SCFR Online – Opinion: Two contrasting narratives of Trump’s foreign policy – one “crisis as doctrine” and the other a “coherent doctrine” – present a complex picture of America’s attempt to redefine its role in the international system.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey under the motto “an attack on one is an attack on all,” is viewed by some analysts less as a full-fledged military coalition and more as an attempt to reduce security dependence on an external power and to establish a regional security mechanism.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US-Saudi nuclear agreement, despite legal and political ambiguities, could alter previous non-proliferation standards in West Asia and intensify nuclear competition, ushering it into a new phase.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Recent developments in Syria indicate an intensification of strategic rivalry between Turkey and the Israeli regime, but mutual considerations and the role of the United States have limited the likelihood of direct war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The future of the so-called Trump peace plan for Gaza, despite claims of an agreement on Hamas’s disarmament, remains shrouded in ambiguity due to structural deficiencies and opposition from key actors.
SCFR Online – Opinion: An examination of the mechanisms of the Israeli regime’s influence in the United States depicts a complex picture of shared interests, strategic dependencies, and the limitations of this relationship.
SCFR Online – Interview: The signing of the Makkah agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey has raised questions about the future of the region’s security structure and the position of these countries in West Asian equations. Can this agreement become a genuine collective defense mechanism, or does it have more of a political and deterrent function than creating new military capacity?
SCFR Online – Opinion: The continuation of the US war against Iran, in addition to increasing operational costs, has called into question the actual capacity of the American arsenal to simultaneously fulfill security commitments on multiple fronts; an issue that affects deterrence, defense production capacity, and Washington’s resource prioritization.
Strategic Council Online – Ronald Trump’s victory in the presidential election has brought Israeli officials so much “joy” that amidst the regime’s field and political defeats in the Gaza and Lebanon wars, they are talking about “annexing the West Bank” to the Occupied Territories.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Weakening the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) could lead to worse conditions for the Palestinians and intensify and accelerate their exodus from the Gaza Strip.
Strategic Council Online: The President of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, Dr. Seyed Kamal Kharrazi, welcomed the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to issue arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. He remarked that this ruling simultaneously decries the Western countries.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: According to what the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia authorities officially announce these days, the two South Caucasus countries are taking the last steps to reach a peace treaty.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: A former Iranian diplomat said, “While Europe, especially France, is very willing to promote the European Union as a power independent from America and NATO, it should be seen to what extent the Europeans can get united and maintain their position and power with Trump’s return.”
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: With Trump’s victory in the US presidential election, speculations about the impacts and consequences of his presence in the White House on the Gaza war have become the focus of political and media circles in the region and the world.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: The cultural attaché and head of Iran’s House of Culture in Pakistan said: In addition to Pakistan pursuing a balanced relationship with major powers such as America and China, the relationship with the countries of the Persian Gulf, especially Saudi Arabia, is also important for economic stability and regional diplomacy.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Saudi Arabia last Wednesday hosted the first meeting of a global alliance to push for a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. An expert on regional issues called the Saudi move an attempt to justify and compensate for the country’s weak position regarding the developments in Gaza.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: On Thursday and Friday, November 10th and 11th, around 50 political activists and officials of the former government of Afghanistan gathered in a two-day meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, behind closed doors, to discuss the possibility of resuming the “Inter-Afghan negotiations. The meeting was held with the support of the Turkish government and at the initiative of the “National Dialogue Forum.” The Forum was established by Hekmat Karzai, Mostafa Mastoor, Zabihullah Ziyarmal, Nabila Mosleh, Idris Zaman, Ayoub Irfani, and Freema Nawabi, former officials of the Afghan government in 2022.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: There are important goals and reasons regarding the recent visit of “Amos Hochstein,” the special envoy of the US President to Lebanon. Based on the leaked details of Hochstein’s talks with the Lebanese authorities, as well as the perception of the nature of recent American policies in Lebanon, it appears that finding “new mechanisms” to implement Resolution 1701 with a new approach is the “main goal” behind the trip of Joe Biden’s special envoy to Beirut.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Two contrasting narratives of Trump’s foreign policy – one “crisis as doctrine” and the other a “coherent doctrine” – present a complex picture of America’s attempt to redefine its role in the international system.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey under the motto “an attack on one is an attack on all,” is viewed by some analysts less as a full-fledged military coalition and more as an attempt to reduce security dependence on an external power and to establish a regional security mechanism.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US-Saudi nuclear agreement, despite legal and political ambiguities, could alter previous non-proliferation standards in West Asia and intensify nuclear competition, ushering it into a new phase.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Recent developments in Syria indicate an intensification of strategic rivalry between Turkey and the Israeli regime, but mutual considerations and the role of the United States have limited the likelihood of direct war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The future of the so-called Trump peace plan for Gaza, despite claims of an agreement on Hamas’s disarmament, remains shrouded in ambiguity due to structural deficiencies and opposition from key actors.
SCFR Online – Opinion: An examination of the mechanisms of the Israeli regime’s influence in the United States depicts a complex picture of shared interests, strategic dependencies, and the limitations of this relationship.
SCFR Online – Interview: The signing of the Makkah agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey has raised questions about the future of the region’s security structure and the position of these countries in West Asian equations. Can this agreement become a genuine collective defense mechanism, or does it have more of a political and deterrent function than creating new military capacity?
SCFR Online – Opinion: The continuation of the US war against Iran, in addition to increasing operational costs, has called into question the actual capacity of the American arsenal to simultaneously fulfill security commitments on multiple fronts; an issue that affects deterrence, defense production capacity, and Washington’s resource prioritization.
Strategic Council Online – Ronald Trump’s victory in the presidential election has brought Israeli officials so much “joy” that amidst the regime’s field and political defeats in the Gaza and Lebanon wars, they are talking about “annexing the West Bank” to the Occupied Territories.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Weakening the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) could lead to worse conditions for the Palestinians and intensify and accelerate their exodus from the Gaza Strip.
Strategic Council Online: The President of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, Dr. Seyed Kamal Kharrazi, welcomed the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to issue arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. He remarked that this ruling simultaneously decries the Western countries.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: According to what the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia authorities officially announce these days, the two South Caucasus countries are taking the last steps to reach a peace treaty.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: A former Iranian diplomat said, “While Europe, especially France, is very willing to promote the European Union as a power independent from America and NATO, it should be seen to what extent the Europeans can get united and maintain their position and power with Trump’s return.”
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: With Trump’s victory in the US presidential election, speculations about the impacts and consequences of his presence in the White House on the Gaza war have become the focus of political and media circles in the region and the world.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: The cultural attaché and head of Iran’s House of Culture in Pakistan said: In addition to Pakistan pursuing a balanced relationship with major powers such as America and China, the relationship with the countries of the Persian Gulf, especially Saudi Arabia, is also important for economic stability and regional diplomacy.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Saudi Arabia last Wednesday hosted the first meeting of a global alliance to push for a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. An expert on regional issues called the Saudi move an attempt to justify and compensate for the country’s weak position regarding the developments in Gaza.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: On Thursday and Friday, November 10th and 11th, around 50 political activists and officials of the former government of Afghanistan gathered in a two-day meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, behind closed doors, to discuss the possibility of resuming the “Inter-Afghan negotiations. The meeting was held with the support of the Turkish government and at the initiative of the “National Dialogue Forum.” The Forum was established by Hekmat Karzai, Mostafa Mastoor, Zabihullah Ziyarmal, Nabila Mosleh, Idris Zaman, Ayoub Irfani, and Freema Nawabi, former officials of the Afghan government in 2022.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: There are important goals and reasons regarding the recent visit of “Amos Hochstein,” the special envoy of the US President to Lebanon. Based on the leaked details of Hochstein’s talks with the Lebanese authorities, as well as the perception of the nature of recent American policies in Lebanon, it appears that finding “new mechanisms” to implement Resolution 1701 with a new approach is the “main goal” behind the trip of Joe Biden’s special envoy to Beirut.
Strategic Council Online – Ronald Trump’s victory in the presidential election has brought Israeli officials so much “joy” that amidst the regime’s field and political defeats in the Gaza and Lebanon wars, they are talking about “annexing the West Bank” to the Occupied Territories.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Weakening the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) could lead to worse conditions for the Palestinians and intensify and accelerate their exodus from the Gaza Strip.
Strategic Council Online: The President of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, Dr. Seyed Kamal Kharrazi, welcomed the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to issue arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. He remarked that this ruling simultaneously decries the Western countries.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: According to what the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia authorities officially announce these days, the two South Caucasus countries are taking the last steps to reach a peace treaty.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: A former Iranian diplomat said, “While Europe, especially France, is very willing to promote the European Union as a power independent from America and NATO, it should be seen to what extent the Europeans can get united and maintain their position and power with Trump’s return.”
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: With Trump’s victory in the US presidential election, speculations about the impacts and consequences of his presence in the White House on the Gaza war have become the focus of political and media circles in the region and the world.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: The cultural attaché and head of Iran’s House of Culture in Pakistan said: In addition to Pakistan pursuing a balanced relationship with major powers such as America and China, the relationship with the countries of the Persian Gulf, especially Saudi Arabia, is also important for economic stability and regional diplomacy.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Saudi Arabia last Wednesday hosted the first meeting of a global alliance to push for a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. An expert on regional issues called the Saudi move an attempt to justify and compensate for the country’s weak position regarding the developments in Gaza.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: On Thursday and Friday, November 10th and 11th, around 50 political activists and officials of the former government of Afghanistan gathered in a two-day meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, behind closed doors, to discuss the possibility of resuming the “Inter-Afghan negotiations. The meeting was held with the support of the Turkish government and at the initiative of the “National Dialogue Forum.” The Forum was established by Hekmat Karzai, Mostafa Mastoor, Zabihullah Ziyarmal, Nabila Mosleh, Idris Zaman, Ayoub Irfani, and Freema Nawabi, former officials of the Afghan government in 2022.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: There are important goals and reasons regarding the recent visit of “Amos Hochstein,” the special envoy of the US President to Lebanon. Based on the leaked details of Hochstein’s talks with the Lebanese authorities, as well as the perception of the nature of recent American policies in Lebanon, it appears that finding “new mechanisms” to implement Resolution 1701 with a new approach is the “main goal” behind the trip of Joe Biden’s special envoy to Beirut.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Two contrasting narratives of Trump’s foreign policy – one “crisis as doctrine” and the other a “coherent doctrine” – present a complex picture of America’s attempt to redefine its role in the international system.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey under the motto “an attack on one is an attack on all,” is viewed by some analysts less as a full-fledged military coalition and more as an attempt to reduce security dependence on an external power and to establish a regional security mechanism.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US-Saudi nuclear agreement, despite legal and political ambiguities, could alter previous non-proliferation standards in West Asia and intensify nuclear competition, ushering it into a new phase.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Recent developments in Syria indicate an intensification of strategic rivalry between Turkey and the Israeli regime, but mutual considerations and the role of the United States have limited the likelihood of direct war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The future of the so-called Trump peace plan for Gaza, despite claims of an agreement on Hamas’s disarmament, remains shrouded in ambiguity due to structural deficiencies and opposition from key actors.
SCFR Online – Opinion: An examination of the mechanisms of the Israeli regime’s influence in the United States depicts a complex picture of shared interests, strategic dependencies, and the limitations of this relationship.
SCFR Online – Interview: The signing of the Makkah agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey has raised questions about the future of the region’s security structure and the position of these countries in West Asian equations. Can this agreement become a genuine collective defense mechanism, or does it have more of a political and deterrent function than creating new military capacity?
SCFR Online – Opinion: The continuation of the US war against Iran, in addition to increasing operational costs, has called into question the actual capacity of the American arsenal to simultaneously fulfill security commitments on multiple fronts; an issue that affects deterrence, defense production capacity, and Washington’s resource prioritization.
Strategic Council Online – Ronald Trump’s victory in the presidential election has brought Israeli officials so much “joy” that amidst the regime’s field and political defeats in the Gaza and Lebanon wars, they are talking about “annexing the West Bank” to the Occupied Territories.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Weakening the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) could lead to worse conditions for the Palestinians and intensify and accelerate their exodus from the Gaza Strip.
Strategic Council Online: The President of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, Dr. Seyed Kamal Kharrazi, welcomed the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to issue arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. He remarked that this ruling simultaneously decries the Western countries.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: According to what the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia authorities officially announce these days, the two South Caucasus countries are taking the last steps to reach a peace treaty.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: A former Iranian diplomat said, “While Europe, especially France, is very willing to promote the European Union as a power independent from America and NATO, it should be seen to what extent the Europeans can get united and maintain their position and power with Trump’s return.”
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: With Trump’s victory in the US presidential election, speculations about the impacts and consequences of his presence in the White House on the Gaza war have become the focus of political and media circles in the region and the world.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: The cultural attaché and head of Iran’s House of Culture in Pakistan said: In addition to Pakistan pursuing a balanced relationship with major powers such as America and China, the relationship with the countries of the Persian Gulf, especially Saudi Arabia, is also important for economic stability and regional diplomacy.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Saudi Arabia last Wednesday hosted the first meeting of a global alliance to push for a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. An expert on regional issues called the Saudi move an attempt to justify and compensate for the country’s weak position regarding the developments in Gaza.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: On Thursday and Friday, November 10th and 11th, around 50 political activists and officials of the former government of Afghanistan gathered in a two-day meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, behind closed doors, to discuss the possibility of resuming the “Inter-Afghan negotiations. The meeting was held with the support of the Turkish government and at the initiative of the “National Dialogue Forum.” The Forum was established by Hekmat Karzai, Mostafa Mastoor, Zabihullah Ziyarmal, Nabila Mosleh, Idris Zaman, Ayoub Irfani, and Freema Nawabi, former officials of the Afghan government in 2022.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: There are important goals and reasons regarding the recent visit of “Amos Hochstein,” the special envoy of the US President to Lebanon. Based on the leaked details of Hochstein’s talks with the Lebanese authorities, as well as the perception of the nature of recent American policies in Lebanon, it appears that finding “new mechanisms” to implement Resolution 1701 with a new approach is the “main goal” behind the trip of Joe Biden’s special envoy to Beirut.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Two contrasting narratives of Trump’s foreign policy – one “crisis as doctrine” and the other a “coherent doctrine” – present a complex picture of America’s attempt to redefine its role in the international system.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey under the motto “an attack on one is an attack on all,” is viewed by some analysts less as a full-fledged military coalition and more as an attempt to reduce security dependence on an external power and to establish a regional security mechanism.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US-Saudi nuclear agreement, despite legal and political ambiguities, could alter previous non-proliferation standards in West Asia and intensify nuclear competition, ushering it into a new phase.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Recent developments in Syria indicate an intensification of strategic rivalry between Turkey and the Israeli regime, but mutual considerations and the role of the United States have limited the likelihood of direct war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The future of the so-called Trump peace plan for Gaza, despite claims of an agreement on Hamas’s disarmament, remains shrouded in ambiguity due to structural deficiencies and opposition from key actors.
SCFR Online – Opinion: An examination of the mechanisms of the Israeli regime’s influence in the United States depicts a complex picture of shared interests, strategic dependencies, and the limitations of this relationship.
SCFR Online – Interview: The signing of the Makkah agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey has raised questions about the future of the region’s security structure and the position of these countries in West Asian equations. Can this agreement become a genuine collective defense mechanism, or does it have more of a political and deterrent function than creating new military capacity?
SCFR Online – Opinion: The continuation of the US war against Iran, in addition to increasing operational costs, has called into question the actual capacity of the American arsenal to simultaneously fulfill security commitments on multiple fronts; an issue that affects deterrence, defense production capacity, and Washington’s resource prioritization.
Strategic Council Online – Ronald Trump’s victory in the presidential election has brought Israeli officials so much “joy” that amidst the regime’s field and political defeats in the Gaza and Lebanon wars, they are talking about “annexing the West Bank” to the Occupied Territories.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Weakening the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) could lead to worse conditions for the Palestinians and intensify and accelerate their exodus from the Gaza Strip.
Strategic Council Online: The President of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, Dr. Seyed Kamal Kharrazi, welcomed the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to issue arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. He remarked that this ruling simultaneously decries the Western countries.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: According to what the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia authorities officially announce these days, the two South Caucasus countries are taking the last steps to reach a peace treaty.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: A former Iranian diplomat said, “While Europe, especially France, is very willing to promote the European Union as a power independent from America and NATO, it should be seen to what extent the Europeans can get united and maintain their position and power with Trump’s return.”
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: With Trump’s victory in the US presidential election, speculations about the impacts and consequences of his presence in the White House on the Gaza war have become the focus of political and media circles in the region and the world.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: The cultural attaché and head of Iran’s House of Culture in Pakistan said: In addition to Pakistan pursuing a balanced relationship with major powers such as America and China, the relationship with the countries of the Persian Gulf, especially Saudi Arabia, is also important for economic stability and regional diplomacy.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Saudi Arabia last Wednesday hosted the first meeting of a global alliance to push for a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. An expert on regional issues called the Saudi move an attempt to justify and compensate for the country’s weak position regarding the developments in Gaza.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: On Thursday and Friday, November 10th and 11th, around 50 political activists and officials of the former government of Afghanistan gathered in a two-day meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, behind closed doors, to discuss the possibility of resuming the “Inter-Afghan negotiations. The meeting was held with the support of the Turkish government and at the initiative of the “National Dialogue Forum.” The Forum was established by Hekmat Karzai, Mostafa Mastoor, Zabihullah Ziyarmal, Nabila Mosleh, Idris Zaman, Ayoub Irfani, and Freema Nawabi, former officials of the Afghan government in 2022.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: There are important goals and reasons regarding the recent visit of “Amos Hochstein,” the special envoy of the US President to Lebanon. Based on the leaked details of Hochstein’s talks with the Lebanese authorities, as well as the perception of the nature of recent American policies in Lebanon, it appears that finding “new mechanisms” to implement Resolution 1701 with a new approach is the “main goal” behind the trip of Joe Biden’s special envoy to Beirut.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Two contrasting narratives of Trump’s foreign policy – one “crisis as doctrine” and the other a “coherent doctrine” – present a complex picture of America’s attempt to redefine its role in the international system.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey under the motto “an attack on one is an attack on all,” is viewed by some analysts less as a full-fledged military coalition and more as an attempt to reduce security dependence on an external power and to establish a regional security mechanism.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US-Saudi nuclear agreement, despite legal and political ambiguities, could alter previous non-proliferation standards in West Asia and intensify nuclear competition, ushering it into a new phase.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Recent developments in Syria indicate an intensification of strategic rivalry between Turkey and the Israeli regime, but mutual considerations and the role of the United States have limited the likelihood of direct war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The future of the so-called Trump peace plan for Gaza, despite claims of an agreement on Hamas’s disarmament, remains shrouded in ambiguity due to structural deficiencies and opposition from key actors.
SCFR Online – Opinion: An examination of the mechanisms of the Israeli regime’s influence in the United States depicts a complex picture of shared interests, strategic dependencies, and the limitations of this relationship.
SCFR Online – Interview: The signing of the Makkah agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey has raised questions about the future of the region’s security structure and the position of these countries in West Asian equations. Can this agreement become a genuine collective defense mechanism, or does it have more of a political and deterrent function than creating new military capacity?
SCFR Online – Opinion: The continuation of the US war against Iran, in addition to increasing operational costs, has called into question the actual capacity of the American arsenal to simultaneously fulfill security commitments on multiple fronts; an issue that affects deterrence, defense production capacity, and Washington’s resource prioritization.
Strategic Council Online – Ronald Trump’s victory in the presidential election has brought Israeli officials so much “joy” that amidst the regime’s field and political defeats in the Gaza and Lebanon wars, they are talking about “annexing the West Bank” to the Occupied Territories.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Weakening the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) could lead to worse conditions for the Palestinians and intensify and accelerate their exodus from the Gaza Strip.
Strategic Council Online: The President of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, Dr. Seyed Kamal Kharrazi, welcomed the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to issue arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. He remarked that this ruling simultaneously decries the Western countries.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: According to what the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia authorities officially announce these days, the two South Caucasus countries are taking the last steps to reach a peace treaty.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: A former Iranian diplomat said, “While Europe, especially France, is very willing to promote the European Union as a power independent from America and NATO, it should be seen to what extent the Europeans can get united and maintain their position and power with Trump’s return.”
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: With Trump’s victory in the US presidential election, speculations about the impacts and consequences of his presence in the White House on the Gaza war have become the focus of political and media circles in the region and the world.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: The cultural attaché and head of Iran’s House of Culture in Pakistan said: In addition to Pakistan pursuing a balanced relationship with major powers such as America and China, the relationship with the countries of the Persian Gulf, especially Saudi Arabia, is also important for economic stability and regional diplomacy.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Saudi Arabia last Wednesday hosted the first meeting of a global alliance to push for a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. An expert on regional issues called the Saudi move an attempt to justify and compensate for the country’s weak position regarding the developments in Gaza.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: On Thursday and Friday, November 10th and 11th, around 50 political activists and officials of the former government of Afghanistan gathered in a two-day meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, behind closed doors, to discuss the possibility of resuming the “Inter-Afghan negotiations. The meeting was held with the support of the Turkish government and at the initiative of the “National Dialogue Forum.” The Forum was established by Hekmat Karzai, Mostafa Mastoor, Zabihullah Ziyarmal, Nabila Mosleh, Idris Zaman, Ayoub Irfani, and Freema Nawabi, former officials of the Afghan government in 2022.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: There are important goals and reasons regarding the recent visit of “Amos Hochstein,” the special envoy of the US President to Lebanon. Based on the leaked details of Hochstein’s talks with the Lebanese authorities, as well as the perception of the nature of recent American policies in Lebanon, it appears that finding “new mechanisms” to implement Resolution 1701 with a new approach is the “main goal” behind the trip of Joe Biden’s special envoy to Beirut.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Two contrasting narratives of Trump’s foreign policy – one “crisis as doctrine” and the other a “coherent doctrine” – present a complex picture of America’s attempt to redefine its role in the international system.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey under the motto “an attack on one is an attack on all,” is viewed by some analysts less as a full-fledged military coalition and more as an attempt to reduce security dependence on an external power and to establish a regional security mechanism.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US-Saudi nuclear agreement, despite legal and political ambiguities, could alter previous non-proliferation standards in West Asia and intensify nuclear competition, ushering it into a new phase.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Recent developments in Syria indicate an intensification of strategic rivalry between Turkey and the Israeli regime, but mutual considerations and the role of the United States have limited the likelihood of direct war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The future of the so-called Trump peace plan for Gaza, despite claims of an agreement on Hamas’s disarmament, remains shrouded in ambiguity due to structural deficiencies and opposition from key actors.
SCFR Online – Opinion: An examination of the mechanisms of the Israeli regime’s influence in the United States depicts a complex picture of shared interests, strategic dependencies, and the limitations of this relationship.
SCFR Online – Interview: The signing of the Makkah agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey has raised questions about the future of the region’s security structure and the position of these countries in West Asian equations. Can this agreement become a genuine collective defense mechanism, or does it have more of a political and deterrent function than creating new military capacity?
SCFR Online – Opinion: The continuation of the US war against Iran, in addition to increasing operational costs, has called into question the actual capacity of the American arsenal to simultaneously fulfill security commitments on multiple fronts; an issue that affects deterrence, defense production capacity, and Washington’s resource prioritization.
Strategic Council Online – Ronald Trump’s victory in the presidential election has brought Israeli officials so much “joy” that amidst the regime’s field and political defeats in the Gaza and Lebanon wars, they are talking about “annexing the West Bank” to the Occupied Territories.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Weakening the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) could lead to worse conditions for the Palestinians and intensify and accelerate their exodus from the Gaza Strip.
Strategic Council Online: The President of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, Dr. Seyed Kamal Kharrazi, welcomed the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to issue arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. He remarked that this ruling simultaneously decries the Western countries.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: According to what the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia authorities officially announce these days, the two South Caucasus countries are taking the last steps to reach a peace treaty.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: A former Iranian diplomat said, “While Europe, especially France, is very willing to promote the European Union as a power independent from America and NATO, it should be seen to what extent the Europeans can get united and maintain their position and power with Trump’s return.”
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: With Trump’s victory in the US presidential election, speculations about the impacts and consequences of his presence in the White House on the Gaza war have become the focus of political and media circles in the region and the world.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: The cultural attaché and head of Iran’s House of Culture in Pakistan said: In addition to Pakistan pursuing a balanced relationship with major powers such as America and China, the relationship with the countries of the Persian Gulf, especially Saudi Arabia, is also important for economic stability and regional diplomacy.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Saudi Arabia last Wednesday hosted the first meeting of a global alliance to push for a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. An expert on regional issues called the Saudi move an attempt to justify and compensate for the country’s weak position regarding the developments in Gaza.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: On Thursday and Friday, November 10th and 11th, around 50 political activists and officials of the former government of Afghanistan gathered in a two-day meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, behind closed doors, to discuss the possibility of resuming the “Inter-Afghan negotiations. The meeting was held with the support of the Turkish government and at the initiative of the “National Dialogue Forum.” The Forum was established by Hekmat Karzai, Mostafa Mastoor, Zabihullah Ziyarmal, Nabila Mosleh, Idris Zaman, Ayoub Irfani, and Freema Nawabi, former officials of the Afghan government in 2022.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: There are important goals and reasons regarding the recent visit of “Amos Hochstein,” the special envoy of the US President to Lebanon. Based on the leaked details of Hochstein’s talks with the Lebanese authorities, as well as the perception of the nature of recent American policies in Lebanon, it appears that finding “new mechanisms” to implement Resolution 1701 with a new approach is the “main goal” behind the trip of Joe Biden’s special envoy to Beirut.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Two contrasting narratives of Trump’s foreign policy – one “crisis as doctrine” and the other a “coherent doctrine” – present a complex picture of America’s attempt to redefine its role in the international system.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey under the motto “an attack on one is an attack on all,” is viewed by some analysts less as a full-fledged military coalition and more as an attempt to reduce security dependence on an external power and to establish a regional security mechanism.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US-Saudi nuclear agreement, despite legal and political ambiguities, could alter previous non-proliferation standards in West Asia and intensify nuclear competition, ushering it into a new phase.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Recent developments in Syria indicate an intensification of strategic rivalry between Turkey and the Israeli regime, but mutual considerations and the role of the United States have limited the likelihood of direct war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The future of the so-called Trump peace plan for Gaza, despite claims of an agreement on Hamas’s disarmament, remains shrouded in ambiguity due to structural deficiencies and opposition from key actors.
SCFR Online – Opinion: An examination of the mechanisms of the Israeli regime’s influence in the United States depicts a complex picture of shared interests, strategic dependencies, and the limitations of this relationship.
SCFR Online – Interview: The signing of the Makkah agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey has raised questions about the future of the region’s security structure and the position of these countries in West Asian equations. Can this agreement become a genuine collective defense mechanism, or does it have more of a political and deterrent function than creating new military capacity?
SCFR Online – Opinion: The continuation of the US war against Iran, in addition to increasing operational costs, has called into question the actual capacity of the American arsenal to simultaneously fulfill security commitments on multiple fronts; an issue that affects deterrence, defense production capacity, and Washington’s resource prioritization.