SCFR Online – Opinion: The proliferation of smart unmanned surface vessels (USVs) in Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb shows that control of the sea is not possible solely with large warships, submarines, and carrier-based aircraft.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The withdrawal of American forces from Iraq has marked the end of Washington’s direct military presence in the country; however, America’s financial, political, and security levers can still affect and cause problems for the future of this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: After months of war and economic pressure, the situation between Iran and the United States has been placed between two conflicting logics; Washington insists on intensifying pressure to gain concessions, and Tehran does not accept negotiations under pressure.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The expansion of artificial intelligence and influence operations has drawn the field of conflict from physical space to the perceptual and algorithmic environment and has turned cognitive deterrence into a strategic necessity.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Riyadh, amid the Iran war, Yemeni pressure, and ambiguous Washington guarantees, has turned to flexible balancing in order to both preserve its security and increase its bargaining power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: London’s decision to provide military support to Saudi Arabia in the Yemen file, beyond a limited aerial mission, could confront Britain with broad legal, security, economic, and strategic consequences.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The acceleration of AI competition has shattered the boundaries of economic, military, intelligence, and cognitive power, turning this technology into a strategic component of national power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The three-day visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington and his meeting with Donald Trump on September 24 and 25, 2026, accompanied by a ceremonial welcome at Andrews Air Force Base, was more a diplomatic display for managing the level of tensions than an indication of a breakthrough achievement in relations between the two powers.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Almost eight years have passed since the last failure in establishing peace between Palestine and the Zionist regime at the United States of America initiative.
Hossein Sayyahi – Researcher of international politics
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: It would be simplistic if the verbal tensions between Biden and Netanyahu were interpreted as tensions in the relations between the US and the Zionist regime. Such an interpretation of Biden’s statements is incorrect and contrary to the facts governing their “strategic relations.”
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on the Zionist regime affairs said: A few Arab governments that pursued normalization of relations with the Zionist regime do not have the interest and haste of the past due to the changing conditions in the region and the existence of the extreme right-wing cabinet in the occupied territories.
Strategic Council Online: The President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations emphasized that “direct negotiations between Japan and Russia, especially considering the current and tense conditions of the East Asian region” is the best way to resolve the territorial disputes between the two countries regarding the four islands located in the Pacific Ocean.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The president of Turkey and the prime minister of Greece will meet on the sidelines of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit, July 11-12, in Vilnius, Lithuania. The public opinion of the two countries expects the meeting to be held after the elections in the two countries to be a new step towards de-escalation between the two neighboring countries.
Mahmoud Fazeli- International affairs analyst
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A faculty member of Tehran University, saying that the social gap in France is deepening, noted: Racial violence and suppression of mass protests will harm the international image of France, considering that this country considers itself the leader of human rights, it is going through demanding conditions.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Zangezur Corridor is one of the aspirations of the government of the Republic of Azerbaijani in the region, for the advancement and realization of which it is exerting utmost efforts. In fact, after the second Karabakh war (2020), this inapplicable plan has been raised more due to Azerbaijan’s “arbitrary interpretation” of the Baku-Yerevan-Moscow tripartite agreement and Armenia’s “weak position” in the region.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An international affairs expert stated that the Chinese used Blinken’s trip to Beijing as an opportunity to announce their positions and warn the US, adding that the frank, demanding, and critical tone of the Chinese officials in the meetings with the US Secretary of State were evident. The party that insisted on making this trip was the US, and the Chinese basically did not want to do it.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Russia affairs said that after Russia’s recent military conflict with the Wagner Group and with the concerns that have arisen in Moscow about relying on private military contractors, conditions for Russia in the war will become more difficult and complicated, adding: The Russian government, which was previously worried about the Outbreak of a tsunami of political and economic crisis, now has concerns about a rebellion and a similar military crisis, and should seek more measures to deal with any kind of similar political or military crisis.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Former director general of the Middle East and North Africa Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that the Chinese have entered the Middle East equations more seriously and are trying to repeat their successful experience mediating between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The proliferation of smart unmanned surface vessels (USVs) in Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb shows that control of the sea is not possible solely with large warships, submarines, and carrier-based aircraft.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The withdrawal of American forces from Iraq has marked the end of Washington’s direct military presence in the country; however, America’s financial, political, and security levers can still affect and cause problems for the future of this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: After months of war and economic pressure, the situation between Iran and the United States has been placed between two conflicting logics; Washington insists on intensifying pressure to gain concessions, and Tehran does not accept negotiations under pressure.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The expansion of artificial intelligence and influence operations has drawn the field of conflict from physical space to the perceptual and algorithmic environment and has turned cognitive deterrence into a strategic necessity.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Riyadh, amid the Iran war, Yemeni pressure, and ambiguous Washington guarantees, has turned to flexible balancing in order to both preserve its security and increase its bargaining power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: London’s decision to provide military support to Saudi Arabia in the Yemen file, beyond a limited aerial mission, could confront Britain with broad legal, security, economic, and strategic consequences.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The acceleration of AI competition has shattered the boundaries of economic, military, intelligence, and cognitive power, turning this technology into a strategic component of national power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The three-day visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington and his meeting with Donald Trump on September 24 and 25, 2026, accompanied by a ceremonial welcome at Andrews Air Force Base, was more a diplomatic display for managing the level of tensions than an indication of a breakthrough achievement in relations between the two powers.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Almost eight years have passed since the last failure in establishing peace between Palestine and the Zionist regime at the United States of America initiative.
Hossein Sayyahi – Researcher of international politics
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: It would be simplistic if the verbal tensions between Biden and Netanyahu were interpreted as tensions in the relations between the US and the Zionist regime. Such an interpretation of Biden’s statements is incorrect and contrary to the facts governing their “strategic relations.”
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on the Zionist regime affairs said: A few Arab governments that pursued normalization of relations with the Zionist regime do not have the interest and haste of the past due to the changing conditions in the region and the existence of the extreme right-wing cabinet in the occupied territories.
Strategic Council Online: The President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations emphasized that “direct negotiations between Japan and Russia, especially considering the current and tense conditions of the East Asian region” is the best way to resolve the territorial disputes between the two countries regarding the four islands located in the Pacific Ocean.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The president of Turkey and the prime minister of Greece will meet on the sidelines of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit, July 11-12, in Vilnius, Lithuania. The public opinion of the two countries expects the meeting to be held after the elections in the two countries to be a new step towards de-escalation between the two neighboring countries.
Mahmoud Fazeli- International affairs analyst
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A faculty member of Tehran University, saying that the social gap in France is deepening, noted: Racial violence and suppression of mass protests will harm the international image of France, considering that this country considers itself the leader of human rights, it is going through demanding conditions.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Zangezur Corridor is one of the aspirations of the government of the Republic of Azerbaijani in the region, for the advancement and realization of which it is exerting utmost efforts. In fact, after the second Karabakh war (2020), this inapplicable plan has been raised more due to Azerbaijan’s “arbitrary interpretation” of the Baku-Yerevan-Moscow tripartite agreement and Armenia’s “weak position” in the region.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An international affairs expert stated that the Chinese used Blinken’s trip to Beijing as an opportunity to announce their positions and warn the US, adding that the frank, demanding, and critical tone of the Chinese officials in the meetings with the US Secretary of State were evident. The party that insisted on making this trip was the US, and the Chinese basically did not want to do it.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Russia affairs said that after Russia’s recent military conflict with the Wagner Group and with the concerns that have arisen in Moscow about relying on private military contractors, conditions for Russia in the war will become more difficult and complicated, adding: The Russian government, which was previously worried about the Outbreak of a tsunami of political and economic crisis, now has concerns about a rebellion and a similar military crisis, and should seek more measures to deal with any kind of similar political or military crisis.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Former director general of the Middle East and North Africa Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that the Chinese have entered the Middle East equations more seriously and are trying to repeat their successful experience mediating between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Almost eight years have passed since the last failure in establishing peace between Palestine and the Zionist regime at the United States of America initiative.
Hossein Sayyahi – Researcher of international politics
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: It would be simplistic if the verbal tensions between Biden and Netanyahu were interpreted as tensions in the relations between the US and the Zionist regime. Such an interpretation of Biden’s statements is incorrect and contrary to the facts governing their “strategic relations.”
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on the Zionist regime affairs said: A few Arab governments that pursued normalization of relations with the Zionist regime do not have the interest and haste of the past due to the changing conditions in the region and the existence of the extreme right-wing cabinet in the occupied territories.
Strategic Council Online: The President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations emphasized that “direct negotiations between Japan and Russia, especially considering the current and tense conditions of the East Asian region” is the best way to resolve the territorial disputes between the two countries regarding the four islands located in the Pacific Ocean.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The president of Turkey and the prime minister of Greece will meet on the sidelines of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit, July 11-12, in Vilnius, Lithuania. The public opinion of the two countries expects the meeting to be held after the elections in the two countries to be a new step towards de-escalation between the two neighboring countries.
Mahmoud Fazeli- International affairs analyst
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A faculty member of Tehran University, saying that the social gap in France is deepening, noted: Racial violence and suppression of mass protests will harm the international image of France, considering that this country considers itself the leader of human rights, it is going through demanding conditions.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Zangezur Corridor is one of the aspirations of the government of the Republic of Azerbaijani in the region, for the advancement and realization of which it is exerting utmost efforts. In fact, after the second Karabakh war (2020), this inapplicable plan has been raised more due to Azerbaijan’s “arbitrary interpretation” of the Baku-Yerevan-Moscow tripartite agreement and Armenia’s “weak position” in the region.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An international affairs expert stated that the Chinese used Blinken’s trip to Beijing as an opportunity to announce their positions and warn the US, adding that the frank, demanding, and critical tone of the Chinese officials in the meetings with the US Secretary of State were evident. The party that insisted on making this trip was the US, and the Chinese basically did not want to do it.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Russia affairs said that after Russia’s recent military conflict with the Wagner Group and with the concerns that have arisen in Moscow about relying on private military contractors, conditions for Russia in the war will become more difficult and complicated, adding: The Russian government, which was previously worried about the Outbreak of a tsunami of political and economic crisis, now has concerns about a rebellion and a similar military crisis, and should seek more measures to deal with any kind of similar political or military crisis.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Former director general of the Middle East and North Africa Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that the Chinese have entered the Middle East equations more seriously and are trying to repeat their successful experience mediating between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The proliferation of smart unmanned surface vessels (USVs) in Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb shows that control of the sea is not possible solely with large warships, submarines, and carrier-based aircraft.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The withdrawal of American forces from Iraq has marked the end of Washington’s direct military presence in the country; however, America’s financial, political, and security levers can still affect and cause problems for the future of this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: After months of war and economic pressure, the situation between Iran and the United States has been placed between two conflicting logics; Washington insists on intensifying pressure to gain concessions, and Tehran does not accept negotiations under pressure.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The expansion of artificial intelligence and influence operations has drawn the field of conflict from physical space to the perceptual and algorithmic environment and has turned cognitive deterrence into a strategic necessity.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Riyadh, amid the Iran war, Yemeni pressure, and ambiguous Washington guarantees, has turned to flexible balancing in order to both preserve its security and increase its bargaining power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: London’s decision to provide military support to Saudi Arabia in the Yemen file, beyond a limited aerial mission, could confront Britain with broad legal, security, economic, and strategic consequences.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The acceleration of AI competition has shattered the boundaries of economic, military, intelligence, and cognitive power, turning this technology into a strategic component of national power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The three-day visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington and his meeting with Donald Trump on September 24 and 25, 2026, accompanied by a ceremonial welcome at Andrews Air Force Base, was more a diplomatic display for managing the level of tensions than an indication of a breakthrough achievement in relations between the two powers.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Almost eight years have passed since the last failure in establishing peace between Palestine and the Zionist regime at the United States of America initiative.
Hossein Sayyahi – Researcher of international politics
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: It would be simplistic if the verbal tensions between Biden and Netanyahu were interpreted as tensions in the relations between the US and the Zionist regime. Such an interpretation of Biden’s statements is incorrect and contrary to the facts governing their “strategic relations.”
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on the Zionist regime affairs said: A few Arab governments that pursued normalization of relations with the Zionist regime do not have the interest and haste of the past due to the changing conditions in the region and the existence of the extreme right-wing cabinet in the occupied territories.
Strategic Council Online: The President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations emphasized that “direct negotiations between Japan and Russia, especially considering the current and tense conditions of the East Asian region” is the best way to resolve the territorial disputes between the two countries regarding the four islands located in the Pacific Ocean.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The president of Turkey and the prime minister of Greece will meet on the sidelines of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit, July 11-12, in Vilnius, Lithuania. The public opinion of the two countries expects the meeting to be held after the elections in the two countries to be a new step towards de-escalation between the two neighboring countries.
Mahmoud Fazeli- International affairs analyst
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A faculty member of Tehran University, saying that the social gap in France is deepening, noted: Racial violence and suppression of mass protests will harm the international image of France, considering that this country considers itself the leader of human rights, it is going through demanding conditions.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Zangezur Corridor is one of the aspirations of the government of the Republic of Azerbaijani in the region, for the advancement and realization of which it is exerting utmost efforts. In fact, after the second Karabakh war (2020), this inapplicable plan has been raised more due to Azerbaijan’s “arbitrary interpretation” of the Baku-Yerevan-Moscow tripartite agreement and Armenia’s “weak position” in the region.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An international affairs expert stated that the Chinese used Blinken’s trip to Beijing as an opportunity to announce their positions and warn the US, adding that the frank, demanding, and critical tone of the Chinese officials in the meetings with the US Secretary of State were evident. The party that insisted on making this trip was the US, and the Chinese basically did not want to do it.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Russia affairs said that after Russia’s recent military conflict with the Wagner Group and with the concerns that have arisen in Moscow about relying on private military contractors, conditions for Russia in the war will become more difficult and complicated, adding: The Russian government, which was previously worried about the Outbreak of a tsunami of political and economic crisis, now has concerns about a rebellion and a similar military crisis, and should seek more measures to deal with any kind of similar political or military crisis.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Former director general of the Middle East and North Africa Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that the Chinese have entered the Middle East equations more seriously and are trying to repeat their successful experience mediating between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The proliferation of smart unmanned surface vessels (USVs) in Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb shows that control of the sea is not possible solely with large warships, submarines, and carrier-based aircraft.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The withdrawal of American forces from Iraq has marked the end of Washington’s direct military presence in the country; however, America’s financial, political, and security levers can still affect and cause problems for the future of this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: After months of war and economic pressure, the situation between Iran and the United States has been placed between two conflicting logics; Washington insists on intensifying pressure to gain concessions, and Tehran does not accept negotiations under pressure.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The expansion of artificial intelligence and influence operations has drawn the field of conflict from physical space to the perceptual and algorithmic environment and has turned cognitive deterrence into a strategic necessity.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Riyadh, amid the Iran war, Yemeni pressure, and ambiguous Washington guarantees, has turned to flexible balancing in order to both preserve its security and increase its bargaining power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: London’s decision to provide military support to Saudi Arabia in the Yemen file, beyond a limited aerial mission, could confront Britain with broad legal, security, economic, and strategic consequences.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The acceleration of AI competition has shattered the boundaries of economic, military, intelligence, and cognitive power, turning this technology into a strategic component of national power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The three-day visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington and his meeting with Donald Trump on September 24 and 25, 2026, accompanied by a ceremonial welcome at Andrews Air Force Base, was more a diplomatic display for managing the level of tensions than an indication of a breakthrough achievement in relations between the two powers.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Almost eight years have passed since the last failure in establishing peace between Palestine and the Zionist regime at the United States of America initiative.
Hossein Sayyahi – Researcher of international politics
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: It would be simplistic if the verbal tensions between Biden and Netanyahu were interpreted as tensions in the relations between the US and the Zionist regime. Such an interpretation of Biden’s statements is incorrect and contrary to the facts governing their “strategic relations.”
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on the Zionist regime affairs said: A few Arab governments that pursued normalization of relations with the Zionist regime do not have the interest and haste of the past due to the changing conditions in the region and the existence of the extreme right-wing cabinet in the occupied territories.
Strategic Council Online: The President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations emphasized that “direct negotiations between Japan and Russia, especially considering the current and tense conditions of the East Asian region” is the best way to resolve the territorial disputes between the two countries regarding the four islands located in the Pacific Ocean.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The president of Turkey and the prime minister of Greece will meet on the sidelines of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit, July 11-12, in Vilnius, Lithuania. The public opinion of the two countries expects the meeting to be held after the elections in the two countries to be a new step towards de-escalation between the two neighboring countries.
Mahmoud Fazeli- International affairs analyst
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A faculty member of Tehran University, saying that the social gap in France is deepening, noted: Racial violence and suppression of mass protests will harm the international image of France, considering that this country considers itself the leader of human rights, it is going through demanding conditions.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Zangezur Corridor is one of the aspirations of the government of the Republic of Azerbaijani in the region, for the advancement and realization of which it is exerting utmost efforts. In fact, after the second Karabakh war (2020), this inapplicable plan has been raised more due to Azerbaijan’s “arbitrary interpretation” of the Baku-Yerevan-Moscow tripartite agreement and Armenia’s “weak position” in the region.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An international affairs expert stated that the Chinese used Blinken’s trip to Beijing as an opportunity to announce their positions and warn the US, adding that the frank, demanding, and critical tone of the Chinese officials in the meetings with the US Secretary of State were evident. The party that insisted on making this trip was the US, and the Chinese basically did not want to do it.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Russia affairs said that after Russia’s recent military conflict with the Wagner Group and with the concerns that have arisen in Moscow about relying on private military contractors, conditions for Russia in the war will become more difficult and complicated, adding: The Russian government, which was previously worried about the Outbreak of a tsunami of political and economic crisis, now has concerns about a rebellion and a similar military crisis, and should seek more measures to deal with any kind of similar political or military crisis.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Former director general of the Middle East and North Africa Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that the Chinese have entered the Middle East equations more seriously and are trying to repeat their successful experience mediating between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The proliferation of smart unmanned surface vessels (USVs) in Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb shows that control of the sea is not possible solely with large warships, submarines, and carrier-based aircraft.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The withdrawal of American forces from Iraq has marked the end of Washington’s direct military presence in the country; however, America’s financial, political, and security levers can still affect and cause problems for the future of this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: After months of war and economic pressure, the situation between Iran and the United States has been placed between two conflicting logics; Washington insists on intensifying pressure to gain concessions, and Tehran does not accept negotiations under pressure.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The expansion of artificial intelligence and influence operations has drawn the field of conflict from physical space to the perceptual and algorithmic environment and has turned cognitive deterrence into a strategic necessity.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Riyadh, amid the Iran war, Yemeni pressure, and ambiguous Washington guarantees, has turned to flexible balancing in order to both preserve its security and increase its bargaining power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: London’s decision to provide military support to Saudi Arabia in the Yemen file, beyond a limited aerial mission, could confront Britain with broad legal, security, economic, and strategic consequences.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The acceleration of AI competition has shattered the boundaries of economic, military, intelligence, and cognitive power, turning this technology into a strategic component of national power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The three-day visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington and his meeting with Donald Trump on September 24 and 25, 2026, accompanied by a ceremonial welcome at Andrews Air Force Base, was more a diplomatic display for managing the level of tensions than an indication of a breakthrough achievement in relations between the two powers.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Almost eight years have passed since the last failure in establishing peace between Palestine and the Zionist regime at the United States of America initiative.
Hossein Sayyahi – Researcher of international politics
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: It would be simplistic if the verbal tensions between Biden and Netanyahu were interpreted as tensions in the relations between the US and the Zionist regime. Such an interpretation of Biden’s statements is incorrect and contrary to the facts governing their “strategic relations.”
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on the Zionist regime affairs said: A few Arab governments that pursued normalization of relations with the Zionist regime do not have the interest and haste of the past due to the changing conditions in the region and the existence of the extreme right-wing cabinet in the occupied territories.
Strategic Council Online: The President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations emphasized that “direct negotiations between Japan and Russia, especially considering the current and tense conditions of the East Asian region” is the best way to resolve the territorial disputes between the two countries regarding the four islands located in the Pacific Ocean.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The president of Turkey and the prime minister of Greece will meet on the sidelines of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit, July 11-12, in Vilnius, Lithuania. The public opinion of the two countries expects the meeting to be held after the elections in the two countries to be a new step towards de-escalation between the two neighboring countries.
Mahmoud Fazeli- International affairs analyst
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A faculty member of Tehran University, saying that the social gap in France is deepening, noted: Racial violence and suppression of mass protests will harm the international image of France, considering that this country considers itself the leader of human rights, it is going through demanding conditions.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Zangezur Corridor is one of the aspirations of the government of the Republic of Azerbaijani in the region, for the advancement and realization of which it is exerting utmost efforts. In fact, after the second Karabakh war (2020), this inapplicable plan has been raised more due to Azerbaijan’s “arbitrary interpretation” of the Baku-Yerevan-Moscow tripartite agreement and Armenia’s “weak position” in the region.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An international affairs expert stated that the Chinese used Blinken’s trip to Beijing as an opportunity to announce their positions and warn the US, adding that the frank, demanding, and critical tone of the Chinese officials in the meetings with the US Secretary of State were evident. The party that insisted on making this trip was the US, and the Chinese basically did not want to do it.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Russia affairs said that after Russia’s recent military conflict with the Wagner Group and with the concerns that have arisen in Moscow about relying on private military contractors, conditions for Russia in the war will become more difficult and complicated, adding: The Russian government, which was previously worried about the Outbreak of a tsunami of political and economic crisis, now has concerns about a rebellion and a similar military crisis, and should seek more measures to deal with any kind of similar political or military crisis.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Former director general of the Middle East and North Africa Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that the Chinese have entered the Middle East equations more seriously and are trying to repeat their successful experience mediating between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The proliferation of smart unmanned surface vessels (USVs) in Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb shows that control of the sea is not possible solely with large warships, submarines, and carrier-based aircraft.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The withdrawal of American forces from Iraq has marked the end of Washington’s direct military presence in the country; however, America’s financial, political, and security levers can still affect and cause problems for the future of this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: After months of war and economic pressure, the situation between Iran and the United States has been placed between two conflicting logics; Washington insists on intensifying pressure to gain concessions, and Tehran does not accept negotiations under pressure.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The expansion of artificial intelligence and influence operations has drawn the field of conflict from physical space to the perceptual and algorithmic environment and has turned cognitive deterrence into a strategic necessity.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Riyadh, amid the Iran war, Yemeni pressure, and ambiguous Washington guarantees, has turned to flexible balancing in order to both preserve its security and increase its bargaining power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: London’s decision to provide military support to Saudi Arabia in the Yemen file, beyond a limited aerial mission, could confront Britain with broad legal, security, economic, and strategic consequences.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The acceleration of AI competition has shattered the boundaries of economic, military, intelligence, and cognitive power, turning this technology into a strategic component of national power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The three-day visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington and his meeting with Donald Trump on September 24 and 25, 2026, accompanied by a ceremonial welcome at Andrews Air Force Base, was more a diplomatic display for managing the level of tensions than an indication of a breakthrough achievement in relations between the two powers.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Almost eight years have passed since the last failure in establishing peace between Palestine and the Zionist regime at the United States of America initiative.
Hossein Sayyahi – Researcher of international politics
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: It would be simplistic if the verbal tensions between Biden and Netanyahu were interpreted as tensions in the relations between the US and the Zionist regime. Such an interpretation of Biden’s statements is incorrect and contrary to the facts governing their “strategic relations.”
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on the Zionist regime affairs said: A few Arab governments that pursued normalization of relations with the Zionist regime do not have the interest and haste of the past due to the changing conditions in the region and the existence of the extreme right-wing cabinet in the occupied territories.
Strategic Council Online: The President of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations emphasized that “direct negotiations between Japan and Russia, especially considering the current and tense conditions of the East Asian region” is the best way to resolve the territorial disputes between the two countries regarding the four islands located in the Pacific Ocean.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The president of Turkey and the prime minister of Greece will meet on the sidelines of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit, July 11-12, in Vilnius, Lithuania. The public opinion of the two countries expects the meeting to be held after the elections in the two countries to be a new step towards de-escalation between the two neighboring countries.
Mahmoud Fazeli- International affairs analyst
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A faculty member of Tehran University, saying that the social gap in France is deepening, noted: Racial violence and suppression of mass protests will harm the international image of France, considering that this country considers itself the leader of human rights, it is going through demanding conditions.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Zangezur Corridor is one of the aspirations of the government of the Republic of Azerbaijani in the region, for the advancement and realization of which it is exerting utmost efforts. In fact, after the second Karabakh war (2020), this inapplicable plan has been raised more due to Azerbaijan’s “arbitrary interpretation” of the Baku-Yerevan-Moscow tripartite agreement and Armenia’s “weak position” in the region.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An international affairs expert stated that the Chinese used Blinken’s trip to Beijing as an opportunity to announce their positions and warn the US, adding that the frank, demanding, and critical tone of the Chinese officials in the meetings with the US Secretary of State were evident. The party that insisted on making this trip was the US, and the Chinese basically did not want to do it.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Russia affairs said that after Russia’s recent military conflict with the Wagner Group and with the concerns that have arisen in Moscow about relying on private military contractors, conditions for Russia in the war will become more difficult and complicated, adding: The Russian government, which was previously worried about the Outbreak of a tsunami of political and economic crisis, now has concerns about a rebellion and a similar military crisis, and should seek more measures to deal with any kind of similar political or military crisis.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Former director general of the Middle East and North Africa Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that the Chinese have entered the Middle East equations more seriously and are trying to repeat their successful experience mediating between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The proliferation of smart unmanned surface vessels (USVs) in Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb shows that control of the sea is not possible solely with large warships, submarines, and carrier-based aircraft.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The withdrawal of American forces from Iraq has marked the end of Washington’s direct military presence in the country; however, America’s financial, political, and security levers can still affect and cause problems for the future of this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: After months of war and economic pressure, the situation between Iran and the United States has been placed between two conflicting logics; Washington insists on intensifying pressure to gain concessions, and Tehran does not accept negotiations under pressure.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The expansion of artificial intelligence and influence operations has drawn the field of conflict from physical space to the perceptual and algorithmic environment and has turned cognitive deterrence into a strategic necessity.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Riyadh, amid the Iran war, Yemeni pressure, and ambiguous Washington guarantees, has turned to flexible balancing in order to both preserve its security and increase its bargaining power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: London’s decision to provide military support to Saudi Arabia in the Yemen file, beyond a limited aerial mission, could confront Britain with broad legal, security, economic, and strategic consequences.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The acceleration of AI competition has shattered the boundaries of economic, military, intelligence, and cognitive power, turning this technology into a strategic component of national power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The three-day visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington and his meeting with Donald Trump on September 24 and 25, 2026, accompanied by a ceremonial welcome at Andrews Air Force Base, was more a diplomatic display for managing the level of tensions than an indication of a breakthrough achievement in relations between the two powers.