Alastair crooke biography
Alastair crooke biography
Strategic culture.
Alastair Crooke
British diplomat
Not to be confused with Alistair Cooke.
Alastair Warren CrookeCMG (sometimes misspelled as Alistair Crooke), born 30 June ,[1] is a former Britishdiplomat, and is the founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum, an organisation that advocates for engagement between political Islam and the West.[2] Previously he was a ranking figure in both British intelligence (MI6) and European Union diplomacy.[1][3]
Early life and education
Crooke was born in Ireland, to Frederick Montague Warren and Shona Ann Thomson.[1] His elder brother was Ian W T Crooke who became an SAS officer, eventually commanding 23 Special Air Service Regiment.[4][5] Crooke was brought up mostly in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).[6] He was educated at Aiglon College in Switzerland[7] and at the University of St.
Andrews (–) in Scotland, from which he obtained an MA in Politics and E