Alastair Crooke
Alastair Crooke | |
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Alastair Crooke in 2009 | |
| Security adviser to the EU special envoy to the Middle East | |
| In office 1997–2003 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 June 1949 |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | University of St Andrews |
Alastair Warren Crooke CMG (sometimes misspelled as Alistair Crooke), born 30 June 1949, is a former British diplomat, and is the founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum, an organisation that advocates for engagement between political Islam and the West. Previously he was a ranking figure in both British intelligence (MI6) and European Union diplomacy.