Strategic Council Online – Note: The Makkah Defense Pact can be seen as a sign of regional countries’ efforts to reduce security dependence on extra-regional powers and redefine the balance in West Asia.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war, by exhausting US military capability on one hand and strengthening European defense capacity on the other, has altered the balance of power in the European continent, cast uncertainty over NATO’s future, and is driving it toward a European NATO.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The dissolution of the SDF, although considered an achievement for Turkey’s security, does not put an end to the challenges arising from the Israeli regime’s aggression and expansionism, refugees, and Syria’s fragility.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Concurrent with the official commencement of the United States’ economic war against our country, focusing on sanctions instruments, isolation, and economic pressure, what has now become increasingly important is the lack of alignment of other major global powers, especially China, with this policy.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US sanctions against Iran, despite extensive propaganda, face serious obstacles to success due to the ineffectiveness of sanctions tools and opposition from some of Tehran’s trading partners.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Following military failure, Trump has announced the implementation of sanctions and old economic pressures under the new label of “unprecedented economic operation” against Iran; however, Tehran can neutralize this blockade through four specific strategies.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Two contrasting narratives of Trump’s foreign policy – one “crisis as doctrine” and the other a “coherent doctrine” – present a complex picture of America’s attempt to redefine its role in the international system.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey under the motto “an attack on one is an attack on all,” is viewed by some analysts less as a full-fledged military coalition and more as an attempt to reduce security dependence on an external power and to establish a regional security mechanism.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: At the European Union summit, it was decided that, to assist Ukraine, instead of using Russia’s frozen assets in European countries, 90 billion euros would be borrowed from financial markets and allocated to Ukraine. This issue is considered a very significant development in the European Union’s policy toward Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A West Asia affairs expert said: More than two years after the Al-Aqsa Storm, the question today is: What is the status of the Axis of Resistance, and has it collapsed?
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Southern Transitional Council’s field activities in eastern Yemen are part of the UAE’s strategy to contain the Axis of Resistance in the region.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recognition of Somaliland by the Zionist regime is considered a geopolitical move with security objectives and destabilizing consequences for Africa and the regional order.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international affairs expert stated that in recent years, the U.S. approach has shifted from a value-centered approach to security deal-making. This change means that, instead of emphasizing values such as democracy and human rights, the United States has adjusted its foreign policy to prioritize security interests, political bargaining, and expediency.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The new U.S. National Security Strategy is a sign of Washington’s gradual passage from the model of strategic liberalism and its entry into a phase of foreign policy in which the logic of deal-making, cost–benefit calculation, and the redefinition of commitments have replaced institution-centered value orientation; a transformation that carries profound consequences for the international order, traditional allies, and rivals.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Chinese Embassy in occupied Palestine recently issued a strongly-worded statement, declaring that the Taiwan issue is a “red line that cannot be crossed.” The embassy called on the Israeli regime to correct its erroneous actions in this area.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: While West Asia faced numerous challenges in 2025, rebuilding the Axis of Resistance has become a necessity. Evidence and indications suggest that the rebuilding of this axis is proceeding through more flexible patterns.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: As the world economic order moves towards multipolarity, Eurasia has become a new hub for trade, energy, and financial innovations. Here, the synergy of the North-South Corridor and the Belt and Road Initiative, centered on Iran and involving Russia and India, is redrawing the geoeconomic map of the twenty-first century.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent US movements in Lebanon indicate that Washington has likely distanced itself from the costly approach of disarming Hezbollah and has moved towards containing and managing its military capabilities.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The Makkah Defense Pact can be seen as a sign of regional countries’ efforts to reduce security dependence on extra-regional powers and redefine the balance in West Asia.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war, by exhausting US military capability on one hand and strengthening European defense capacity on the other, has altered the balance of power in the European continent, cast uncertainty over NATO’s future, and is driving it toward a European NATO.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The dissolution of the SDF, although considered an achievement for Turkey’s security, does not put an end to the challenges arising from the Israeli regime’s aggression and expansionism, refugees, and Syria’s fragility.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Concurrent with the official commencement of the United States’ economic war against our country, focusing on sanctions instruments, isolation, and economic pressure, what has now become increasingly important is the lack of alignment of other major global powers, especially China, with this policy.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US sanctions against Iran, despite extensive propaganda, face serious obstacles to success due to the ineffectiveness of sanctions tools and opposition from some of Tehran’s trading partners.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Following military failure, Trump has announced the implementation of sanctions and old economic pressures under the new label of “unprecedented economic operation” against Iran; however, Tehran can neutralize this blockade through four specific strategies.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Two contrasting narratives of Trump’s foreign policy – one “crisis as doctrine” and the other a “coherent doctrine” – present a complex picture of America’s attempt to redefine its role in the international system.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey under the motto “an attack on one is an attack on all,” is viewed by some analysts less as a full-fledged military coalition and more as an attempt to reduce security dependence on an external power and to establish a regional security mechanism.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: At the European Union summit, it was decided that, to assist Ukraine, instead of using Russia’s frozen assets in European countries, 90 billion euros would be borrowed from financial markets and allocated to Ukraine. This issue is considered a very significant development in the European Union’s policy toward Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A West Asia affairs expert said: More than two years after the Al-Aqsa Storm, the question today is: What is the status of the Axis of Resistance, and has it collapsed?
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Southern Transitional Council’s field activities in eastern Yemen are part of the UAE’s strategy to contain the Axis of Resistance in the region.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recognition of Somaliland by the Zionist regime is considered a geopolitical move with security objectives and destabilizing consequences for Africa and the regional order.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international affairs expert stated that in recent years, the U.S. approach has shifted from a value-centered approach to security deal-making. This change means that, instead of emphasizing values such as democracy and human rights, the United States has adjusted its foreign policy to prioritize security interests, political bargaining, and expediency.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The new U.S. National Security Strategy is a sign of Washington’s gradual passage from the model of strategic liberalism and its entry into a phase of foreign policy in which the logic of deal-making, cost–benefit calculation, and the redefinition of commitments have replaced institution-centered value orientation; a transformation that carries profound consequences for the international order, traditional allies, and rivals.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Chinese Embassy in occupied Palestine recently issued a strongly-worded statement, declaring that the Taiwan issue is a “red line that cannot be crossed.” The embassy called on the Israeli regime to correct its erroneous actions in this area.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: While West Asia faced numerous challenges in 2025, rebuilding the Axis of Resistance has become a necessity. Evidence and indications suggest that the rebuilding of this axis is proceeding through more flexible patterns.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: As the world economic order moves towards multipolarity, Eurasia has become a new hub for trade, energy, and financial innovations. Here, the synergy of the North-South Corridor and the Belt and Road Initiative, centered on Iran and involving Russia and India, is redrawing the geoeconomic map of the twenty-first century.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent US movements in Lebanon indicate that Washington has likely distanced itself from the costly approach of disarming Hezbollah and has moved towards containing and managing its military capabilities.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: At the European Union summit, it was decided that, to assist Ukraine, instead of using Russia’s frozen assets in European countries, 90 billion euros would be borrowed from financial markets and allocated to Ukraine. This issue is considered a very significant development in the European Union’s policy toward Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A West Asia affairs expert said: More than two years after the Al-Aqsa Storm, the question today is: What is the status of the Axis of Resistance, and has it collapsed?
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Southern Transitional Council’s field activities in eastern Yemen are part of the UAE’s strategy to contain the Axis of Resistance in the region.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recognition of Somaliland by the Zionist regime is considered a geopolitical move with security objectives and destabilizing consequences for Africa and the regional order.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international affairs expert stated that in recent years, the U.S. approach has shifted from a value-centered approach to security deal-making. This change means that, instead of emphasizing values such as democracy and human rights, the United States has adjusted its foreign policy to prioritize security interests, political bargaining, and expediency.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The new U.S. National Security Strategy is a sign of Washington’s gradual passage from the model of strategic liberalism and its entry into a phase of foreign policy in which the logic of deal-making, cost–benefit calculation, and the redefinition of commitments have replaced institution-centered value orientation; a transformation that carries profound consequences for the international order, traditional allies, and rivals.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Chinese Embassy in occupied Palestine recently issued a strongly-worded statement, declaring that the Taiwan issue is a “red line that cannot be crossed.” The embassy called on the Israeli regime to correct its erroneous actions in this area.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: While West Asia faced numerous challenges in 2025, rebuilding the Axis of Resistance has become a necessity. Evidence and indications suggest that the rebuilding of this axis is proceeding through more flexible patterns.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: As the world economic order moves towards multipolarity, Eurasia has become a new hub for trade, energy, and financial innovations. Here, the synergy of the North-South Corridor and the Belt and Road Initiative, centered on Iran and involving Russia and India, is redrawing the geoeconomic map of the twenty-first century.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent US movements in Lebanon indicate that Washington has likely distanced itself from the costly approach of disarming Hezbollah and has moved towards containing and managing its military capabilities.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The Makkah Defense Pact can be seen as a sign of regional countries’ efforts to reduce security dependence on extra-regional powers and redefine the balance in West Asia.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war, by exhausting US military capability on one hand and strengthening European defense capacity on the other, has altered the balance of power in the European continent, cast uncertainty over NATO’s future, and is driving it toward a European NATO.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The dissolution of the SDF, although considered an achievement for Turkey’s security, does not put an end to the challenges arising from the Israeli regime’s aggression and expansionism, refugees, and Syria’s fragility.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Concurrent with the official commencement of the United States’ economic war against our country, focusing on sanctions instruments, isolation, and economic pressure, what has now become increasingly important is the lack of alignment of other major global powers, especially China, with this policy.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US sanctions against Iran, despite extensive propaganda, face serious obstacles to success due to the ineffectiveness of sanctions tools and opposition from some of Tehran’s trading partners.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Following military failure, Trump has announced the implementation of sanctions and old economic pressures under the new label of “unprecedented economic operation” against Iran; however, Tehran can neutralize this blockade through four specific strategies.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Two contrasting narratives of Trump’s foreign policy – one “crisis as doctrine” and the other a “coherent doctrine” – present a complex picture of America’s attempt to redefine its role in the international system.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey under the motto “an attack on one is an attack on all,” is viewed by some analysts less as a full-fledged military coalition and more as an attempt to reduce security dependence on an external power and to establish a regional security mechanism.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: At the European Union summit, it was decided that, to assist Ukraine, instead of using Russia’s frozen assets in European countries, 90 billion euros would be borrowed from financial markets and allocated to Ukraine. This issue is considered a very significant development in the European Union’s policy toward Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A West Asia affairs expert said: More than two years after the Al-Aqsa Storm, the question today is: What is the status of the Axis of Resistance, and has it collapsed?
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Southern Transitional Council’s field activities in eastern Yemen are part of the UAE’s strategy to contain the Axis of Resistance in the region.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recognition of Somaliland by the Zionist regime is considered a geopolitical move with security objectives and destabilizing consequences for Africa and the regional order.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international affairs expert stated that in recent years, the U.S. approach has shifted from a value-centered approach to security deal-making. This change means that, instead of emphasizing values such as democracy and human rights, the United States has adjusted its foreign policy to prioritize security interests, political bargaining, and expediency.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The new U.S. National Security Strategy is a sign of Washington’s gradual passage from the model of strategic liberalism and its entry into a phase of foreign policy in which the logic of deal-making, cost–benefit calculation, and the redefinition of commitments have replaced institution-centered value orientation; a transformation that carries profound consequences for the international order, traditional allies, and rivals.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Chinese Embassy in occupied Palestine recently issued a strongly-worded statement, declaring that the Taiwan issue is a “red line that cannot be crossed.” The embassy called on the Israeli regime to correct its erroneous actions in this area.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: While West Asia faced numerous challenges in 2025, rebuilding the Axis of Resistance has become a necessity. Evidence and indications suggest that the rebuilding of this axis is proceeding through more flexible patterns.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: As the world economic order moves towards multipolarity, Eurasia has become a new hub for trade, energy, and financial innovations. Here, the synergy of the North-South Corridor and the Belt and Road Initiative, centered on Iran and involving Russia and India, is redrawing the geoeconomic map of the twenty-first century.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent US movements in Lebanon indicate that Washington has likely distanced itself from the costly approach of disarming Hezbollah and has moved towards containing and managing its military capabilities.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The Makkah Defense Pact can be seen as a sign of regional countries’ efforts to reduce security dependence on extra-regional powers and redefine the balance in West Asia.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war, by exhausting US military capability on one hand and strengthening European defense capacity on the other, has altered the balance of power in the European continent, cast uncertainty over NATO’s future, and is driving it toward a European NATO.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The dissolution of the SDF, although considered an achievement for Turkey’s security, does not put an end to the challenges arising from the Israeli regime’s aggression and expansionism, refugees, and Syria’s fragility.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Concurrent with the official commencement of the United States’ economic war against our country, focusing on sanctions instruments, isolation, and economic pressure, what has now become increasingly important is the lack of alignment of other major global powers, especially China, with this policy.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US sanctions against Iran, despite extensive propaganda, face serious obstacles to success due to the ineffectiveness of sanctions tools and opposition from some of Tehran’s trading partners.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Following military failure, Trump has announced the implementation of sanctions and old economic pressures under the new label of “unprecedented economic operation” against Iran; however, Tehran can neutralize this blockade through four specific strategies.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Two contrasting narratives of Trump’s foreign policy – one “crisis as doctrine” and the other a “coherent doctrine” – present a complex picture of America’s attempt to redefine its role in the international system.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey under the motto “an attack on one is an attack on all,” is viewed by some analysts less as a full-fledged military coalition and more as an attempt to reduce security dependence on an external power and to establish a regional security mechanism.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: At the European Union summit, it was decided that, to assist Ukraine, instead of using Russia’s frozen assets in European countries, 90 billion euros would be borrowed from financial markets and allocated to Ukraine. This issue is considered a very significant development in the European Union’s policy toward Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A West Asia affairs expert said: More than two years after the Al-Aqsa Storm, the question today is: What is the status of the Axis of Resistance, and has it collapsed?
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Southern Transitional Council’s field activities in eastern Yemen are part of the UAE’s strategy to contain the Axis of Resistance in the region.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recognition of Somaliland by the Zionist regime is considered a geopolitical move with security objectives and destabilizing consequences for Africa and the regional order.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international affairs expert stated that in recent years, the U.S. approach has shifted from a value-centered approach to security deal-making. This change means that, instead of emphasizing values such as democracy and human rights, the United States has adjusted its foreign policy to prioritize security interests, political bargaining, and expediency.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The new U.S. National Security Strategy is a sign of Washington’s gradual passage from the model of strategic liberalism and its entry into a phase of foreign policy in which the logic of deal-making, cost–benefit calculation, and the redefinition of commitments have replaced institution-centered value orientation; a transformation that carries profound consequences for the international order, traditional allies, and rivals.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Chinese Embassy in occupied Palestine recently issued a strongly-worded statement, declaring that the Taiwan issue is a “red line that cannot be crossed.” The embassy called on the Israeli regime to correct its erroneous actions in this area.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: While West Asia faced numerous challenges in 2025, rebuilding the Axis of Resistance has become a necessity. Evidence and indications suggest that the rebuilding of this axis is proceeding through more flexible patterns.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: As the world economic order moves towards multipolarity, Eurasia has become a new hub for trade, energy, and financial innovations. Here, the synergy of the North-South Corridor and the Belt and Road Initiative, centered on Iran and involving Russia and India, is redrawing the geoeconomic map of the twenty-first century.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent US movements in Lebanon indicate that Washington has likely distanced itself from the costly approach of disarming Hezbollah and has moved towards containing and managing its military capabilities.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The Makkah Defense Pact can be seen as a sign of regional countries’ efforts to reduce security dependence on extra-regional powers and redefine the balance in West Asia.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war, by exhausting US military capability on one hand and strengthening European defense capacity on the other, has altered the balance of power in the European continent, cast uncertainty over NATO’s future, and is driving it toward a European NATO.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The dissolution of the SDF, although considered an achievement for Turkey’s security, does not put an end to the challenges arising from the Israeli regime’s aggression and expansionism, refugees, and Syria’s fragility.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Concurrent with the official commencement of the United States’ economic war against our country, focusing on sanctions instruments, isolation, and economic pressure, what has now become increasingly important is the lack of alignment of other major global powers, especially China, with this policy.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US sanctions against Iran, despite extensive propaganda, face serious obstacles to success due to the ineffectiveness of sanctions tools and opposition from some of Tehran’s trading partners.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Following military failure, Trump has announced the implementation of sanctions and old economic pressures under the new label of “unprecedented economic operation” against Iran; however, Tehran can neutralize this blockade through four specific strategies.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Two contrasting narratives of Trump’s foreign policy – one “crisis as doctrine” and the other a “coherent doctrine” – present a complex picture of America’s attempt to redefine its role in the international system.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey under the motto “an attack on one is an attack on all,” is viewed by some analysts less as a full-fledged military coalition and more as an attempt to reduce security dependence on an external power and to establish a regional security mechanism.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: At the European Union summit, it was decided that, to assist Ukraine, instead of using Russia’s frozen assets in European countries, 90 billion euros would be borrowed from financial markets and allocated to Ukraine. This issue is considered a very significant development in the European Union’s policy toward Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A West Asia affairs expert said: More than two years after the Al-Aqsa Storm, the question today is: What is the status of the Axis of Resistance, and has it collapsed?
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Southern Transitional Council’s field activities in eastern Yemen are part of the UAE’s strategy to contain the Axis of Resistance in the region.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recognition of Somaliland by the Zionist regime is considered a geopolitical move with security objectives and destabilizing consequences for Africa and the regional order.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international affairs expert stated that in recent years, the U.S. approach has shifted from a value-centered approach to security deal-making. This change means that, instead of emphasizing values such as democracy and human rights, the United States has adjusted its foreign policy to prioritize security interests, political bargaining, and expediency.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The new U.S. National Security Strategy is a sign of Washington’s gradual passage from the model of strategic liberalism and its entry into a phase of foreign policy in which the logic of deal-making, cost–benefit calculation, and the redefinition of commitments have replaced institution-centered value orientation; a transformation that carries profound consequences for the international order, traditional allies, and rivals.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Chinese Embassy in occupied Palestine recently issued a strongly-worded statement, declaring that the Taiwan issue is a “red line that cannot be crossed.” The embassy called on the Israeli regime to correct its erroneous actions in this area.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: While West Asia faced numerous challenges in 2025, rebuilding the Axis of Resistance has become a necessity. Evidence and indications suggest that the rebuilding of this axis is proceeding through more flexible patterns.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: As the world economic order moves towards multipolarity, Eurasia has become a new hub for trade, energy, and financial innovations. Here, the synergy of the North-South Corridor and the Belt and Road Initiative, centered on Iran and involving Russia and India, is redrawing the geoeconomic map of the twenty-first century.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent US movements in Lebanon indicate that Washington has likely distanced itself from the costly approach of disarming Hezbollah and has moved towards containing and managing its military capabilities.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The Makkah Defense Pact can be seen as a sign of regional countries’ efforts to reduce security dependence on extra-regional powers and redefine the balance in West Asia.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war, by exhausting US military capability on one hand and strengthening European defense capacity on the other, has altered the balance of power in the European continent, cast uncertainty over NATO’s future, and is driving it toward a European NATO.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The dissolution of the SDF, although considered an achievement for Turkey’s security, does not put an end to the challenges arising from the Israeli regime’s aggression and expansionism, refugees, and Syria’s fragility.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Concurrent with the official commencement of the United States’ economic war against our country, focusing on sanctions instruments, isolation, and economic pressure, what has now become increasingly important is the lack of alignment of other major global powers, especially China, with this policy.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US sanctions against Iran, despite extensive propaganda, face serious obstacles to success due to the ineffectiveness of sanctions tools and opposition from some of Tehran’s trading partners.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Following military failure, Trump has announced the implementation of sanctions and old economic pressures under the new label of “unprecedented economic operation” against Iran; however, Tehran can neutralize this blockade through four specific strategies.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Two contrasting narratives of Trump’s foreign policy – one “crisis as doctrine” and the other a “coherent doctrine” – present a complex picture of America’s attempt to redefine its role in the international system.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey under the motto “an attack on one is an attack on all,” is viewed by some analysts less as a full-fledged military coalition and more as an attempt to reduce security dependence on an external power and to establish a regional security mechanism.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: At the European Union summit, it was decided that, to assist Ukraine, instead of using Russia’s frozen assets in European countries, 90 billion euros would be borrowed from financial markets and allocated to Ukraine. This issue is considered a very significant development in the European Union’s policy toward Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A West Asia affairs expert said: More than two years after the Al-Aqsa Storm, the question today is: What is the status of the Axis of Resistance, and has it collapsed?
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Southern Transitional Council’s field activities in eastern Yemen are part of the UAE’s strategy to contain the Axis of Resistance in the region.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recognition of Somaliland by the Zionist regime is considered a geopolitical move with security objectives and destabilizing consequences for Africa and the regional order.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international affairs expert stated that in recent years, the U.S. approach has shifted from a value-centered approach to security deal-making. This change means that, instead of emphasizing values such as democracy and human rights, the United States has adjusted its foreign policy to prioritize security interests, political bargaining, and expediency.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The new U.S. National Security Strategy is a sign of Washington’s gradual passage from the model of strategic liberalism and its entry into a phase of foreign policy in which the logic of deal-making, cost–benefit calculation, and the redefinition of commitments have replaced institution-centered value orientation; a transformation that carries profound consequences for the international order, traditional allies, and rivals.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Chinese Embassy in occupied Palestine recently issued a strongly-worded statement, declaring that the Taiwan issue is a “red line that cannot be crossed.” The embassy called on the Israeli regime to correct its erroneous actions in this area.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: While West Asia faced numerous challenges in 2025, rebuilding the Axis of Resistance has become a necessity. Evidence and indications suggest that the rebuilding of this axis is proceeding through more flexible patterns.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: As the world economic order moves towards multipolarity, Eurasia has become a new hub for trade, energy, and financial innovations. Here, the synergy of the North-South Corridor and the Belt and Road Initiative, centered on Iran and involving Russia and India, is redrawing the geoeconomic map of the twenty-first century.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent US movements in Lebanon indicate that Washington has likely distanced itself from the costly approach of disarming Hezbollah and has moved towards containing and managing its military capabilities.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The Makkah Defense Pact can be seen as a sign of regional countries’ efforts to reduce security dependence on extra-regional powers and redefine the balance in West Asia.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war, by exhausting US military capability on one hand and strengthening European defense capacity on the other, has altered the balance of power in the European continent, cast uncertainty over NATO’s future, and is driving it toward a European NATO.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The dissolution of the SDF, although considered an achievement for Turkey’s security, does not put an end to the challenges arising from the Israeli regime’s aggression and expansionism, refugees, and Syria’s fragility.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Concurrent with the official commencement of the United States’ economic war against our country, focusing on sanctions instruments, isolation, and economic pressure, what has now become increasingly important is the lack of alignment of other major global powers, especially China, with this policy.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US sanctions against Iran, despite extensive propaganda, face serious obstacles to success due to the ineffectiveness of sanctions tools and opposition from some of Tehran’s trading partners.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Following military failure, Trump has announced the implementation of sanctions and old economic pressures under the new label of “unprecedented economic operation” against Iran; however, Tehran can neutralize this blockade through four specific strategies.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Two contrasting narratives of Trump’s foreign policy – one “crisis as doctrine” and the other a “coherent doctrine” – present a complex picture of America’s attempt to redefine its role in the international system.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey under the motto “an attack on one is an attack on all,” is viewed by some analysts less as a full-fledged military coalition and more as an attempt to reduce security dependence on an external power and to establish a regional security mechanism.