Daniel Davis Deep Dive EXPOSED: The UKRAINE MONEY GAME /Alastair Crooke
Feb 13, 2026
Alastair Crooke, former British diplomat and founder of Conflicts Forum, offers sharp geopolitical analysis. He argues the Ukraine conflict is run like a financial enterprise and names who profits. He questions whether money can buy security and explores risks around NATO, reconstruction, and global escalation with Iran, China and regional powers.
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War As A Financialized Project
- The Ukraine war has become a financialized enterprise where reconstruction money motivates continuation of conflict.
- Alastair Crooke argues this 'real estate' approach ignores deep security, history, and blood invested by combatants.
Reconstruction Money Can Perpetuate War
- Reconstruction funds and defense contracts serve European and financial interests more than lasting peace.
- Crooke warns funneling money into Kyiv without cultural change risks endless war rather than resolution.
Bankers Have Skin In The Game
- European banks and advisors like Rothschild manage Ukraine debt while BlackRock eyes reconstruction profits.
- That alignment creates a powerful incentive to sustain the conflict to preserve bond values and future returns.