the instructions remains almost inconceivable for parts of the political leadership.<\/p>\n

Crooke: The West cannot accept a multipolar world<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to Crookes, this way of thinking goes way back. He attributes its development, among other elements, to the European Enlightenment, the Illuminati, Freemasonry, the so-called Hellfire Clubs, and religious and political movements around Sabbatai Zevi. According to his interpretation, these very different movements ultimately merged into a common vision: the creation of a centralized political order.<\/p>\n

Crooke sees this as a process in which traditional human bonds are to be weakened \u2013 family, religion, community and national affiliation. He refers in particular to Jean-Jacques Rousseau and interprets his thinking to mean that one should be freed from traditional social ties and made more of a personal component of a new political order.<\/p>\n

According to Crookes’ account, traditional religion is replaced by a form of \u201cmechanical thinking<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

From Europe to America \u2013 and on to neoconservatism<\/strong><\/p>\n

Crooke then traces a historical line to modern American neoconservatism. According to him, these political ideas shifted more strongly to the United States towards the end of the 19th century and later developed there into the neoconservative movement. At the same time, he sees a connection to European political thought and to Zionism in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

For Crooke, these developments are not completely separate historical phenomena, but rather different manifestations of a common political principle: the idea of a centralized order under Western leadership.<\/p>\n

Ukraine, Iran and Yemen: \u201cPart of a single structure\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here, Crooke draws a connection to the present. The various wars currently facing the world appeared at first glance to be separate from one another. He explicitly mentions Ukraine, Iran and Yemen. According to his analysis, however, these conflicts are \u201cpart of a single structure, a single attempt<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

Crooke speaks of a \u201cgrand plan<\/em>\u201d in which these conflicts are being used to enforce a unified world order. His central question is: Why is the pressure directed specifically against Iran and Russia? His answer: Because they are \u201ccivilized states<\/em>\u201d. By this, Crooke means states with their own historical, cultural and political identity that do not readily submit to an order defined by the West.<\/p>\n

Crooke believes that an oligarchic system lies behind the struggle for world order<\/strong><\/p>\n

Crooke also links the Western claim to leadership with economic power. Because the West held a leading position in trade and finance for a long time, a political order emerged in which great wealth and political leadership were intertwined. He explicitly speaks of a rule by oligarchs in conjunction with political leadership.<\/p>\n

The ultimate goal of this connection is control. In this context, Crooke refers to a historical quote from Benjamin Disraeli. The future British Prime Minister had already warned in 1846 that the world was ruled by forces of which the public knew little. Crooke sees this not as a historical curiosity, but as an indication of power structures that, in his view, still exist today.<\/p>\n