SCFR Online-Opinion: Sanctions are gradually transforming from classical financial instruments into complex mechanisms for the containment of technology, data, and global supply chains.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Damascus is an attempt to redefine France’s role in Syria following the recent political developments in that country; an effort pursued within the context of great power competition and the country’s security challenges.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Middle powers such as India, Turkey, Australia, and some Persian Gulf countries are no longer marginal actors, but are redefining global power equations through balancing diplomacy.
Strategic Council Online – Note: In today’s global politics, the creation of narratives has become as important as territorial control and economic management, and has turned into the main tool of great power competition.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Hamas’s handing over the civilian management in Gaza is assessed as an attempt to reduce political pressures, facilitate reconstruction, and preserve the status of resistance in the future equations of Palestine.
SCFR Online – Opinion: At a time when the West Asia region, particularly in recent months, has been undergoing the most complex political and security developments of the past half-century, the sudden decision by the cabinet of the Zionist regime to recognize the Armenian genocide committed by Turkey, which has faced strong condemnation and opposition from Ankara and Baku, raises questions.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The recent aggressive war launched by the United States and the Zionist regime against the Islamic Republic of Iran not only failed to strengthen NATO, but also exposed the structural weaknesses, deep divisions, and identity crisis of this alliance more than ever before.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The competition between China and the United States is no longer solely about economics or military power, but is now centered on the control of algorithms, data, and the governance rules of artificial intelligence.
Strategic Council Online– Opinion: Russia’s recent nuclear exercises, under the direct supervision of Vladimir Putin, were not merely a military drill. Instead, they constituted a calculated show of force amidst a weakening diplomatic process and the suspension of a potential Trump-Putin meeting.
Strategic Council Online- Opinion: The approval of the bill to annex the West Bank in the Knesset is not only a clear violation of international law but could also trigger a new wave of instability and conflict in West Asia.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An international affairs analyst stated that the developments in the Ukraine war have shown that, despite expanding its military influence in Eastern Europe, NATO has failed to contain Russia and has become trapped in a strategic deadlock.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: A West Asia affairs analyst stated that the developments following the Gaza war demonstrated that Iran, by solidifying its geostrategic position and its military power-balancing capability, can become a decisive actor in the new security order of West Asia.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: A senior Afghan affairs analyst stated: Recently, Afghan media reported on airstrikes on Kabul and the sound of massive explosions. Local sources and news networks claimed that the Pakistani army had taken responsibility for this operation, and the target of the operation was identified as the leader of the Pakistani Taliban movement. Local Taliban spokesmen confirmed the occurrence of the explosion and announced that investigations had begun. The escalation of this incident, which occurred amid rising border and political tensions between Islamabad and Kabul, could affect the security equations in West and South Asia.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An international affairs analyst said: In recent years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has strengthened its asymmetric capabilities, especially in the missile and drone fields. The growing development of missile and drone capabilities has not only raised the cost for regional rivals to enter the aerial arena but also enabled our country to establish layered deterrence and pursue more sustainable strategies compared to countries possessing advanced fighter jets.
Online Strategic Council – Dialogue: A Latin American affairs expert stated that the United States has recently announced it is engaged in an “armed war” with drug cartels in Latin America, and its forces have targeted several boats belonging to Venezuela and Colombia. The President of Colombia has condemned this action and even said that Donald Trump should be prosecuted. In light of these actions, Trump is moving further away each week from his commitment that “no new wars” would be started during his second term.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An expert on Persian Gulf regional issues stated: The White House recently announced that Trump signed an executive order guaranteeing Qatar’s security. The order states that U.S. policy is to deter and respond to any external attack on Qatar’s security and territorial integrity.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: The former Director-General of the Middle East at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated: The U.S. plan to disarm Lebanon’s Hezbollah, based on Resolution 1701 issued in 2006, is not a new issue, but its timing, coinciding with the Gaza War, which started in October 2023, has placed it in a different context. This is because, simultaneously with the Gaza War, Syria underwent extensive developments, and Lebanon, which had entered the Gaza War through Hezbollah, suddenly signed a ceasefire agreement with the Israeli regime.
Online Strategic Council – Discussion: A university professor stated that recent developments in the Ukraine war, with Washington’s new decision to provide intelligence assistance to Kyiv for attacking Russian infrastructure, have once again altered the strategic balance in Eastern Europe.
SCFR Online-Opinion: Sanctions are gradually transforming from classical financial instruments into complex mechanisms for the containment of technology, data, and global supply chains.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Damascus is an attempt to redefine France’s role in Syria following the recent political developments in that country; an effort pursued within the context of great power competition and the country’s security challenges.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Middle powers such as India, Turkey, Australia, and some Persian Gulf countries are no longer marginal actors, but are redefining global power equations through balancing diplomacy.
Strategic Council Online – Note: In today’s global politics, the creation of narratives has become as important as territorial control and economic management, and has turned into the main tool of great power competition.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Hamas’s handing over the civilian management in Gaza is assessed as an attempt to reduce political pressures, facilitate reconstruction, and preserve the status of resistance in the future equations of Palestine.
SCFR Online – Opinion: At a time when the West Asia region, particularly in recent months, has been undergoing the most complex political and security developments of the past half-century, the sudden decision by the cabinet of the Zionist regime to recognize the Armenian genocide committed by Turkey, which has faced strong condemnation and opposition from Ankara and Baku, raises questions.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The recent aggressive war launched by the United States and the Zionist regime against the Islamic Republic of Iran not only failed to strengthen NATO, but also exposed the structural weaknesses, deep divisions, and identity crisis of this alliance more than ever before.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The competition between China and the United States is no longer solely about economics or military power, but is now centered on the control of algorithms, data, and the governance rules of artificial intelligence.
Strategic Council Online– Opinion: Russia’s recent nuclear exercises, under the direct supervision of Vladimir Putin, were not merely a military drill. Instead, they constituted a calculated show of force amidst a weakening diplomatic process and the suspension of a potential Trump-Putin meeting.
Strategic Council Online- Opinion: The approval of the bill to annex the West Bank in the Knesset is not only a clear violation of international law but could also trigger a new wave of instability and conflict in West Asia.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An international affairs analyst stated that the developments in the Ukraine war have shown that, despite expanding its military influence in Eastern Europe, NATO has failed to contain Russia and has become trapped in a strategic deadlock.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: A West Asia affairs analyst stated that the developments following the Gaza war demonstrated that Iran, by solidifying its geostrategic position and its military power-balancing capability, can become a decisive actor in the new security order of West Asia.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: A senior Afghan affairs analyst stated: Recently, Afghan media reported on airstrikes on Kabul and the sound of massive explosions. Local sources and news networks claimed that the Pakistani army had taken responsibility for this operation, and the target of the operation was identified as the leader of the Pakistani Taliban movement. Local Taliban spokesmen confirmed the occurrence of the explosion and announced that investigations had begun. The escalation of this incident, which occurred amid rising border and political tensions between Islamabad and Kabul, could affect the security equations in West and South Asia.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An international affairs analyst said: In recent years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has strengthened its asymmetric capabilities, especially in the missile and drone fields. The growing development of missile and drone capabilities has not only raised the cost for regional rivals to enter the aerial arena but also enabled our country to establish layered deterrence and pursue more sustainable strategies compared to countries possessing advanced fighter jets.
Online Strategic Council – Dialogue: A Latin American affairs expert stated that the United States has recently announced it is engaged in an “armed war” with drug cartels in Latin America, and its forces have targeted several boats belonging to Venezuela and Colombia. The President of Colombia has condemned this action and even said that Donald Trump should be prosecuted. In light of these actions, Trump is moving further away each week from his commitment that “no new wars” would be started during his second term.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An expert on Persian Gulf regional issues stated: The White House recently announced that Trump signed an executive order guaranteeing Qatar’s security. The order states that U.S. policy is to deter and respond to any external attack on Qatar’s security and territorial integrity.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: The former Director-General of the Middle East at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated: The U.S. plan to disarm Lebanon’s Hezbollah, based on Resolution 1701 issued in 2006, is not a new issue, but its timing, coinciding with the Gaza War, which started in October 2023, has placed it in a different context. This is because, simultaneously with the Gaza War, Syria underwent extensive developments, and Lebanon, which had entered the Gaza War through Hezbollah, suddenly signed a ceasefire agreement with the Israeli regime.
Online Strategic Council – Discussion: A university professor stated that recent developments in the Ukraine war, with Washington’s new decision to provide intelligence assistance to Kyiv for attacking Russian infrastructure, have once again altered the strategic balance in Eastern Europe.
Strategic Council Online– Opinion: Russia’s recent nuclear exercises, under the direct supervision of Vladimir Putin, were not merely a military drill. Instead, they constituted a calculated show of force amidst a weakening diplomatic process and the suspension of a potential Trump-Putin meeting.
Strategic Council Online- Opinion: The approval of the bill to annex the West Bank in the Knesset is not only a clear violation of international law but could also trigger a new wave of instability and conflict in West Asia.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An international affairs analyst stated that the developments in the Ukraine war have shown that, despite expanding its military influence in Eastern Europe, NATO has failed to contain Russia and has become trapped in a strategic deadlock.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: A West Asia affairs analyst stated that the developments following the Gaza war demonstrated that Iran, by solidifying its geostrategic position and its military power-balancing capability, can become a decisive actor in the new security order of West Asia.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: A senior Afghan affairs analyst stated: Recently, Afghan media reported on airstrikes on Kabul and the sound of massive explosions. Local sources and news networks claimed that the Pakistani army had taken responsibility for this operation, and the target of the operation was identified as the leader of the Pakistani Taliban movement. Local Taliban spokesmen confirmed the occurrence of the explosion and announced that investigations had begun. The escalation of this incident, which occurred amid rising border and political tensions between Islamabad and Kabul, could affect the security equations in West and South Asia.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An international affairs analyst said: In recent years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has strengthened its asymmetric capabilities, especially in the missile and drone fields. The growing development of missile and drone capabilities has not only raised the cost for regional rivals to enter the aerial arena but also enabled our country to establish layered deterrence and pursue more sustainable strategies compared to countries possessing advanced fighter jets.
Online Strategic Council – Dialogue: A Latin American affairs expert stated that the United States has recently announced it is engaged in an “armed war” with drug cartels in Latin America, and its forces have targeted several boats belonging to Venezuela and Colombia. The President of Colombia has condemned this action and even said that Donald Trump should be prosecuted. In light of these actions, Trump is moving further away each week from his commitment that “no new wars” would be started during his second term.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An expert on Persian Gulf regional issues stated: The White House recently announced that Trump signed an executive order guaranteeing Qatar’s security. The order states that U.S. policy is to deter and respond to any external attack on Qatar’s security and territorial integrity.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: The former Director-General of the Middle East at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated: The U.S. plan to disarm Lebanon’s Hezbollah, based on Resolution 1701 issued in 2006, is not a new issue, but its timing, coinciding with the Gaza War, which started in October 2023, has placed it in a different context. This is because, simultaneously with the Gaza War, Syria underwent extensive developments, and Lebanon, which had entered the Gaza War through Hezbollah, suddenly signed a ceasefire agreement with the Israeli regime.
Online Strategic Council – Discussion: A university professor stated that recent developments in the Ukraine war, with Washington’s new decision to provide intelligence assistance to Kyiv for attacking Russian infrastructure, have once again altered the strategic balance in Eastern Europe.
SCFR Online-Opinion: Sanctions are gradually transforming from classical financial instruments into complex mechanisms for the containment of technology, data, and global supply chains.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Damascus is an attempt to redefine France’s role in Syria following the recent political developments in that country; an effort pursued within the context of great power competition and the country’s security challenges.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Middle powers such as India, Turkey, Australia, and some Persian Gulf countries are no longer marginal actors, but are redefining global power equations through balancing diplomacy.
Strategic Council Online – Note: In today’s global politics, the creation of narratives has become as important as territorial control and economic management, and has turned into the main tool of great power competition.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Hamas’s handing over the civilian management in Gaza is assessed as an attempt to reduce political pressures, facilitate reconstruction, and preserve the status of resistance in the future equations of Palestine.
SCFR Online – Opinion: At a time when the West Asia region, particularly in recent months, has been undergoing the most complex political and security developments of the past half-century, the sudden decision by the cabinet of the Zionist regime to recognize the Armenian genocide committed by Turkey, which has faced strong condemnation and opposition from Ankara and Baku, raises questions.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The recent aggressive war launched by the United States and the Zionist regime against the Islamic Republic of Iran not only failed to strengthen NATO, but also exposed the structural weaknesses, deep divisions, and identity crisis of this alliance more than ever before.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The competition between China and the United States is no longer solely about economics or military power, but is now centered on the control of algorithms, data, and the governance rules of artificial intelligence.
Strategic Council Online– Opinion: Russia’s recent nuclear exercises, under the direct supervision of Vladimir Putin, were not merely a military drill. Instead, they constituted a calculated show of force amidst a weakening diplomatic process and the suspension of a potential Trump-Putin meeting.
Strategic Council Online- Opinion: The approval of the bill to annex the West Bank in the Knesset is not only a clear violation of international law but could also trigger a new wave of instability and conflict in West Asia.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An international affairs analyst stated that the developments in the Ukraine war have shown that, despite expanding its military influence in Eastern Europe, NATO has failed to contain Russia and has become trapped in a strategic deadlock.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: A West Asia affairs analyst stated that the developments following the Gaza war demonstrated that Iran, by solidifying its geostrategic position and its military power-balancing capability, can become a decisive actor in the new security order of West Asia.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: A senior Afghan affairs analyst stated: Recently, Afghan media reported on airstrikes on Kabul and the sound of massive explosions. Local sources and news networks claimed that the Pakistani army had taken responsibility for this operation, and the target of the operation was identified as the leader of the Pakistani Taliban movement. Local Taliban spokesmen confirmed the occurrence of the explosion and announced that investigations had begun. The escalation of this incident, which occurred amid rising border and political tensions between Islamabad and Kabul, could affect the security equations in West and South Asia.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An international affairs analyst said: In recent years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has strengthened its asymmetric capabilities, especially in the missile and drone fields. The growing development of missile and drone capabilities has not only raised the cost for regional rivals to enter the aerial arena but also enabled our country to establish layered deterrence and pursue more sustainable strategies compared to countries possessing advanced fighter jets.
Online Strategic Council – Dialogue: A Latin American affairs expert stated that the United States has recently announced it is engaged in an “armed war” with drug cartels in Latin America, and its forces have targeted several boats belonging to Venezuela and Colombia. The President of Colombia has condemned this action and even said that Donald Trump should be prosecuted. In light of these actions, Trump is moving further away each week from his commitment that “no new wars” would be started during his second term.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An expert on Persian Gulf regional issues stated: The White House recently announced that Trump signed an executive order guaranteeing Qatar’s security. The order states that U.S. policy is to deter and respond to any external attack on Qatar’s security and territorial integrity.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: The former Director-General of the Middle East at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated: The U.S. plan to disarm Lebanon’s Hezbollah, based on Resolution 1701 issued in 2006, is not a new issue, but its timing, coinciding with the Gaza War, which started in October 2023, has placed it in a different context. This is because, simultaneously with the Gaza War, Syria underwent extensive developments, and Lebanon, which had entered the Gaza War through Hezbollah, suddenly signed a ceasefire agreement with the Israeli regime.
Online Strategic Council – Discussion: A university professor stated that recent developments in the Ukraine war, with Washington’s new decision to provide intelligence assistance to Kyiv for attacking Russian infrastructure, have once again altered the strategic balance in Eastern Europe.
SCFR Online-Opinion: Sanctions are gradually transforming from classical financial instruments into complex mechanisms for the containment of technology, data, and global supply chains.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Damascus is an attempt to redefine France’s role in Syria following the recent political developments in that country; an effort pursued within the context of great power competition and the country’s security challenges.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Middle powers such as India, Turkey, Australia, and some Persian Gulf countries are no longer marginal actors, but are redefining global power equations through balancing diplomacy.
Strategic Council Online – Note: In today’s global politics, the creation of narratives has become as important as territorial control and economic management, and has turned into the main tool of great power competition.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Hamas’s handing over the civilian management in Gaza is assessed as an attempt to reduce political pressures, facilitate reconstruction, and preserve the status of resistance in the future equations of Palestine.
SCFR Online – Opinion: At a time when the West Asia region, particularly in recent months, has been undergoing the most complex political and security developments of the past half-century, the sudden decision by the cabinet of the Zionist regime to recognize the Armenian genocide committed by Turkey, which has faced strong condemnation and opposition from Ankara and Baku, raises questions.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The recent aggressive war launched by the United States and the Zionist regime against the Islamic Republic of Iran not only failed to strengthen NATO, but also exposed the structural weaknesses, deep divisions, and identity crisis of this alliance more than ever before.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The competition between China and the United States is no longer solely about economics or military power, but is now centered on the control of algorithms, data, and the governance rules of artificial intelligence.
Strategic Council Online– Opinion: Russia’s recent nuclear exercises, under the direct supervision of Vladimir Putin, were not merely a military drill. Instead, they constituted a calculated show of force amidst a weakening diplomatic process and the suspension of a potential Trump-Putin meeting.
Strategic Council Online- Opinion: The approval of the bill to annex the West Bank in the Knesset is not only a clear violation of international law but could also trigger a new wave of instability and conflict in West Asia.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An international affairs analyst stated that the developments in the Ukraine war have shown that, despite expanding its military influence in Eastern Europe, NATO has failed to contain Russia and has become trapped in a strategic deadlock.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: A West Asia affairs analyst stated that the developments following the Gaza war demonstrated that Iran, by solidifying its geostrategic position and its military power-balancing capability, can become a decisive actor in the new security order of West Asia.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: A senior Afghan affairs analyst stated: Recently, Afghan media reported on airstrikes on Kabul and the sound of massive explosions. Local sources and news networks claimed that the Pakistani army had taken responsibility for this operation, and the target of the operation was identified as the leader of the Pakistani Taliban movement. Local Taliban spokesmen confirmed the occurrence of the explosion and announced that investigations had begun. The escalation of this incident, which occurred amid rising border and political tensions between Islamabad and Kabul, could affect the security equations in West and South Asia.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An international affairs analyst said: In recent years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has strengthened its asymmetric capabilities, especially in the missile and drone fields. The growing development of missile and drone capabilities has not only raised the cost for regional rivals to enter the aerial arena but also enabled our country to establish layered deterrence and pursue more sustainable strategies compared to countries possessing advanced fighter jets.
Online Strategic Council – Dialogue: A Latin American affairs expert stated that the United States has recently announced it is engaged in an “armed war” with drug cartels in Latin America, and its forces have targeted several boats belonging to Venezuela and Colombia. The President of Colombia has condemned this action and even said that Donald Trump should be prosecuted. In light of these actions, Trump is moving further away each week from his commitment that “no new wars” would be started during his second term.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An expert on Persian Gulf regional issues stated: The White House recently announced that Trump signed an executive order guaranteeing Qatar’s security. The order states that U.S. policy is to deter and respond to any external attack on Qatar’s security and territorial integrity.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: The former Director-General of the Middle East at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated: The U.S. plan to disarm Lebanon’s Hezbollah, based on Resolution 1701 issued in 2006, is not a new issue, but its timing, coinciding with the Gaza War, which started in October 2023, has placed it in a different context. This is because, simultaneously with the Gaza War, Syria underwent extensive developments, and Lebanon, which had entered the Gaza War through Hezbollah, suddenly signed a ceasefire agreement with the Israeli regime.
Online Strategic Council – Discussion: A university professor stated that recent developments in the Ukraine war, with Washington’s new decision to provide intelligence assistance to Kyiv for attacking Russian infrastructure, have once again altered the strategic balance in Eastern Europe.
SCFR Online-Opinion: Sanctions are gradually transforming from classical financial instruments into complex mechanisms for the containment of technology, data, and global supply chains.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Damascus is an attempt to redefine France’s role in Syria following the recent political developments in that country; an effort pursued within the context of great power competition and the country’s security challenges.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Middle powers such as India, Turkey, Australia, and some Persian Gulf countries are no longer marginal actors, but are redefining global power equations through balancing diplomacy.
Strategic Council Online – Note: In today’s global politics, the creation of narratives has become as important as territorial control and economic management, and has turned into the main tool of great power competition.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Hamas’s handing over the civilian management in Gaza is assessed as an attempt to reduce political pressures, facilitate reconstruction, and preserve the status of resistance in the future equations of Palestine.
SCFR Online – Opinion: At a time when the West Asia region, particularly in recent months, has been undergoing the most complex political and security developments of the past half-century, the sudden decision by the cabinet of the Zionist regime to recognize the Armenian genocide committed by Turkey, which has faced strong condemnation and opposition from Ankara and Baku, raises questions.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The recent aggressive war launched by the United States and the Zionist regime against the Islamic Republic of Iran not only failed to strengthen NATO, but also exposed the structural weaknesses, deep divisions, and identity crisis of this alliance more than ever before.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The competition between China and the United States is no longer solely about economics or military power, but is now centered on the control of algorithms, data, and the governance rules of artificial intelligence.
Strategic Council Online– Opinion: Russia’s recent nuclear exercises, under the direct supervision of Vladimir Putin, were not merely a military drill. Instead, they constituted a calculated show of force amidst a weakening diplomatic process and the suspension of a potential Trump-Putin meeting.
Strategic Council Online- Opinion: The approval of the bill to annex the West Bank in the Knesset is not only a clear violation of international law but could also trigger a new wave of instability and conflict in West Asia.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An international affairs analyst stated that the developments in the Ukraine war have shown that, despite expanding its military influence in Eastern Europe, NATO has failed to contain Russia and has become trapped in a strategic deadlock.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: A West Asia affairs analyst stated that the developments following the Gaza war demonstrated that Iran, by solidifying its geostrategic position and its military power-balancing capability, can become a decisive actor in the new security order of West Asia.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: A senior Afghan affairs analyst stated: Recently, Afghan media reported on airstrikes on Kabul and the sound of massive explosions. Local sources and news networks claimed that the Pakistani army had taken responsibility for this operation, and the target of the operation was identified as the leader of the Pakistani Taliban movement. Local Taliban spokesmen confirmed the occurrence of the explosion and announced that investigations had begun. The escalation of this incident, which occurred amid rising border and political tensions between Islamabad and Kabul, could affect the security equations in West and South Asia.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An international affairs analyst said: In recent years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has strengthened its asymmetric capabilities, especially in the missile and drone fields. The growing development of missile and drone capabilities has not only raised the cost for regional rivals to enter the aerial arena but also enabled our country to establish layered deterrence and pursue more sustainable strategies compared to countries possessing advanced fighter jets.
Online Strategic Council – Dialogue: A Latin American affairs expert stated that the United States has recently announced it is engaged in an “armed war” with drug cartels in Latin America, and its forces have targeted several boats belonging to Venezuela and Colombia. The President of Colombia has condemned this action and even said that Donald Trump should be prosecuted. In light of these actions, Trump is moving further away each week from his commitment that “no new wars” would be started during his second term.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An expert on Persian Gulf regional issues stated: The White House recently announced that Trump signed an executive order guaranteeing Qatar’s security. The order states that U.S. policy is to deter and respond to any external attack on Qatar’s security and territorial integrity.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: The former Director-General of the Middle East at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated: The U.S. plan to disarm Lebanon’s Hezbollah, based on Resolution 1701 issued in 2006, is not a new issue, but its timing, coinciding with the Gaza War, which started in October 2023, has placed it in a different context. This is because, simultaneously with the Gaza War, Syria underwent extensive developments, and Lebanon, which had entered the Gaza War through Hezbollah, suddenly signed a ceasefire agreement with the Israeli regime.
Online Strategic Council – Discussion: A university professor stated that recent developments in the Ukraine war, with Washington’s new decision to provide intelligence assistance to Kyiv for attacking Russian infrastructure, have once again altered the strategic balance in Eastern Europe.
SCFR Online-Opinion: Sanctions are gradually transforming from classical financial instruments into complex mechanisms for the containment of technology, data, and global supply chains.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Damascus is an attempt to redefine France’s role in Syria following the recent political developments in that country; an effort pursued within the context of great power competition and the country’s security challenges.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Middle powers such as India, Turkey, Australia, and some Persian Gulf countries are no longer marginal actors, but are redefining global power equations through balancing diplomacy.
Strategic Council Online – Note: In today’s global politics, the creation of narratives has become as important as territorial control and economic management, and has turned into the main tool of great power competition.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Hamas’s handing over the civilian management in Gaza is assessed as an attempt to reduce political pressures, facilitate reconstruction, and preserve the status of resistance in the future equations of Palestine.
SCFR Online – Opinion: At a time when the West Asia region, particularly in recent months, has been undergoing the most complex political and security developments of the past half-century, the sudden decision by the cabinet of the Zionist regime to recognize the Armenian genocide committed by Turkey, which has faced strong condemnation and opposition from Ankara and Baku, raises questions.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The recent aggressive war launched by the United States and the Zionist regime against the Islamic Republic of Iran not only failed to strengthen NATO, but also exposed the structural weaknesses, deep divisions, and identity crisis of this alliance more than ever before.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The competition between China and the United States is no longer solely about economics or military power, but is now centered on the control of algorithms, data, and the governance rules of artificial intelligence.
Strategic Council Online– Opinion: Russia’s recent nuclear exercises, under the direct supervision of Vladimir Putin, were not merely a military drill. Instead, they constituted a calculated show of force amidst a weakening diplomatic process and the suspension of a potential Trump-Putin meeting.
Strategic Council Online- Opinion: The approval of the bill to annex the West Bank in the Knesset is not only a clear violation of international law but could also trigger a new wave of instability and conflict in West Asia.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An international affairs analyst stated that the developments in the Ukraine war have shown that, despite expanding its military influence in Eastern Europe, NATO has failed to contain Russia and has become trapped in a strategic deadlock.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: A West Asia affairs analyst stated that the developments following the Gaza war demonstrated that Iran, by solidifying its geostrategic position and its military power-balancing capability, can become a decisive actor in the new security order of West Asia.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: A senior Afghan affairs analyst stated: Recently, Afghan media reported on airstrikes on Kabul and the sound of massive explosions. Local sources and news networks claimed that the Pakistani army had taken responsibility for this operation, and the target of the operation was identified as the leader of the Pakistani Taliban movement. Local Taliban spokesmen confirmed the occurrence of the explosion and announced that investigations had begun. The escalation of this incident, which occurred amid rising border and political tensions between Islamabad and Kabul, could affect the security equations in West and South Asia.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An international affairs analyst said: In recent years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has strengthened its asymmetric capabilities, especially in the missile and drone fields. The growing development of missile and drone capabilities has not only raised the cost for regional rivals to enter the aerial arena but also enabled our country to establish layered deterrence and pursue more sustainable strategies compared to countries possessing advanced fighter jets.
Online Strategic Council – Dialogue: A Latin American affairs expert stated that the United States has recently announced it is engaged in an “armed war” with drug cartels in Latin America, and its forces have targeted several boats belonging to Venezuela and Colombia. The President of Colombia has condemned this action and even said that Donald Trump should be prosecuted. In light of these actions, Trump is moving further away each week from his commitment that “no new wars” would be started during his second term.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An expert on Persian Gulf regional issues stated: The White House recently announced that Trump signed an executive order guaranteeing Qatar’s security. The order states that U.S. policy is to deter and respond to any external attack on Qatar’s security and territorial integrity.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: The former Director-General of the Middle East at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated: The U.S. plan to disarm Lebanon’s Hezbollah, based on Resolution 1701 issued in 2006, is not a new issue, but its timing, coinciding with the Gaza War, which started in October 2023, has placed it in a different context. This is because, simultaneously with the Gaza War, Syria underwent extensive developments, and Lebanon, which had entered the Gaza War through Hezbollah, suddenly signed a ceasefire agreement with the Israeli regime.
Online Strategic Council – Discussion: A university professor stated that recent developments in the Ukraine war, with Washington’s new decision to provide intelligence assistance to Kyiv for attacking Russian infrastructure, have once again altered the strategic balance in Eastern Europe.
SCFR Online-Opinion: Sanctions are gradually transforming from classical financial instruments into complex mechanisms for the containment of technology, data, and global supply chains.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Damascus is an attempt to redefine France’s role in Syria following the recent political developments in that country; an effort pursued within the context of great power competition and the country’s security challenges.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Middle powers such as India, Turkey, Australia, and some Persian Gulf countries are no longer marginal actors, but are redefining global power equations through balancing diplomacy.
Strategic Council Online – Note: In today’s global politics, the creation of narratives has become as important as territorial control and economic management, and has turned into the main tool of great power competition.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Hamas’s handing over the civilian management in Gaza is assessed as an attempt to reduce political pressures, facilitate reconstruction, and preserve the status of resistance in the future equations of Palestine.
SCFR Online – Opinion: At a time when the West Asia region, particularly in recent months, has been undergoing the most complex political and security developments of the past half-century, the sudden decision by the cabinet of the Zionist regime to recognize the Armenian genocide committed by Turkey, which has faced strong condemnation and opposition from Ankara and Baku, raises questions.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The recent aggressive war launched by the United States and the Zionist regime against the Islamic Republic of Iran not only failed to strengthen NATO, but also exposed the structural weaknesses, deep divisions, and identity crisis of this alliance more than ever before.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The competition between China and the United States is no longer solely about economics or military power, but is now centered on the control of algorithms, data, and the governance rules of artificial intelligence.