Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
Strategic Council Online: As the Elysee Palace has been struggling with protests against a government decision to raise taxes and fuel prices over the past month, the US president has taken advantage of the opportunity to attack his French counterpart, who at the G20 meeting along with some other European leaders, implied that the Trump administration was unilateralist.
Strategic Council Online: In view of the US pressures, China is trying to quietly maintain its relationship with Iran, a prominent example of which is the resumption of Iran-China banking relations.
Abdolreza Faraji Rad – University Lecturer
Strategic Council Online: The United States seems to be pursuing two main goals in Afghanistan: First make the Taliban part of the power in Afghanistan, that is to put other parties and groups that are opposed to the Taliban in a position to accept the Taliban’s share of power. The second goal is to have a state entirely aligned with Washington’s goals.
Pir Mohammad Molazehi, Expert on Afghanistan Affairs
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Dr. Kamal Kharrazi said the idea of reviving the Islamic civilization in the region could under the current conditions provide a good atmosphere for talks on peace and stability in the region within an intra-civilizational dialogue.
Strategic Council Online: Amara Essy, former foreign minister of the Ivory Coast who is in Tehran to attend the Islamic Unity Conference met Dr. Kamal Kharrazi, President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations.
Strategic Council Online: Former Prime Minister Taher Al-Masri, who is in Tehran to attend the Islamic Unity Conference, met with Dr Kamal Kharrazi, President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations says the implementation process of the EU Financial Mechanism (SPV) is disappointing.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Dr Kamal Kharrazi says Europe’s compliance with the Iran Nuclear Agreement (also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) is a good indication as to whether EU can be trusted on its other initiatives. “Europe’s failure to comply with the JCPOA could result in regional instability,” Kharrazi noted.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Dr Kamal Kharrazi says the wisdom of the Iraqi religious authorities, as well as popular groups, has brought the two Islamic faiths in Iraq closer, noting that this was one reason the Iraqi people left behind a successful election.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations of Iran Dr. Kamal Kharrazi, who is visiting Austria, addressed the 22nd European Forum themed “The European Union, as a Leading Actor for Security and Defense,” in Vienna and spoke on EU-Iran cooperation in the face of the new US sanctions against Iran.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
Strategic Council Online: As the Elysee Palace has been struggling with protests against a government decision to raise taxes and fuel prices over the past month, the US president has taken advantage of the opportunity to attack his French counterpart, who at the G20 meeting along with some other European leaders, implied that the Trump administration was unilateralist.
Strategic Council Online: In view of the US pressures, China is trying to quietly maintain its relationship with Iran, a prominent example of which is the resumption of Iran-China banking relations.
Abdolreza Faraji Rad – University Lecturer
Strategic Council Online: The United States seems to be pursuing two main goals in Afghanistan: First make the Taliban part of the power in Afghanistan, that is to put other parties and groups that are opposed to the Taliban in a position to accept the Taliban’s share of power. The second goal is to have a state entirely aligned with Washington’s goals.
Pir Mohammad Molazehi, Expert on Afghanistan Affairs
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Dr. Kamal Kharrazi said the idea of reviving the Islamic civilization in the region could under the current conditions provide a good atmosphere for talks on peace and stability in the region within an intra-civilizational dialogue.
Strategic Council Online: Amara Essy, former foreign minister of the Ivory Coast who is in Tehran to attend the Islamic Unity Conference met Dr. Kamal Kharrazi, President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations.
Strategic Council Online: Former Prime Minister Taher Al-Masri, who is in Tehran to attend the Islamic Unity Conference, met with Dr Kamal Kharrazi, President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations says the implementation process of the EU Financial Mechanism (SPV) is disappointing.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Dr Kamal Kharrazi says Europe’s compliance with the Iran Nuclear Agreement (also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) is a good indication as to whether EU can be trusted on its other initiatives. “Europe’s failure to comply with the JCPOA could result in regional instability,” Kharrazi noted.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Dr Kamal Kharrazi says the wisdom of the Iraqi religious authorities, as well as popular groups, has brought the two Islamic faiths in Iraq closer, noting that this was one reason the Iraqi people left behind a successful election.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations of Iran Dr. Kamal Kharrazi, who is visiting Austria, addressed the 22nd European Forum themed “The European Union, as a Leading Actor for Security and Defense,” in Vienna and spoke on EU-Iran cooperation in the face of the new US sanctions against Iran.
Strategic Council Online: As the Elysee Palace has been struggling with protests against a government decision to raise taxes and fuel prices over the past month, the US president has taken advantage of the opportunity to attack his French counterpart, who at the G20 meeting along with some other European leaders, implied that the Trump administration was unilateralist.
Strategic Council Online: In view of the US pressures, China is trying to quietly maintain its relationship with Iran, a prominent example of which is the resumption of Iran-China banking relations.
Abdolreza Faraji Rad – University Lecturer
Strategic Council Online: The United States seems to be pursuing two main goals in Afghanistan: First make the Taliban part of the power in Afghanistan, that is to put other parties and groups that are opposed to the Taliban in a position to accept the Taliban’s share of power. The second goal is to have a state entirely aligned with Washington’s goals.
Pir Mohammad Molazehi, Expert on Afghanistan Affairs
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Dr. Kamal Kharrazi said the idea of reviving the Islamic civilization in the region could under the current conditions provide a good atmosphere for talks on peace and stability in the region within an intra-civilizational dialogue.
Strategic Council Online: Amara Essy, former foreign minister of the Ivory Coast who is in Tehran to attend the Islamic Unity Conference met Dr. Kamal Kharrazi, President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations.
Strategic Council Online: Former Prime Minister Taher Al-Masri, who is in Tehran to attend the Islamic Unity Conference, met with Dr Kamal Kharrazi, President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations says the implementation process of the EU Financial Mechanism (SPV) is disappointing.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Dr Kamal Kharrazi says Europe’s compliance with the Iran Nuclear Agreement (also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) is a good indication as to whether EU can be trusted on its other initiatives. “Europe’s failure to comply with the JCPOA could result in regional instability,” Kharrazi noted.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Dr Kamal Kharrazi says the wisdom of the Iraqi religious authorities, as well as popular groups, has brought the two Islamic faiths in Iraq closer, noting that this was one reason the Iraqi people left behind a successful election.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations of Iran Dr. Kamal Kharrazi, who is visiting Austria, addressed the 22nd European Forum themed “The European Union, as a Leading Actor for Security and Defense,” in Vienna and spoke on EU-Iran cooperation in the face of the new US sanctions against Iran.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
Strategic Council Online: As the Elysee Palace has been struggling with protests against a government decision to raise taxes and fuel prices over the past month, the US president has taken advantage of the opportunity to attack his French counterpart, who at the G20 meeting along with some other European leaders, implied that the Trump administration was unilateralist.
Strategic Council Online: In view of the US pressures, China is trying to quietly maintain its relationship with Iran, a prominent example of which is the resumption of Iran-China banking relations.
Abdolreza Faraji Rad – University Lecturer
Strategic Council Online: The United States seems to be pursuing two main goals in Afghanistan: First make the Taliban part of the power in Afghanistan, that is to put other parties and groups that are opposed to the Taliban in a position to accept the Taliban’s share of power. The second goal is to have a state entirely aligned with Washington’s goals.
Pir Mohammad Molazehi, Expert on Afghanistan Affairs
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Dr. Kamal Kharrazi said the idea of reviving the Islamic civilization in the region could under the current conditions provide a good atmosphere for talks on peace and stability in the region within an intra-civilizational dialogue.
Strategic Council Online: Amara Essy, former foreign minister of the Ivory Coast who is in Tehran to attend the Islamic Unity Conference met Dr. Kamal Kharrazi, President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations.
Strategic Council Online: Former Prime Minister Taher Al-Masri, who is in Tehran to attend the Islamic Unity Conference, met with Dr Kamal Kharrazi, President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations says the implementation process of the EU Financial Mechanism (SPV) is disappointing.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Dr Kamal Kharrazi says Europe’s compliance with the Iran Nuclear Agreement (also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) is a good indication as to whether EU can be trusted on its other initiatives. “Europe’s failure to comply with the JCPOA could result in regional instability,” Kharrazi noted.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Dr Kamal Kharrazi says the wisdom of the Iraqi religious authorities, as well as popular groups, has brought the two Islamic faiths in Iraq closer, noting that this was one reason the Iraqi people left behind a successful election.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations of Iran Dr. Kamal Kharrazi, who is visiting Austria, addressed the 22nd European Forum themed “The European Union, as a Leading Actor for Security and Defense,” in Vienna and spoke on EU-Iran cooperation in the face of the new US sanctions against Iran.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
Strategic Council Online: As the Elysee Palace has been struggling with protests against a government decision to raise taxes and fuel prices over the past month, the US president has taken advantage of the opportunity to attack his French counterpart, who at the G20 meeting along with some other European leaders, implied that the Trump administration was unilateralist.
Strategic Council Online: In view of the US pressures, China is trying to quietly maintain its relationship with Iran, a prominent example of which is the resumption of Iran-China banking relations.
Abdolreza Faraji Rad – University Lecturer
Strategic Council Online: The United States seems to be pursuing two main goals in Afghanistan: First make the Taliban part of the power in Afghanistan, that is to put other parties and groups that are opposed to the Taliban in a position to accept the Taliban’s share of power. The second goal is to have a state entirely aligned with Washington’s goals.
Pir Mohammad Molazehi, Expert on Afghanistan Affairs
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Dr. Kamal Kharrazi said the idea of reviving the Islamic civilization in the region could under the current conditions provide a good atmosphere for talks on peace and stability in the region within an intra-civilizational dialogue.
Strategic Council Online: Amara Essy, former foreign minister of the Ivory Coast who is in Tehran to attend the Islamic Unity Conference met Dr. Kamal Kharrazi, President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations.
Strategic Council Online: Former Prime Minister Taher Al-Masri, who is in Tehran to attend the Islamic Unity Conference, met with Dr Kamal Kharrazi, President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations says the implementation process of the EU Financial Mechanism (SPV) is disappointing.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Dr Kamal Kharrazi says Europe’s compliance with the Iran Nuclear Agreement (also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) is a good indication as to whether EU can be trusted on its other initiatives. “Europe’s failure to comply with the JCPOA could result in regional instability,” Kharrazi noted.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Dr Kamal Kharrazi says the wisdom of the Iraqi religious authorities, as well as popular groups, has brought the two Islamic faiths in Iraq closer, noting that this was one reason the Iraqi people left behind a successful election.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations of Iran Dr. Kamal Kharrazi, who is visiting Austria, addressed the 22nd European Forum themed “The European Union, as a Leading Actor for Security and Defense,” in Vienna and spoke on EU-Iran cooperation in the face of the new US sanctions against Iran.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
Strategic Council Online: As the Elysee Palace has been struggling with protests against a government decision to raise taxes and fuel prices over the past month, the US president has taken advantage of the opportunity to attack his French counterpart, who at the G20 meeting along with some other European leaders, implied that the Trump administration was unilateralist.
Strategic Council Online: In view of the US pressures, China is trying to quietly maintain its relationship with Iran, a prominent example of which is the resumption of Iran-China banking relations.
Abdolreza Faraji Rad – University Lecturer
Strategic Council Online: The United States seems to be pursuing two main goals in Afghanistan: First make the Taliban part of the power in Afghanistan, that is to put other parties and groups that are opposed to the Taliban in a position to accept the Taliban’s share of power. The second goal is to have a state entirely aligned with Washington’s goals.
Pir Mohammad Molazehi, Expert on Afghanistan Affairs
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Dr. Kamal Kharrazi said the idea of reviving the Islamic civilization in the region could under the current conditions provide a good atmosphere for talks on peace and stability in the region within an intra-civilizational dialogue.
Strategic Council Online: Amara Essy, former foreign minister of the Ivory Coast who is in Tehran to attend the Islamic Unity Conference met Dr. Kamal Kharrazi, President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations.
Strategic Council Online: Former Prime Minister Taher Al-Masri, who is in Tehran to attend the Islamic Unity Conference, met with Dr Kamal Kharrazi, President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations says the implementation process of the EU Financial Mechanism (SPV) is disappointing.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Dr Kamal Kharrazi says Europe’s compliance with the Iran Nuclear Agreement (also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) is a good indication as to whether EU can be trusted on its other initiatives. “Europe’s failure to comply with the JCPOA could result in regional instability,” Kharrazi noted.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Dr Kamal Kharrazi says the wisdom of the Iraqi religious authorities, as well as popular groups, has brought the two Islamic faiths in Iraq closer, noting that this was one reason the Iraqi people left behind a successful election.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations of Iran Dr. Kamal Kharrazi, who is visiting Austria, addressed the 22nd European Forum themed “The European Union, as a Leading Actor for Security and Defense,” in Vienna and spoke on EU-Iran cooperation in the face of the new US sanctions against Iran.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
Strategic Council Online: As the Elysee Palace has been struggling with protests against a government decision to raise taxes and fuel prices over the past month, the US president has taken advantage of the opportunity to attack his French counterpart, who at the G20 meeting along with some other European leaders, implied that the Trump administration was unilateralist.
Strategic Council Online: In view of the US pressures, China is trying to quietly maintain its relationship with Iran, a prominent example of which is the resumption of Iran-China banking relations.
Abdolreza Faraji Rad – University Lecturer
Strategic Council Online: The United States seems to be pursuing two main goals in Afghanistan: First make the Taliban part of the power in Afghanistan, that is to put other parties and groups that are opposed to the Taliban in a position to accept the Taliban’s share of power. The second goal is to have a state entirely aligned with Washington’s goals.
Pir Mohammad Molazehi, Expert on Afghanistan Affairs
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Dr. Kamal Kharrazi said the idea of reviving the Islamic civilization in the region could under the current conditions provide a good atmosphere for talks on peace and stability in the region within an intra-civilizational dialogue.
Strategic Council Online: Amara Essy, former foreign minister of the Ivory Coast who is in Tehran to attend the Islamic Unity Conference met Dr. Kamal Kharrazi, President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations.
Strategic Council Online: Former Prime Minister Taher Al-Masri, who is in Tehran to attend the Islamic Unity Conference, met with Dr Kamal Kharrazi, President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations says the implementation process of the EU Financial Mechanism (SPV) is disappointing.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Dr Kamal Kharrazi says Europe’s compliance with the Iran Nuclear Agreement (also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) is a good indication as to whether EU can be trusted on its other initiatives. “Europe’s failure to comply with the JCPOA could result in regional instability,” Kharrazi noted.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Dr Kamal Kharrazi says the wisdom of the Iraqi religious authorities, as well as popular groups, has brought the two Islamic faiths in Iraq closer, noting that this was one reason the Iraqi people left behind a successful election.
Strategic Council Online: President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations of Iran Dr. Kamal Kharrazi, who is visiting Austria, addressed the 22nd European Forum themed “The European Union, as a Leading Actor for Security and Defense,” in Vienna and spoke on EU-Iran cooperation in the face of the new US sanctions against Iran.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.