# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alastair-crooke
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:44:21.652Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alastair-crooke"
name: "Alastair Crooke"
slug: "alastair-crooke"
description: "Alastair Warren Crooke CMG, 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."
tagline: "British diplomat"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alistair_Crooke%2C_New_America_event_2009_(3447231827).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1949-06-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.91
  momentum:             8.929702343255226
  historical:           5.906606666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "الستیر کروک"
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    title: "أليستير كروك"
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    title: "Alastair Crooke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8_%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A7"
    title: "אלאסטר קרוק"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alastair_Crooke"
    title: "Alastair Crooke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4708698"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump