SCFR Online – Opinion: The direct war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran, disruption of nuclear inspections, and intensification of great power competition have taken the non-proliferation crisis beyond the issue of Iran’s nuclear program.
SCFR Online – Opinion: In the Iran–U.S. equation, China pursues a cautious balance between its energy and transit interests with Tehran and considerations related to sanctions and competition with Washington.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The simultaneity of pressure on the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb has turned the geography of energy and shipping into a new arena for the emergence of new risks, costs, and leverage.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed on August 7, 2026, between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, is more than an answer to geopolitical vacuums; in practice, it faces a “deterrence dilemma” and “differing threat perception.” While this pact symbolizes a transition toward regional self-reliance, its first field tests and the complexities of relations with regional actors will determine its real meaning.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The reason for Washington’s reluctance to enter directly into war with Ansarullah is military and economic limitations, electoral considerations, and concern about the expansion of the crisis at two energy chokepoints.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Ansarullah’s recent lightning-fast operation and surprise advances on Yemen’s western coast have rapidly transformed the equations of the war in that country and developments in West Asia, and have challenged the calculations of Saudi Arabia, the United States, the West, and the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The intensification of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections indicates Washington’s inability to achieve its war objectives.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The competition between Washington and Beijing over chips and artificial intelligence, simultaneously with the shifting of technological balances, has taken on new economic and security dimensions.
Strategic Council Online- Opinion: For nearly 50 years, due to religious considerations, India avoided any bilateral relations with the Zionist regime and voted against Tel Aviv in international forums, but after the end of the Cold War, it became one of Tel Aviv’s important partners.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asian issues said: The Israeli regime is trying to stop the delivery of food to the people of Gaza by building the Netzarim passage to use hunger as a weapon to make the people of Gaza surrender.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international affairs expert said that the European Union is helping Ukraine not to defend the country of Ukraine but to defend its security against Russia; therefore, their financial aid to Ukraine will continue.
Strategic Council Online: Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, followed by an Israeli attack on Gaza, in violation of all human, legal, and political boundaries, has had and will have consequences for the Zionist regime in various fields.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional issues
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Middle East issues said: After nearly 150 days have passed since the attacks of Israeli planes on Gaza and the unprecedented genocide in this city, regional and international efforts to end the Gaza crisis have intensified.
Strategic Council Online: An expert on regional issues said: With the start of the Gaza war, many major powers and international organizations not only did not take honest action to support the defenseless Palestinian people, but instead, with their support for the actions of the Zionist regime, they caused their crimes to increase over the past five months.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on regional issues said: The announcement of France’s agreement with the formation of two states in the Occupied Territories is a measure to raise the international image of France and reduce domestic pressure on the Macron government for inaction against the Israeli crimes in Gaza.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: An international affairs expert said: The recent visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Egypt after 12 years will probably mark a new phase of relations between Ankara and Cairo.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international affairs expert said: After Russia attacked Ukraine two years ago, the country’s relations with some of its European neighbors were severely disturbed in such a way that a clear future cannot be imagined for it.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Munich Security Conference, which started its activity during the Cold War, is known as one of the unofficial authorities in the world and an institution for dialogue and exchange of views on security issues and international security policies.
Mohsen Sharif Khodaei – International Relations Analyst
SCFR Online – Opinion: The direct war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran, disruption of nuclear inspections, and intensification of great power competition have taken the non-proliferation crisis beyond the issue of Iran’s nuclear program.
SCFR Online – Opinion: In the Iran–U.S. equation, China pursues a cautious balance between its energy and transit interests with Tehran and considerations related to sanctions and competition with Washington.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The simultaneity of pressure on the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb has turned the geography of energy and shipping into a new arena for the emergence of new risks, costs, and leverage.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed on August 7, 2026, between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, is more than an answer to geopolitical vacuums; in practice, it faces a “deterrence dilemma” and “differing threat perception.” While this pact symbolizes a transition toward regional self-reliance, its first field tests and the complexities of relations with regional actors will determine its real meaning.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The reason for Washington’s reluctance to enter directly into war with Ansarullah is military and economic limitations, electoral considerations, and concern about the expansion of the crisis at two energy chokepoints.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Ansarullah’s recent lightning-fast operation and surprise advances on Yemen’s western coast have rapidly transformed the equations of the war in that country and developments in West Asia, and have challenged the calculations of Saudi Arabia, the United States, the West, and the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The intensification of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections indicates Washington’s inability to achieve its war objectives.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The competition between Washington and Beijing over chips and artificial intelligence, simultaneously with the shifting of technological balances, has taken on new economic and security dimensions.
Strategic Council Online- Opinion: For nearly 50 years, due to religious considerations, India avoided any bilateral relations with the Zionist regime and voted against Tel Aviv in international forums, but after the end of the Cold War, it became one of Tel Aviv’s important partners.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asian issues said: The Israeli regime is trying to stop the delivery of food to the people of Gaza by building the Netzarim passage to use hunger as a weapon to make the people of Gaza surrender.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international affairs expert said that the European Union is helping Ukraine not to defend the country of Ukraine but to defend its security against Russia; therefore, their financial aid to Ukraine will continue.
Strategic Council Online: Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, followed by an Israeli attack on Gaza, in violation of all human, legal, and political boundaries, has had and will have consequences for the Zionist regime in various fields.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional issues
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Middle East issues said: After nearly 150 days have passed since the attacks of Israeli planes on Gaza and the unprecedented genocide in this city, regional and international efforts to end the Gaza crisis have intensified.
Strategic Council Online: An expert on regional issues said: With the start of the Gaza war, many major powers and international organizations not only did not take honest action to support the defenseless Palestinian people, but instead, with their support for the actions of the Zionist regime, they caused their crimes to increase over the past five months.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on regional issues said: The announcement of France’s agreement with the formation of two states in the Occupied Territories is a measure to raise the international image of France and reduce domestic pressure on the Macron government for inaction against the Israeli crimes in Gaza.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: An international affairs expert said: The recent visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Egypt after 12 years will probably mark a new phase of relations between Ankara and Cairo.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international affairs expert said: After Russia attacked Ukraine two years ago, the country’s relations with some of its European neighbors were severely disturbed in such a way that a clear future cannot be imagined for it.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Munich Security Conference, which started its activity during the Cold War, is known as one of the unofficial authorities in the world and an institution for dialogue and exchange of views on security issues and international security policies.
Mohsen Sharif Khodaei – International Relations Analyst
Strategic Council Online- Opinion: For nearly 50 years, due to religious considerations, India avoided any bilateral relations with the Zionist regime and voted against Tel Aviv in international forums, but after the end of the Cold War, it became one of Tel Aviv’s important partners.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asian issues said: The Israeli regime is trying to stop the delivery of food to the people of Gaza by building the Netzarim passage to use hunger as a weapon to make the people of Gaza surrender.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international affairs expert said that the European Union is helping Ukraine not to defend the country of Ukraine but to defend its security against Russia; therefore, their financial aid to Ukraine will continue.
Strategic Council Online: Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, followed by an Israeli attack on Gaza, in violation of all human, legal, and political boundaries, has had and will have consequences for the Zionist regime in various fields.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional issues
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Middle East issues said: After nearly 150 days have passed since the attacks of Israeli planes on Gaza and the unprecedented genocide in this city, regional and international efforts to end the Gaza crisis have intensified.
Strategic Council Online: An expert on regional issues said: With the start of the Gaza war, many major powers and international organizations not only did not take honest action to support the defenseless Palestinian people, but instead, with their support for the actions of the Zionist regime, they caused their crimes to increase over the past five months.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on regional issues said: The announcement of France’s agreement with the formation of two states in the Occupied Territories is a measure to raise the international image of France and reduce domestic pressure on the Macron government for inaction against the Israeli crimes in Gaza.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: An international affairs expert said: The recent visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Egypt after 12 years will probably mark a new phase of relations between Ankara and Cairo.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international affairs expert said: After Russia attacked Ukraine two years ago, the country’s relations with some of its European neighbors were severely disturbed in such a way that a clear future cannot be imagined for it.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Munich Security Conference, which started its activity during the Cold War, is known as one of the unofficial authorities in the world and an institution for dialogue and exchange of views on security issues and international security policies.
Mohsen Sharif Khodaei – International Relations Analyst
SCFR Online – Opinion: The direct war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran, disruption of nuclear inspections, and intensification of great power competition have taken the non-proliferation crisis beyond the issue of Iran’s nuclear program.
SCFR Online – Opinion: In the Iran–U.S. equation, China pursues a cautious balance between its energy and transit interests with Tehran and considerations related to sanctions and competition with Washington.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The simultaneity of pressure on the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb has turned the geography of energy and shipping into a new arena for the emergence of new risks, costs, and leverage.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed on August 7, 2026, between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, is more than an answer to geopolitical vacuums; in practice, it faces a “deterrence dilemma” and “differing threat perception.” While this pact symbolizes a transition toward regional self-reliance, its first field tests and the complexities of relations with regional actors will determine its real meaning.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The reason for Washington’s reluctance to enter directly into war with Ansarullah is military and economic limitations, electoral considerations, and concern about the expansion of the crisis at two energy chokepoints.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Ansarullah’s recent lightning-fast operation and surprise advances on Yemen’s western coast have rapidly transformed the equations of the war in that country and developments in West Asia, and have challenged the calculations of Saudi Arabia, the United States, the West, and the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The intensification of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections indicates Washington’s inability to achieve its war objectives.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The competition between Washington and Beijing over chips and artificial intelligence, simultaneously with the shifting of technological balances, has taken on new economic and security dimensions.
Strategic Council Online- Opinion: For nearly 50 years, due to religious considerations, India avoided any bilateral relations with the Zionist regime and voted against Tel Aviv in international forums, but after the end of the Cold War, it became one of Tel Aviv’s important partners.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asian issues said: The Israeli regime is trying to stop the delivery of food to the people of Gaza by building the Netzarim passage to use hunger as a weapon to make the people of Gaza surrender.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international affairs expert said that the European Union is helping Ukraine not to defend the country of Ukraine but to defend its security against Russia; therefore, their financial aid to Ukraine will continue.
Strategic Council Online: Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, followed by an Israeli attack on Gaza, in violation of all human, legal, and political boundaries, has had and will have consequences for the Zionist regime in various fields.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional issues
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Middle East issues said: After nearly 150 days have passed since the attacks of Israeli planes on Gaza and the unprecedented genocide in this city, regional and international efforts to end the Gaza crisis have intensified.
Strategic Council Online: An expert on regional issues said: With the start of the Gaza war, many major powers and international organizations not only did not take honest action to support the defenseless Palestinian people, but instead, with their support for the actions of the Zionist regime, they caused their crimes to increase over the past five months.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on regional issues said: The announcement of France’s agreement with the formation of two states in the Occupied Territories is a measure to raise the international image of France and reduce domestic pressure on the Macron government for inaction against the Israeli crimes in Gaza.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: An international affairs expert said: The recent visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Egypt after 12 years will probably mark a new phase of relations between Ankara and Cairo.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international affairs expert said: After Russia attacked Ukraine two years ago, the country’s relations with some of its European neighbors were severely disturbed in such a way that a clear future cannot be imagined for it.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Munich Security Conference, which started its activity during the Cold War, is known as one of the unofficial authorities in the world and an institution for dialogue and exchange of views on security issues and international security policies.
Mohsen Sharif Khodaei – International Relations Analyst
SCFR Online – Opinion: The direct war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran, disruption of nuclear inspections, and intensification of great power competition have taken the non-proliferation crisis beyond the issue of Iran’s nuclear program.
SCFR Online – Opinion: In the Iran–U.S. equation, China pursues a cautious balance between its energy and transit interests with Tehran and considerations related to sanctions and competition with Washington.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The simultaneity of pressure on the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb has turned the geography of energy and shipping into a new arena for the emergence of new risks, costs, and leverage.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed on August 7, 2026, between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, is more than an answer to geopolitical vacuums; in practice, it faces a “deterrence dilemma” and “differing threat perception.” While this pact symbolizes a transition toward regional self-reliance, its first field tests and the complexities of relations with regional actors will determine its real meaning.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The reason for Washington’s reluctance to enter directly into war with Ansarullah is military and economic limitations, electoral considerations, and concern about the expansion of the crisis at two energy chokepoints.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Ansarullah’s recent lightning-fast operation and surprise advances on Yemen’s western coast have rapidly transformed the equations of the war in that country and developments in West Asia, and have challenged the calculations of Saudi Arabia, the United States, the West, and the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The intensification of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections indicates Washington’s inability to achieve its war objectives.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The competition between Washington and Beijing over chips and artificial intelligence, simultaneously with the shifting of technological balances, has taken on new economic and security dimensions.
Strategic Council Online- Opinion: For nearly 50 years, due to religious considerations, India avoided any bilateral relations with the Zionist regime and voted against Tel Aviv in international forums, but after the end of the Cold War, it became one of Tel Aviv’s important partners.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asian issues said: The Israeli regime is trying to stop the delivery of food to the people of Gaza by building the Netzarim passage to use hunger as a weapon to make the people of Gaza surrender.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international affairs expert said that the European Union is helping Ukraine not to defend the country of Ukraine but to defend its security against Russia; therefore, their financial aid to Ukraine will continue.
Strategic Council Online: Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, followed by an Israeli attack on Gaza, in violation of all human, legal, and political boundaries, has had and will have consequences for the Zionist regime in various fields.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional issues
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Middle East issues said: After nearly 150 days have passed since the attacks of Israeli planes on Gaza and the unprecedented genocide in this city, regional and international efforts to end the Gaza crisis have intensified.
Strategic Council Online: An expert on regional issues said: With the start of the Gaza war, many major powers and international organizations not only did not take honest action to support the defenseless Palestinian people, but instead, with their support for the actions of the Zionist regime, they caused their crimes to increase over the past five months.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on regional issues said: The announcement of France’s agreement with the formation of two states in the Occupied Territories is a measure to raise the international image of France and reduce domestic pressure on the Macron government for inaction against the Israeli crimes in Gaza.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: An international affairs expert said: The recent visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Egypt after 12 years will probably mark a new phase of relations between Ankara and Cairo.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international affairs expert said: After Russia attacked Ukraine two years ago, the country’s relations with some of its European neighbors were severely disturbed in such a way that a clear future cannot be imagined for it.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Munich Security Conference, which started its activity during the Cold War, is known as one of the unofficial authorities in the world and an institution for dialogue and exchange of views on security issues and international security policies.
Mohsen Sharif Khodaei – International Relations Analyst
SCFR Online – Opinion: The direct war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran, disruption of nuclear inspections, and intensification of great power competition have taken the non-proliferation crisis beyond the issue of Iran’s nuclear program.
SCFR Online – Opinion: In the Iran–U.S. equation, China pursues a cautious balance between its energy and transit interests with Tehran and considerations related to sanctions and competition with Washington.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The simultaneity of pressure on the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb has turned the geography of energy and shipping into a new arena for the emergence of new risks, costs, and leverage.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed on August 7, 2026, between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, is more than an answer to geopolitical vacuums; in practice, it faces a “deterrence dilemma” and “differing threat perception.” While this pact symbolizes a transition toward regional self-reliance, its first field tests and the complexities of relations with regional actors will determine its real meaning.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The reason for Washington’s reluctance to enter directly into war with Ansarullah is military and economic limitations, electoral considerations, and concern about the expansion of the crisis at two energy chokepoints.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Ansarullah’s recent lightning-fast operation and surprise advances on Yemen’s western coast have rapidly transformed the equations of the war in that country and developments in West Asia, and have challenged the calculations of Saudi Arabia, the United States, the West, and the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The intensification of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections indicates Washington’s inability to achieve its war objectives.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The competition between Washington and Beijing over chips and artificial intelligence, simultaneously with the shifting of technological balances, has taken on new economic and security dimensions.
Strategic Council Online- Opinion: For nearly 50 years, due to religious considerations, India avoided any bilateral relations with the Zionist regime and voted against Tel Aviv in international forums, but after the end of the Cold War, it became one of Tel Aviv’s important partners.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asian issues said: The Israeli regime is trying to stop the delivery of food to the people of Gaza by building the Netzarim passage to use hunger as a weapon to make the people of Gaza surrender.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international affairs expert said that the European Union is helping Ukraine not to defend the country of Ukraine but to defend its security against Russia; therefore, their financial aid to Ukraine will continue.
Strategic Council Online: Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, followed by an Israeli attack on Gaza, in violation of all human, legal, and political boundaries, has had and will have consequences for the Zionist regime in various fields.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional issues
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Middle East issues said: After nearly 150 days have passed since the attacks of Israeli planes on Gaza and the unprecedented genocide in this city, regional and international efforts to end the Gaza crisis have intensified.
Strategic Council Online: An expert on regional issues said: With the start of the Gaza war, many major powers and international organizations not only did not take honest action to support the defenseless Palestinian people, but instead, with their support for the actions of the Zionist regime, they caused their crimes to increase over the past five months.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on regional issues said: The announcement of France’s agreement with the formation of two states in the Occupied Territories is a measure to raise the international image of France and reduce domestic pressure on the Macron government for inaction against the Israeli crimes in Gaza.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: An international affairs expert said: The recent visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Egypt after 12 years will probably mark a new phase of relations between Ankara and Cairo.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international affairs expert said: After Russia attacked Ukraine two years ago, the country’s relations with some of its European neighbors were severely disturbed in such a way that a clear future cannot be imagined for it.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Munich Security Conference, which started its activity during the Cold War, is known as one of the unofficial authorities in the world and an institution for dialogue and exchange of views on security issues and international security policies.
Mohsen Sharif Khodaei – International Relations Analyst
SCFR Online – Opinion: The direct war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran, disruption of nuclear inspections, and intensification of great power competition have taken the non-proliferation crisis beyond the issue of Iran’s nuclear program.
SCFR Online – Opinion: In the Iran–U.S. equation, China pursues a cautious balance between its energy and transit interests with Tehran and considerations related to sanctions and competition with Washington.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The simultaneity of pressure on the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb has turned the geography of energy and shipping into a new arena for the emergence of new risks, costs, and leverage.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed on August 7, 2026, between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, is more than an answer to geopolitical vacuums; in practice, it faces a “deterrence dilemma” and “differing threat perception.” While this pact symbolizes a transition toward regional self-reliance, its first field tests and the complexities of relations with regional actors will determine its real meaning.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The reason for Washington’s reluctance to enter directly into war with Ansarullah is military and economic limitations, electoral considerations, and concern about the expansion of the crisis at two energy chokepoints.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Ansarullah’s recent lightning-fast operation and surprise advances on Yemen’s western coast have rapidly transformed the equations of the war in that country and developments in West Asia, and have challenged the calculations of Saudi Arabia, the United States, the West, and the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The intensification of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections indicates Washington’s inability to achieve its war objectives.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The competition between Washington and Beijing over chips and artificial intelligence, simultaneously with the shifting of technological balances, has taken on new economic and security dimensions.
Strategic Council Online- Opinion: For nearly 50 years, due to religious considerations, India avoided any bilateral relations with the Zionist regime and voted against Tel Aviv in international forums, but after the end of the Cold War, it became one of Tel Aviv’s important partners.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asian issues said: The Israeli regime is trying to stop the delivery of food to the people of Gaza by building the Netzarim passage to use hunger as a weapon to make the people of Gaza surrender.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international affairs expert said that the European Union is helping Ukraine not to defend the country of Ukraine but to defend its security against Russia; therefore, their financial aid to Ukraine will continue.
Strategic Council Online: Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, followed by an Israeli attack on Gaza, in violation of all human, legal, and political boundaries, has had and will have consequences for the Zionist regime in various fields.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional issues
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Middle East issues said: After nearly 150 days have passed since the attacks of Israeli planes on Gaza and the unprecedented genocide in this city, regional and international efforts to end the Gaza crisis have intensified.
Strategic Council Online: An expert on regional issues said: With the start of the Gaza war, many major powers and international organizations not only did not take honest action to support the defenseless Palestinian people, but instead, with their support for the actions of the Zionist regime, they caused their crimes to increase over the past five months.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on regional issues said: The announcement of France’s agreement with the formation of two states in the Occupied Territories is a measure to raise the international image of France and reduce domestic pressure on the Macron government for inaction against the Israeli crimes in Gaza.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: An international affairs expert said: The recent visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Egypt after 12 years will probably mark a new phase of relations between Ankara and Cairo.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international affairs expert said: After Russia attacked Ukraine two years ago, the country’s relations with some of its European neighbors were severely disturbed in such a way that a clear future cannot be imagined for it.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Munich Security Conference, which started its activity during the Cold War, is known as one of the unofficial authorities in the world and an institution for dialogue and exchange of views on security issues and international security policies.
Mohsen Sharif Khodaei – International Relations Analyst
SCFR Online – Opinion: The direct war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran, disruption of nuclear inspections, and intensification of great power competition have taken the non-proliferation crisis beyond the issue of Iran’s nuclear program.
SCFR Online – Opinion: In the Iran–U.S. equation, China pursues a cautious balance between its energy and transit interests with Tehran and considerations related to sanctions and competition with Washington.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The simultaneity of pressure on the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb has turned the geography of energy and shipping into a new arena for the emergence of new risks, costs, and leverage.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed on August 7, 2026, between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, is more than an answer to geopolitical vacuums; in practice, it faces a “deterrence dilemma” and “differing threat perception.” While this pact symbolizes a transition toward regional self-reliance, its first field tests and the complexities of relations with regional actors will determine its real meaning.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The reason for Washington’s reluctance to enter directly into war with Ansarullah is military and economic limitations, electoral considerations, and concern about the expansion of the crisis at two energy chokepoints.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Ansarullah’s recent lightning-fast operation and surprise advances on Yemen’s western coast have rapidly transformed the equations of the war in that country and developments in West Asia, and have challenged the calculations of Saudi Arabia, the United States, the West, and the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The intensification of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections indicates Washington’s inability to achieve its war objectives.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The competition between Washington and Beijing over chips and artificial intelligence, simultaneously with the shifting of technological balances, has taken on new economic and security dimensions.