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 – Less than three months have passed since the historic summit of the US President Donald Trump and the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un took place on Sentosa Island in Singapore and yet the talks have more or less stopped as the two sides have a series of expectations from each other that have not been met.
Strategic Council online – Although several months prior to the Pakistani parliamentary elections, it was anticipated that the two powerful parties of Pakistan, People Party (PPP) led by Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Muslim League-Nawaz (MLN) headed by Shahbaz Sharif will not win the elections, but it was hardly believed that a third trend will emerge in Pakistani political arena.
Strategic Council Online: Iran’s principled policy is to maintain stability and security in Afghanistan. Any destabilizing move is undesirable and condemned by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Strategic Council Online: Evidences suggest that US President Donald Trump does not intend to stop the trade war and that the European Union’s attempt to keep Iran in JCPOA has added a new dimension to this war, as Trump has stated that other countries must either have commercial ties with Iran or with the US.
Strategic Council Online: A consolidated European Union can provide opportunities for Iran in an era of confrontation with US President Donald Trump, though EU’s coherence and convergence are vulnerable with the increasing power of the extreme right in some EU member states.
Strategic Council Online: The United States president Donald Trump pursues both political and economic goals by pushing for a trade war.
Strategic Council Online: As Iran’s international engagement with the West gets complicated, the eastward approach of the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran has been highlighted more than before.
By Abdollah Farajirad Strategic Council Online-Sanctions are used as a tool or effort for imposing pressure on a country or countries with the goal of forcing them to show specific behavior. The sanctions under UN Security Council can naturally make many...
Strategic Council Online: In the wake of the recent meeting between US president Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, American diplomacy is experiencing an unprecedented breakthrough revealing that certain statements by the American president is purely diplomatic bluffing.
Vali Koozeh-Gar Kaleji*
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 – Less than three months have passed since the historic summit of the US President Donald Trump and the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un took place on Sentosa Island in Singapore and yet the talks have more or less stopped as the two sides have a series of expectations from each other that have not been met.
Strategic Council online – Although several months prior to the Pakistani parliamentary elections, it was anticipated that the two powerful parties of Pakistan, People Party (PPP) led by Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Muslim League-Nawaz (MLN) headed by Shahbaz Sharif will not win the elections, but it was hardly believed that a third trend will emerge in Pakistani political arena.
Strategic Council Online: Iran’s principled policy is to maintain stability and security in Afghanistan. Any destabilizing move is undesirable and condemned by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Strategic Council Online: Evidences suggest that US President Donald Trump does not intend to stop the trade war and that the European Union’s attempt to keep Iran in JCPOA has added a new dimension to this war, as Trump has stated that other countries must either have commercial ties with Iran or with the US.
Strategic Council Online: A consolidated European Union can provide opportunities for Iran in an era of confrontation with US President Donald Trump, though EU’s coherence and convergence are vulnerable with the increasing power of the extreme right in some EU member states.
Strategic Council Online: The United States president Donald Trump pursues both political and economic goals by pushing for a trade war.
Strategic Council Online: As Iran’s international engagement with the West gets complicated, the eastward approach of the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran has been highlighted more than before.
By Abdollah Farajirad Strategic Council Online-Sanctions are used as a tool or effort for imposing pressure on a country or countries with the goal of forcing them to show specific behavior. The sanctions under UN Security Council can naturally make many...
Strategic Council Online: In the wake of the recent meeting between US president Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, American diplomacy is experiencing an unprecedented breakthrough revealing that certain statements by the American president is purely diplomatic bluffing.
Vali Koozeh-Gar Kaleji*
Strategic Council online – Less than three months have passed since the historic summit of the US President Donald Trump and the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un took place on Sentosa Island in Singapore and yet the talks have more or less stopped as the two sides have a series of expectations from each other that have not been met.
Strategic Council online – Although several months prior to the Pakistani parliamentary elections, it was anticipated that the two powerful parties of Pakistan, People Party (PPP) led by Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Muslim League-Nawaz (MLN) headed by Shahbaz Sharif will not win the elections, but it was hardly believed that a third trend will emerge in Pakistani political arena.
Strategic Council Online: Iran’s principled policy is to maintain stability and security in Afghanistan. Any destabilizing move is undesirable and condemned by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Strategic Council Online: Evidences suggest that US President Donald Trump does not intend to stop the trade war and that the European Union’s attempt to keep Iran in JCPOA has added a new dimension to this war, as Trump has stated that other countries must either have commercial ties with Iran or with the US.
Strategic Council Online: A consolidated European Union can provide opportunities for Iran in an era of confrontation with US President Donald Trump, though EU’s coherence and convergence are vulnerable with the increasing power of the extreme right in some EU member states.
Strategic Council Online: The United States president Donald Trump pursues both political and economic goals by pushing for a trade war.
Strategic Council Online: As Iran’s international engagement with the West gets complicated, the eastward approach of the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran has been highlighted more than before.
By Abdollah Farajirad Strategic Council Online-Sanctions are used as a tool or effort for imposing pressure on a country or countries with the goal of forcing them to show specific behavior. The sanctions under UN Security Council can naturally make many...
Strategic Council Online: In the wake of the recent meeting between US president Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, American diplomacy is experiencing an unprecedented breakthrough revealing that certain statements by the American president is purely diplomatic bluffing.
Vali Koozeh-Gar Kaleji*
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 – Less than three months have passed since the historic summit of the US President Donald Trump and the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un took place on Sentosa Island in Singapore and yet the talks have more or less stopped as the two sides have a series of expectations from each other that have not been met.
Strategic Council online – Although several months prior to the Pakistani parliamentary elections, it was anticipated that the two powerful parties of Pakistan, People Party (PPP) led by Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Muslim League-Nawaz (MLN) headed by Shahbaz Sharif will not win the elections, but it was hardly believed that a third trend will emerge in Pakistani political arena.
Strategic Council Online: Iran’s principled policy is to maintain stability and security in Afghanistan. Any destabilizing move is undesirable and condemned by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Strategic Council Online: Evidences suggest that US President Donald Trump does not intend to stop the trade war and that the European Union’s attempt to keep Iran in JCPOA has added a new dimension to this war, as Trump has stated that other countries must either have commercial ties with Iran or with the US.
Strategic Council Online: A consolidated European Union can provide opportunities for Iran in an era of confrontation with US President Donald Trump, though EU’s coherence and convergence are vulnerable with the increasing power of the extreme right in some EU member states.
Strategic Council Online: The United States president Donald Trump pursues both political and economic goals by pushing for a trade war.
Strategic Council Online: As Iran’s international engagement with the West gets complicated, the eastward approach of the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran has been highlighted more than before.
By Abdollah Farajirad Strategic Council Online-Sanctions are used as a tool or effort for imposing pressure on a country or countries with the goal of forcing them to show specific behavior. The sanctions under UN Security Council can naturally make many...
Strategic Council Online: In the wake of the recent meeting between US president Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, American diplomacy is experiencing an unprecedented breakthrough revealing that certain statements by the American president is purely diplomatic bluffing.
Vali Koozeh-Gar Kaleji*
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 – Less than three months have passed since the historic summit of the US President Donald Trump and the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un took place on Sentosa Island in Singapore and yet the talks have more or less stopped as the two sides have a series of expectations from each other that have not been met.
Strategic Council online – Although several months prior to the Pakistani parliamentary elections, it was anticipated that the two powerful parties of Pakistan, People Party (PPP) led by Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Muslim League-Nawaz (MLN) headed by Shahbaz Sharif will not win the elections, but it was hardly believed that a third trend will emerge in Pakistani political arena.
Strategic Council Online: Iran’s principled policy is to maintain stability and security in Afghanistan. Any destabilizing move is undesirable and condemned by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Strategic Council Online: Evidences suggest that US President Donald Trump does not intend to stop the trade war and that the European Union’s attempt to keep Iran in JCPOA has added a new dimension to this war, as Trump has stated that other countries must either have commercial ties with Iran or with the US.
Strategic Council Online: A consolidated European Union can provide opportunities for Iran in an era of confrontation with US President Donald Trump, though EU’s coherence and convergence are vulnerable with the increasing power of the extreme right in some EU member states.
Strategic Council Online: The United States president Donald Trump pursues both political and economic goals by pushing for a trade war.
Strategic Council Online: As Iran’s international engagement with the West gets complicated, the eastward approach of the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran has been highlighted more than before.
By Abdollah Farajirad Strategic Council Online-Sanctions are used as a tool or effort for imposing pressure on a country or countries with the goal of forcing them to show specific behavior. The sanctions under UN Security Council can naturally make many...
Strategic Council Online: In the wake of the recent meeting between US president Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, American diplomacy is experiencing an unprecedented breakthrough revealing that certain statements by the American president is purely diplomatic bluffing.
Vali Koozeh-Gar Kaleji*
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 – Less than three months have passed since the historic summit of the US President Donald Trump and the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un took place on Sentosa Island in Singapore and yet the talks have more or less stopped as the two sides have a series of expectations from each other that have not been met.
Strategic Council online – Although several months prior to the Pakistani parliamentary elections, it was anticipated that the two powerful parties of Pakistan, People Party (PPP) led by Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Muslim League-Nawaz (MLN) headed by Shahbaz Sharif will not win the elections, but it was hardly believed that a third trend will emerge in Pakistani political arena.
Strategic Council Online: Iran’s principled policy is to maintain stability and security in Afghanistan. Any destabilizing move is undesirable and condemned by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Strategic Council Online: Evidences suggest that US President Donald Trump does not intend to stop the trade war and that the European Union’s attempt to keep Iran in JCPOA has added a new dimension to this war, as Trump has stated that other countries must either have commercial ties with Iran or with the US.
Strategic Council Online: A consolidated European Union can provide opportunities for Iran in an era of confrontation with US President Donald Trump, though EU’s coherence and convergence are vulnerable with the increasing power of the extreme right in some EU member states.
Strategic Council Online: The United States president Donald Trump pursues both political and economic goals by pushing for a trade war.
Strategic Council Online: As Iran’s international engagement with the West gets complicated, the eastward approach of the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran has been highlighted more than before.
By Abdollah Farajirad Strategic Council Online-Sanctions are used as a tool or effort for imposing pressure on a country or countries with the goal of forcing them to show specific behavior. The sanctions under UN Security Council can naturally make many...
Strategic Council Online: In the wake of the recent meeting between US president Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, American diplomacy is experiencing an unprecedented breakthrough revealing that certain statements by the American president is purely diplomatic bluffing.
Vali Koozeh-Gar Kaleji*
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 – Less than three months have passed since the historic summit of the US President Donald Trump and the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un took place on Sentosa Island in Singapore and yet the talks have more or less stopped as the two sides have a series of expectations from each other that have not been met.
Strategic Council online – Although several months prior to the Pakistani parliamentary elections, it was anticipated that the two powerful parties of Pakistan, People Party (PPP) led by Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Muslim League-Nawaz (MLN) headed by Shahbaz Sharif will not win the elections, but it was hardly believed that a third trend will emerge in Pakistani political arena.
Strategic Council Online: Iran’s principled policy is to maintain stability and security in Afghanistan. Any destabilizing move is undesirable and condemned by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Strategic Council Online: Evidences suggest that US President Donald Trump does not intend to stop the trade war and that the European Union’s attempt to keep Iran in JCPOA has added a new dimension to this war, as Trump has stated that other countries must either have commercial ties with Iran or with the US.
Strategic Council Online: A consolidated European Union can provide opportunities for Iran in an era of confrontation with US President Donald Trump, though EU’s coherence and convergence are vulnerable with the increasing power of the extreme right in some EU member states.
Strategic Council Online: The United States president Donald Trump pursues both political and economic goals by pushing for a trade war.
Strategic Council Online: As Iran’s international engagement with the West gets complicated, the eastward approach of the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran has been highlighted more than before.
By Abdollah Farajirad Strategic Council Online-Sanctions are used as a tool or effort for imposing pressure on a country or countries with the goal of forcing them to show specific behavior. The sanctions under UN Security Council can naturally make many...
Strategic Council Online: In the wake of the recent meeting between US president Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, American diplomacy is experiencing an unprecedented breakthrough revealing that certain statements by the American president is purely diplomatic bluffing.
Vali Koozeh-Gar Kaleji*
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.