SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Foreign policy analysis is valid when it evaluates decisions based on the information and circumstances prevailing at the time they were made, not on the basis of outcomes that only become apparent after the crisis has ended.
SCFR Online-Opinion: Sanctions are gradually transforming from classical financial instruments into complex mechanisms for the containment of technology, data, and global supply chains.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Turkey affairs considered the results of the first round of the elections as a kind of victory for Erdogan and said: With the victory of Kılıçdaroğlu, some regional changes might be witnessed, but in any case, it seems that the winner of the elections will face a series of internal problems and those problems will be aggravated if Kılıçdaroğlu wins.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international law, saying that Baku is trying to discredit Russia in the developments in the Caucasus, referred to the negotiations between Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan in the United States and noted: Washington, to compensate for its diplomatic backwardness in the second Karabakh war, is trying to create an alternative to the Russian mechanism and push the developments in a direction that is against the interests of Iran and Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A researcher on subcontinental affairs says that the United Nations is looking for a mechanism with a so-called aim of “recognition of the Taliban” to prevent the movement from its extreme behavior. The international view is that by attracting the Taliban, more effective steps can be taken to achieve the target.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Europe affairs, while explaining the dimensions of the draft of the EU Cyber Solidarity Act, said: Despite the resistance of some EU members to sharing information within the framework of the European cyber shield or pervasive dome, this law addresses this concern; and the massive budget that has been allocated has increased the possibility of the success of the Act. On the other hand, due to the announcement of the cyber security strategy of the United States on March 2 of the current year, as well as the effort for transatlantic cooperation to deal with cyber threats, the European Union is making a double effort to put the law into action.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: A faculty member of Tehran University analyzed the efforts of Western countries to legislate in this regard by stating that Westerners accuse China that the inference method and reasoning process of their artificial intelligence-based systems is without orientation and cannot be described.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A faculty member of the Institute of Strategic Studies says there has been a change in the global energy transmission lines after the Ukraine war began. He noted: With the continued shift in the oil trade routes of Russia, India and China have become strategic business partners for Moscow. This development has taken place in the shadow of the decline of the US influence among its key allies in the Middle East.
Strategic Council Online-Interview: An expert on African issues listed power-seeking and non-acceptance of conventional rules as the root causes of conflicts in Sudan and emphasized that although the Sudanese parties want to eliminate each other, it seems that even if the conflicts do not lead to the elimination of one side, in the short term, it will end and the two sides cannot continue the war due to the lack of facilities in this country.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A former Iranian diplomat said that the main challenges and concerns of the foreign ministers of neighboring countries of Afghanistan, which had been raised in the first meeting in Samarkand, were prominent in the second meeting as well, adding: The Taliban have come to power by force of arms and all the past concerns are still standing about the future situation of Afghanistan.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Director of the Yemen Desk at Mersad Research Institute said that in the current situation, the ceasefire, which is tantamount to the end of the Saudi military aggression, should be considered a fixed issue. He further emphasized: But the end of the internal conflict between the Yemeni groups concerning the partly conflicting interests of those groups and the support of the rival regional parties does not seem to be very accessible for such a capacity to develop their interests in the vital region of Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Turkey affairs, saying that the victory of each of the candidates in the upcoming Turkish elections brings opportunities and threats in the field of foreign relations, emphasized: If the Nation Alliance wins the elections in Turkey, naturally Ankara’s regional ambitions will decrease, and this issue will leave its impacts on Iran-Turkey relations as well.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Foreign policy analysis is valid when it evaluates decisions based on the information and circumstances prevailing at the time they were made, not on the basis of outcomes that only become apparent after the crisis has ended.
SCFR Online-Opinion: Sanctions are gradually transforming from classical financial instruments into complex mechanisms for the containment of technology, data, and global supply chains.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Turkey affairs considered the results of the first round of the elections as a kind of victory for Erdogan and said: With the victory of Kılıçdaroğlu, some regional changes might be witnessed, but in any case, it seems that the winner of the elections will face a series of internal problems and those problems will be aggravated if Kılıçdaroğlu wins.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international law, saying that Baku is trying to discredit Russia in the developments in the Caucasus, referred to the negotiations between Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan in the United States and noted: Washington, to compensate for its diplomatic backwardness in the second Karabakh war, is trying to create an alternative to the Russian mechanism and push the developments in a direction that is against the interests of Iran and Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A researcher on subcontinental affairs says that the United Nations is looking for a mechanism with a so-called aim of “recognition of the Taliban” to prevent the movement from its extreme behavior. The international view is that by attracting the Taliban, more effective steps can be taken to achieve the target.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Europe affairs, while explaining the dimensions of the draft of the EU Cyber Solidarity Act, said: Despite the resistance of some EU members to sharing information within the framework of the European cyber shield or pervasive dome, this law addresses this concern; and the massive budget that has been allocated has increased the possibility of the success of the Act. On the other hand, due to the announcement of the cyber security strategy of the United States on March 2 of the current year, as well as the effort for transatlantic cooperation to deal with cyber threats, the European Union is making a double effort to put the law into action.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: A faculty member of Tehran University analyzed the efforts of Western countries to legislate in this regard by stating that Westerners accuse China that the inference method and reasoning process of their artificial intelligence-based systems is without orientation and cannot be described.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A faculty member of the Institute of Strategic Studies says there has been a change in the global energy transmission lines after the Ukraine war began. He noted: With the continued shift in the oil trade routes of Russia, India and China have become strategic business partners for Moscow. This development has taken place in the shadow of the decline of the US influence among its key allies in the Middle East.
Strategic Council Online-Interview: An expert on African issues listed power-seeking and non-acceptance of conventional rules as the root causes of conflicts in Sudan and emphasized that although the Sudanese parties want to eliminate each other, it seems that even if the conflicts do not lead to the elimination of one side, in the short term, it will end and the two sides cannot continue the war due to the lack of facilities in this country.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A former Iranian diplomat said that the main challenges and concerns of the foreign ministers of neighboring countries of Afghanistan, which had been raised in the first meeting in Samarkand, were prominent in the second meeting as well, adding: The Taliban have come to power by force of arms and all the past concerns are still standing about the future situation of Afghanistan.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Director of the Yemen Desk at Mersad Research Institute said that in the current situation, the ceasefire, which is tantamount to the end of the Saudi military aggression, should be considered a fixed issue. He further emphasized: But the end of the internal conflict between the Yemeni groups concerning the partly conflicting interests of those groups and the support of the rival regional parties does not seem to be very accessible for such a capacity to develop their interests in the vital region of Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Turkey affairs, saying that the victory of each of the candidates in the upcoming Turkish elections brings opportunities and threats in the field of foreign relations, emphasized: If the Nation Alliance wins the elections in Turkey, naturally Ankara’s regional ambitions will decrease, and this issue will leave its impacts on Iran-Turkey relations as well.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Turkey affairs considered the results of the first round of the elections as a kind of victory for Erdogan and said: With the victory of Kılıçdaroğlu, some regional changes might be witnessed, but in any case, it seems that the winner of the elections will face a series of internal problems and those problems will be aggravated if Kılıçdaroğlu wins.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international law, saying that Baku is trying to discredit Russia in the developments in the Caucasus, referred to the negotiations between Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan in the United States and noted: Washington, to compensate for its diplomatic backwardness in the second Karabakh war, is trying to create an alternative to the Russian mechanism and push the developments in a direction that is against the interests of Iran and Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A researcher on subcontinental affairs says that the United Nations is looking for a mechanism with a so-called aim of “recognition of the Taliban” to prevent the movement from its extreme behavior. The international view is that by attracting the Taliban, more effective steps can be taken to achieve the target.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Europe affairs, while explaining the dimensions of the draft of the EU Cyber Solidarity Act, said: Despite the resistance of some EU members to sharing information within the framework of the European cyber shield or pervasive dome, this law addresses this concern; and the massive budget that has been allocated has increased the possibility of the success of the Act. On the other hand, due to the announcement of the cyber security strategy of the United States on March 2 of the current year, as well as the effort for transatlantic cooperation to deal with cyber threats, the European Union is making a double effort to put the law into action.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: A faculty member of Tehran University analyzed the efforts of Western countries to legislate in this regard by stating that Westerners accuse China that the inference method and reasoning process of their artificial intelligence-based systems is without orientation and cannot be described.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A faculty member of the Institute of Strategic Studies says there has been a change in the global energy transmission lines after the Ukraine war began. He noted: With the continued shift in the oil trade routes of Russia, India and China have become strategic business partners for Moscow. This development has taken place in the shadow of the decline of the US influence among its key allies in the Middle East.
Strategic Council Online-Interview: An expert on African issues listed power-seeking and non-acceptance of conventional rules as the root causes of conflicts in Sudan and emphasized that although the Sudanese parties want to eliminate each other, it seems that even if the conflicts do not lead to the elimination of one side, in the short term, it will end and the two sides cannot continue the war due to the lack of facilities in this country.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A former Iranian diplomat said that the main challenges and concerns of the foreign ministers of neighboring countries of Afghanistan, which had been raised in the first meeting in Samarkand, were prominent in the second meeting as well, adding: The Taliban have come to power by force of arms and all the past concerns are still standing about the future situation of Afghanistan.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Director of the Yemen Desk at Mersad Research Institute said that in the current situation, the ceasefire, which is tantamount to the end of the Saudi military aggression, should be considered a fixed issue. He further emphasized: But the end of the internal conflict between the Yemeni groups concerning the partly conflicting interests of those groups and the support of the rival regional parties does not seem to be very accessible for such a capacity to develop their interests in the vital region of Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Turkey affairs, saying that the victory of each of the candidates in the upcoming Turkish elections brings opportunities and threats in the field of foreign relations, emphasized: If the Nation Alliance wins the elections in Turkey, naturally Ankara’s regional ambitions will decrease, and this issue will leave its impacts on Iran-Turkey relations as well.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Foreign policy analysis is valid when it evaluates decisions based on the information and circumstances prevailing at the time they were made, not on the basis of outcomes that only become apparent after the crisis has ended.
SCFR Online-Opinion: Sanctions are gradually transforming from classical financial instruments into complex mechanisms for the containment of technology, data, and global supply chains.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Turkey affairs considered the results of the first round of the elections as a kind of victory for Erdogan and said: With the victory of Kılıçdaroğlu, some regional changes might be witnessed, but in any case, it seems that the winner of the elections will face a series of internal problems and those problems will be aggravated if Kılıçdaroğlu wins.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international law, saying that Baku is trying to discredit Russia in the developments in the Caucasus, referred to the negotiations between Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan in the United States and noted: Washington, to compensate for its diplomatic backwardness in the second Karabakh war, is trying to create an alternative to the Russian mechanism and push the developments in a direction that is against the interests of Iran and Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A researcher on subcontinental affairs says that the United Nations is looking for a mechanism with a so-called aim of “recognition of the Taliban” to prevent the movement from its extreme behavior. The international view is that by attracting the Taliban, more effective steps can be taken to achieve the target.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Europe affairs, while explaining the dimensions of the draft of the EU Cyber Solidarity Act, said: Despite the resistance of some EU members to sharing information within the framework of the European cyber shield or pervasive dome, this law addresses this concern; and the massive budget that has been allocated has increased the possibility of the success of the Act. On the other hand, due to the announcement of the cyber security strategy of the United States on March 2 of the current year, as well as the effort for transatlantic cooperation to deal with cyber threats, the European Union is making a double effort to put the law into action.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: A faculty member of Tehran University analyzed the efforts of Western countries to legislate in this regard by stating that Westerners accuse China that the inference method and reasoning process of their artificial intelligence-based systems is without orientation and cannot be described.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A faculty member of the Institute of Strategic Studies says there has been a change in the global energy transmission lines after the Ukraine war began. He noted: With the continued shift in the oil trade routes of Russia, India and China have become strategic business partners for Moscow. This development has taken place in the shadow of the decline of the US influence among its key allies in the Middle East.
Strategic Council Online-Interview: An expert on African issues listed power-seeking and non-acceptance of conventional rules as the root causes of conflicts in Sudan and emphasized that although the Sudanese parties want to eliminate each other, it seems that even if the conflicts do not lead to the elimination of one side, in the short term, it will end and the two sides cannot continue the war due to the lack of facilities in this country.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A former Iranian diplomat said that the main challenges and concerns of the foreign ministers of neighboring countries of Afghanistan, which had been raised in the first meeting in Samarkand, were prominent in the second meeting as well, adding: The Taliban have come to power by force of arms and all the past concerns are still standing about the future situation of Afghanistan.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Director of the Yemen Desk at Mersad Research Institute said that in the current situation, the ceasefire, which is tantamount to the end of the Saudi military aggression, should be considered a fixed issue. He further emphasized: But the end of the internal conflict between the Yemeni groups concerning the partly conflicting interests of those groups and the support of the rival regional parties does not seem to be very accessible for such a capacity to develop their interests in the vital region of Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Turkey affairs, saying that the victory of each of the candidates in the upcoming Turkish elections brings opportunities and threats in the field of foreign relations, emphasized: If the Nation Alliance wins the elections in Turkey, naturally Ankara’s regional ambitions will decrease, and this issue will leave its impacts on Iran-Turkey relations as well.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Foreign policy analysis is valid when it evaluates decisions based on the information and circumstances prevailing at the time they were made, not on the basis of outcomes that only become apparent after the crisis has ended.
SCFR Online-Opinion: Sanctions are gradually transforming from classical financial instruments into complex mechanisms for the containment of technology, data, and global supply chains.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Turkey affairs considered the results of the first round of the elections as a kind of victory for Erdogan and said: With the victory of Kılıçdaroğlu, some regional changes might be witnessed, but in any case, it seems that the winner of the elections will face a series of internal problems and those problems will be aggravated if Kılıçdaroğlu wins.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international law, saying that Baku is trying to discredit Russia in the developments in the Caucasus, referred to the negotiations between Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan in the United States and noted: Washington, to compensate for its diplomatic backwardness in the second Karabakh war, is trying to create an alternative to the Russian mechanism and push the developments in a direction that is against the interests of Iran and Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A researcher on subcontinental affairs says that the United Nations is looking for a mechanism with a so-called aim of “recognition of the Taliban” to prevent the movement from its extreme behavior. The international view is that by attracting the Taliban, more effective steps can be taken to achieve the target.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Europe affairs, while explaining the dimensions of the draft of the EU Cyber Solidarity Act, said: Despite the resistance of some EU members to sharing information within the framework of the European cyber shield or pervasive dome, this law addresses this concern; and the massive budget that has been allocated has increased the possibility of the success of the Act. On the other hand, due to the announcement of the cyber security strategy of the United States on March 2 of the current year, as well as the effort for transatlantic cooperation to deal with cyber threats, the European Union is making a double effort to put the law into action.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: A faculty member of Tehran University analyzed the efforts of Western countries to legislate in this regard by stating that Westerners accuse China that the inference method and reasoning process of their artificial intelligence-based systems is without orientation and cannot be described.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A faculty member of the Institute of Strategic Studies says there has been a change in the global energy transmission lines after the Ukraine war began. He noted: With the continued shift in the oil trade routes of Russia, India and China have become strategic business partners for Moscow. This development has taken place in the shadow of the decline of the US influence among its key allies in the Middle East.
Strategic Council Online-Interview: An expert on African issues listed power-seeking and non-acceptance of conventional rules as the root causes of conflicts in Sudan and emphasized that although the Sudanese parties want to eliminate each other, it seems that even if the conflicts do not lead to the elimination of one side, in the short term, it will end and the two sides cannot continue the war due to the lack of facilities in this country.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A former Iranian diplomat said that the main challenges and concerns of the foreign ministers of neighboring countries of Afghanistan, which had been raised in the first meeting in Samarkand, were prominent in the second meeting as well, adding: The Taliban have come to power by force of arms and all the past concerns are still standing about the future situation of Afghanistan.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Director of the Yemen Desk at Mersad Research Institute said that in the current situation, the ceasefire, which is tantamount to the end of the Saudi military aggression, should be considered a fixed issue. He further emphasized: But the end of the internal conflict between the Yemeni groups concerning the partly conflicting interests of those groups and the support of the rival regional parties does not seem to be very accessible for such a capacity to develop their interests in the vital region of Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Turkey affairs, saying that the victory of each of the candidates in the upcoming Turkish elections brings opportunities and threats in the field of foreign relations, emphasized: If the Nation Alliance wins the elections in Turkey, naturally Ankara’s regional ambitions will decrease, and this issue will leave its impacts on Iran-Turkey relations as well.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Foreign policy analysis is valid when it evaluates decisions based on the information and circumstances prevailing at the time they were made, not on the basis of outcomes that only become apparent after the crisis has ended.
SCFR Online-Opinion: Sanctions are gradually transforming from classical financial instruments into complex mechanisms for the containment of technology, data, and global supply chains.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Turkey affairs considered the results of the first round of the elections as a kind of victory for Erdogan and said: With the victory of Kılıçdaroğlu, some regional changes might be witnessed, but in any case, it seems that the winner of the elections will face a series of internal problems and those problems will be aggravated if Kılıçdaroğlu wins.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international law, saying that Baku is trying to discredit Russia in the developments in the Caucasus, referred to the negotiations between Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan in the United States and noted: Washington, to compensate for its diplomatic backwardness in the second Karabakh war, is trying to create an alternative to the Russian mechanism and push the developments in a direction that is against the interests of Iran and Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A researcher on subcontinental affairs says that the United Nations is looking for a mechanism with a so-called aim of “recognition of the Taliban” to prevent the movement from its extreme behavior. The international view is that by attracting the Taliban, more effective steps can be taken to achieve the target.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Europe affairs, while explaining the dimensions of the draft of the EU Cyber Solidarity Act, said: Despite the resistance of some EU members to sharing information within the framework of the European cyber shield or pervasive dome, this law addresses this concern; and the massive budget that has been allocated has increased the possibility of the success of the Act. On the other hand, due to the announcement of the cyber security strategy of the United States on March 2 of the current year, as well as the effort for transatlantic cooperation to deal with cyber threats, the European Union is making a double effort to put the law into action.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: A faculty member of Tehran University analyzed the efforts of Western countries to legislate in this regard by stating that Westerners accuse China that the inference method and reasoning process of their artificial intelligence-based systems is without orientation and cannot be described.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A faculty member of the Institute of Strategic Studies says there has been a change in the global energy transmission lines after the Ukraine war began. He noted: With the continued shift in the oil trade routes of Russia, India and China have become strategic business partners for Moscow. This development has taken place in the shadow of the decline of the US influence among its key allies in the Middle East.
Strategic Council Online-Interview: An expert on African issues listed power-seeking and non-acceptance of conventional rules as the root causes of conflicts in Sudan and emphasized that although the Sudanese parties want to eliminate each other, it seems that even if the conflicts do not lead to the elimination of one side, in the short term, it will end and the two sides cannot continue the war due to the lack of facilities in this country.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A former Iranian diplomat said that the main challenges and concerns of the foreign ministers of neighboring countries of Afghanistan, which had been raised in the first meeting in Samarkand, were prominent in the second meeting as well, adding: The Taliban have come to power by force of arms and all the past concerns are still standing about the future situation of Afghanistan.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Director of the Yemen Desk at Mersad Research Institute said that in the current situation, the ceasefire, which is tantamount to the end of the Saudi military aggression, should be considered a fixed issue. He further emphasized: But the end of the internal conflict between the Yemeni groups concerning the partly conflicting interests of those groups and the support of the rival regional parties does not seem to be very accessible for such a capacity to develop their interests in the vital region of Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Turkey affairs, saying that the victory of each of the candidates in the upcoming Turkish elections brings opportunities and threats in the field of foreign relations, emphasized: If the Nation Alliance wins the elections in Turkey, naturally Ankara’s regional ambitions will decrease, and this issue will leave its impacts on Iran-Turkey relations as well.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Foreign policy analysis is valid when it evaluates decisions based on the information and circumstances prevailing at the time they were made, not on the basis of outcomes that only become apparent after the crisis has ended.
SCFR Online-Opinion: Sanctions are gradually transforming from classical financial instruments into complex mechanisms for the containment of technology, data, and global supply chains.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Turkey affairs considered the results of the first round of the elections as a kind of victory for Erdogan and said: With the victory of Kılıçdaroğlu, some regional changes might be witnessed, but in any case, it seems that the winner of the elections will face a series of internal problems and those problems will be aggravated if Kılıçdaroğlu wins.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international law, saying that Baku is trying to discredit Russia in the developments in the Caucasus, referred to the negotiations between Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan in the United States and noted: Washington, to compensate for its diplomatic backwardness in the second Karabakh war, is trying to create an alternative to the Russian mechanism and push the developments in a direction that is against the interests of Iran and Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A researcher on subcontinental affairs says that the United Nations is looking for a mechanism with a so-called aim of “recognition of the Taliban” to prevent the movement from its extreme behavior. The international view is that by attracting the Taliban, more effective steps can be taken to achieve the target.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Europe affairs, while explaining the dimensions of the draft of the EU Cyber Solidarity Act, said: Despite the resistance of some EU members to sharing information within the framework of the European cyber shield or pervasive dome, this law addresses this concern; and the massive budget that has been allocated has increased the possibility of the success of the Act. On the other hand, due to the announcement of the cyber security strategy of the United States on March 2 of the current year, as well as the effort for transatlantic cooperation to deal with cyber threats, the European Union is making a double effort to put the law into action.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: A faculty member of Tehran University analyzed the efforts of Western countries to legislate in this regard by stating that Westerners accuse China that the inference method and reasoning process of their artificial intelligence-based systems is without orientation and cannot be described.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A faculty member of the Institute of Strategic Studies says there has been a change in the global energy transmission lines after the Ukraine war began. He noted: With the continued shift in the oil trade routes of Russia, India and China have become strategic business partners for Moscow. This development has taken place in the shadow of the decline of the US influence among its key allies in the Middle East.
Strategic Council Online-Interview: An expert on African issues listed power-seeking and non-acceptance of conventional rules as the root causes of conflicts in Sudan and emphasized that although the Sudanese parties want to eliminate each other, it seems that even if the conflicts do not lead to the elimination of one side, in the short term, it will end and the two sides cannot continue the war due to the lack of facilities in this country.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A former Iranian diplomat said that the main challenges and concerns of the foreign ministers of neighboring countries of Afghanistan, which had been raised in the first meeting in Samarkand, were prominent in the second meeting as well, adding: The Taliban have come to power by force of arms and all the past concerns are still standing about the future situation of Afghanistan.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Director of the Yemen Desk at Mersad Research Institute said that in the current situation, the ceasefire, which is tantamount to the end of the Saudi military aggression, should be considered a fixed issue. He further emphasized: But the end of the internal conflict between the Yemeni groups concerning the partly conflicting interests of those groups and the support of the rival regional parties does not seem to be very accessible for such a capacity to develop their interests in the vital region of Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Turkey affairs, saying that the victory of each of the candidates in the upcoming Turkish elections brings opportunities and threats in the field of foreign relations, emphasized: If the Nation Alliance wins the elections in Turkey, naturally Ankara’s regional ambitions will decrease, and this issue will leave its impacts on Iran-Turkey relations as well.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Foreign policy analysis is valid when it evaluates decisions based on the information and circumstances prevailing at the time they were made, not on the basis of outcomes that only become apparent after the crisis has ended.
SCFR Online-Opinion: Sanctions are gradually transforming from classical financial instruments into complex mechanisms for the containment of technology, data, and global supply chains.