SCFR Online – Opinion: Competition over energy, minerals, and supply chains has expanded geoeconomic instruments and highlighted the role of BRICS and alternative paths in the world economic order.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The results of the Israeli regime’s elections can affect the composition of this regime’s cabinet and the manner of implementing its aggressive plans, but internal political changes do not necessarily lead to a strategic transformation in its approach to Palestine, Iran, and the Axis of Resistance.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The US military withdrawal from Iraq does not mean the end of the security relationship between Baghdad and Washington, but rather constitutes a test of the Iraqi government’s ability to manage internal threats and redefine foreign dependencies.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The proliferation of smart unmanned surface vessels (USVs) in Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb shows that control of the sea is not possible solely with large warships, submarines, and carrier-based aircraft.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The withdrawal of American forces from Iraq has marked the end of Washington’s direct military presence in the country; however, America’s financial, political, and security levers can still affect and cause problems for the future of this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: After months of war and economic pressure, the situation between Iran and the United States has been placed between two conflicting logics; Washington insists on intensifying pressure to gain concessions, and Tehran does not accept negotiations under pressure.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The expansion of artificial intelligence and influence operations has drawn the field of conflict from physical space to the perceptual and algorithmic environment and has turned cognitive deterrence into a strategic necessity.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Riyadh, amid the Iran war, Yemeni pressure, and ambiguous Washington guarantees, has turned to flexible balancing in order to both preserve its security and increase its bargaining power.
Strategic Council Online: In the context of the Moscow Conference, it seems that a declaration that could be endorsed by all sides is very important because it shows that the Taliban are prepared to sit at the negotiation table and, in the meantime accept the distribution of power and stop monopolism.
Pir Mohammad Mollazehi – Expert on the Subcontinent Affairs
Strategic Council Online: Undermining the current position of Ashraf Ghani in the political arena of Afghanistan and in competition with rivals in the upcoming presidential election is one of the challenges that could lead to increased insecurity.
Mohammad Reza Asgari Moroudi – Senior Researcher on Asia Affairs
Strategic Council Online: INSTEX is a kind of cooperation between Iran and Europe in the face of US unilateral approach in the case of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Its important impacts go back to the sustainability of cooperation too.
Reza Majidzadeh – International Affairs expert
Madrid – The 40th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution could have offered the West an opportunity to reflect on the failure of four decades of disengagement to bring the Islamic Republic any closer to collapse, or the region any closer to peace. Instead, the Trump administration has doubled down on hostility, with nothing to show for it.
Javier Solana – President of the ESADE Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics
Strategic Council Online: In recent years, one of the very interesting bilateral relationships has been the one between New Delhi and Tehran. While New Delhi has significantly strengthened its strategic ties with the US, it has ensured that economic links with Tehran do not suffer. India has had to do a balancing act not only between US-Iran but also Saudi Arabia-Iran and Israel-Iran. Apart from the US, both Saudi and Israel were uncomfortable with the New Delhi-Tehran relationship, New Delhi has persisted.
Tridivesh Singh Maini – New Delhi based Policy Analyst
Strategic Council Online: The recent agreement between Turkey and Russia with an aim to improve the situation in Syria could help conceive an Iranian-Turkish-Russian triangle to solve the Syrian crisis.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Middle East expert
Strategic Council Online: In commentaries, Americans seem to have finally accepted that the political establishment in Syria under the leadership of Bashar Assad cannot be changed; also the possibility of toppling Assad’s government and the US desired changes in Syria will not be realized; therefore, Europe and the United States will gradually but informally proceed towards recognizing the status quo.
Amir Ali AbolFatah, American Affairs expert
Strategic Council Online – If the Army maintains loyalty and support for the legal government in Venezuela, the Maduro Administration would probably remain in power and foreign countries would not be able to do anything about it; but if the Army stops its support for the Maduro government, as one or two army commanders have tilted towards Guaido, the developments in Venezuela may take a different turn.
Seyed Jafar Hashemi, Former Iranian Ambassador to Brazil
Strategic Council Online: There is no doubt about the historical existence of the Islamic civilization and its role in global civilization. Scholars in the field of civilization believe that the Islamic civilization has been able to rapidly gather all of the ancient civilizations together and in a sensible process, present them within a new and different civilization. This new civilization was named the Islamic civilization due to its Islamic roots and made the new world indebted to its contributing role. For this reason, even those who do not appreciate its current continuity, acknowledge its role as an intermediary in the transfer of ancient civilization to the new world.
Strategic Council Online: Although Europe’s action in registering and launching the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX) can be an effective step in countering the US sanctions against Iran, and consequently saving the Iran Nuclear Agreement also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), yet the primary issue about launching this financial channel is that the real actors, namely the commercial and banking institutions of Europe have made no comments on this financial channel and have not said if they are willing to join or not!
Ali Bigdeli, University Professor and expert on foreign policy affairs
SCFR Online – Opinion: Competition over energy, minerals, and supply chains has expanded geoeconomic instruments and highlighted the role of BRICS and alternative paths in the world economic order.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The results of the Israeli regime’s elections can affect the composition of this regime’s cabinet and the manner of implementing its aggressive plans, but internal political changes do not necessarily lead to a strategic transformation in its approach to Palestine, Iran, and the Axis of Resistance.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The US military withdrawal from Iraq does not mean the end of the security relationship between Baghdad and Washington, but rather constitutes a test of the Iraqi government’s ability to manage internal threats and redefine foreign dependencies.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The proliferation of smart unmanned surface vessels (USVs) in Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb shows that control of the sea is not possible solely with large warships, submarines, and carrier-based aircraft.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The withdrawal of American forces from Iraq has marked the end of Washington’s direct military presence in the country; however, America’s financial, political, and security levers can still affect and cause problems for the future of this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: After months of war and economic pressure, the situation between Iran and the United States has been placed between two conflicting logics; Washington insists on intensifying pressure to gain concessions, and Tehran does not accept negotiations under pressure.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The expansion of artificial intelligence and influence operations has drawn the field of conflict from physical space to the perceptual and algorithmic environment and has turned cognitive deterrence into a strategic necessity.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Riyadh, amid the Iran war, Yemeni pressure, and ambiguous Washington guarantees, has turned to flexible balancing in order to both preserve its security and increase its bargaining power.
Strategic Council Online: In the context of the Moscow Conference, it seems that a declaration that could be endorsed by all sides is very important because it shows that the Taliban are prepared to sit at the negotiation table and, in the meantime accept the distribution of power and stop monopolism.
Pir Mohammad Mollazehi – Expert on the Subcontinent Affairs
Strategic Council Online: Undermining the current position of Ashraf Ghani in the political arena of Afghanistan and in competition with rivals in the upcoming presidential election is one of the challenges that could lead to increased insecurity.
Mohammad Reza Asgari Moroudi – Senior Researcher on Asia Affairs
Strategic Council Online: INSTEX is a kind of cooperation between Iran and Europe in the face of US unilateral approach in the case of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Its important impacts go back to the sustainability of cooperation too.
Reza Majidzadeh – International Affairs expert
Madrid – The 40th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution could have offered the West an opportunity to reflect on the failure of four decades of disengagement to bring the Islamic Republic any closer to collapse, or the region any closer to peace. Instead, the Trump administration has doubled down on hostility, with nothing to show for it.
Javier Solana – President of the ESADE Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics
Strategic Council Online: In recent years, one of the very interesting bilateral relationships has been the one between New Delhi and Tehran. While New Delhi has significantly strengthened its strategic ties with the US, it has ensured that economic links with Tehran do not suffer. India has had to do a balancing act not only between US-Iran but also Saudi Arabia-Iran and Israel-Iran. Apart from the US, both Saudi and Israel were uncomfortable with the New Delhi-Tehran relationship, New Delhi has persisted.
Tridivesh Singh Maini – New Delhi based Policy Analyst
Strategic Council Online: The recent agreement between Turkey and Russia with an aim to improve the situation in Syria could help conceive an Iranian-Turkish-Russian triangle to solve the Syrian crisis.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Middle East expert
Strategic Council Online: In commentaries, Americans seem to have finally accepted that the political establishment in Syria under the leadership of Bashar Assad cannot be changed; also the possibility of toppling Assad’s government and the US desired changes in Syria will not be realized; therefore, Europe and the United States will gradually but informally proceed towards recognizing the status quo.
Amir Ali AbolFatah, American Affairs expert
Strategic Council Online – If the Army maintains loyalty and support for the legal government in Venezuela, the Maduro Administration would probably remain in power and foreign countries would not be able to do anything about it; but if the Army stops its support for the Maduro government, as one or two army commanders have tilted towards Guaido, the developments in Venezuela may take a different turn.
Seyed Jafar Hashemi, Former Iranian Ambassador to Brazil
Strategic Council Online: There is no doubt about the historical existence of the Islamic civilization and its role in global civilization. Scholars in the field of civilization believe that the Islamic civilization has been able to rapidly gather all of the ancient civilizations together and in a sensible process, present them within a new and different civilization. This new civilization was named the Islamic civilization due to its Islamic roots and made the new world indebted to its contributing role. For this reason, even those who do not appreciate its current continuity, acknowledge its role as an intermediary in the transfer of ancient civilization to the new world.
Strategic Council Online: Although Europe’s action in registering and launching the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX) can be an effective step in countering the US sanctions against Iran, and consequently saving the Iran Nuclear Agreement also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), yet the primary issue about launching this financial channel is that the real actors, namely the commercial and banking institutions of Europe have made no comments on this financial channel and have not said if they are willing to join or not!
Ali Bigdeli, University Professor and expert on foreign policy affairs
Strategic Council Online: In the context of the Moscow Conference, it seems that a declaration that could be endorsed by all sides is very important because it shows that the Taliban are prepared to sit at the negotiation table and, in the meantime accept the distribution of power and stop monopolism.
Pir Mohammad Mollazehi – Expert on the Subcontinent Affairs
Strategic Council Online: Undermining the current position of Ashraf Ghani in the political arena of Afghanistan and in competition with rivals in the upcoming presidential election is one of the challenges that could lead to increased insecurity.
Mohammad Reza Asgari Moroudi – Senior Researcher on Asia Affairs
Strategic Council Online: INSTEX is a kind of cooperation between Iran and Europe in the face of US unilateral approach in the case of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Its important impacts go back to the sustainability of cooperation too.
Reza Majidzadeh – International Affairs expert
Madrid – The 40th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution could have offered the West an opportunity to reflect on the failure of four decades of disengagement to bring the Islamic Republic any closer to collapse, or the region any closer to peace. Instead, the Trump administration has doubled down on hostility, with nothing to show for it.
Javier Solana – President of the ESADE Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics
Strategic Council Online: In recent years, one of the very interesting bilateral relationships has been the one between New Delhi and Tehran. While New Delhi has significantly strengthened its strategic ties with the US, it has ensured that economic links with Tehran do not suffer. India has had to do a balancing act not only between US-Iran but also Saudi Arabia-Iran and Israel-Iran. Apart from the US, both Saudi and Israel were uncomfortable with the New Delhi-Tehran relationship, New Delhi has persisted.
Tridivesh Singh Maini – New Delhi based Policy Analyst
Strategic Council Online: The recent agreement between Turkey and Russia with an aim to improve the situation in Syria could help conceive an Iranian-Turkish-Russian triangle to solve the Syrian crisis.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Middle East expert
Strategic Council Online: In commentaries, Americans seem to have finally accepted that the political establishment in Syria under the leadership of Bashar Assad cannot be changed; also the possibility of toppling Assad’s government and the US desired changes in Syria will not be realized; therefore, Europe and the United States will gradually but informally proceed towards recognizing the status quo.
Amir Ali AbolFatah, American Affairs expert
Strategic Council Online – If the Army maintains loyalty and support for the legal government in Venezuela, the Maduro Administration would probably remain in power and foreign countries would not be able to do anything about it; but if the Army stops its support for the Maduro government, as one or two army commanders have tilted towards Guaido, the developments in Venezuela may take a different turn.
Seyed Jafar Hashemi, Former Iranian Ambassador to Brazil
Strategic Council Online: There is no doubt about the historical existence of the Islamic civilization and its role in global civilization. Scholars in the field of civilization believe that the Islamic civilization has been able to rapidly gather all of the ancient civilizations together and in a sensible process, present them within a new and different civilization. This new civilization was named the Islamic civilization due to its Islamic roots and made the new world indebted to its contributing role. For this reason, even those who do not appreciate its current continuity, acknowledge its role as an intermediary in the transfer of ancient civilization to the new world.
Strategic Council Online: Although Europe’s action in registering and launching the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX) can be an effective step in countering the US sanctions against Iran, and consequently saving the Iran Nuclear Agreement also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), yet the primary issue about launching this financial channel is that the real actors, namely the commercial and banking institutions of Europe have made no comments on this financial channel and have not said if they are willing to join or not!
Ali Bigdeli, University Professor and expert on foreign policy affairs
SCFR Online – Opinion: Competition over energy, minerals, and supply chains has expanded geoeconomic instruments and highlighted the role of BRICS and alternative paths in the world economic order.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The results of the Israeli regime’s elections can affect the composition of this regime’s cabinet and the manner of implementing its aggressive plans, but internal political changes do not necessarily lead to a strategic transformation in its approach to Palestine, Iran, and the Axis of Resistance.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The US military withdrawal from Iraq does not mean the end of the security relationship between Baghdad and Washington, but rather constitutes a test of the Iraqi government’s ability to manage internal threats and redefine foreign dependencies.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The proliferation of smart unmanned surface vessels (USVs) in Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb shows that control of the sea is not possible solely with large warships, submarines, and carrier-based aircraft.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The withdrawal of American forces from Iraq has marked the end of Washington’s direct military presence in the country; however, America’s financial, political, and security levers can still affect and cause problems for the future of this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: After months of war and economic pressure, the situation between Iran and the United States has been placed between two conflicting logics; Washington insists on intensifying pressure to gain concessions, and Tehran does not accept negotiations under pressure.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The expansion of artificial intelligence and influence operations has drawn the field of conflict from physical space to the perceptual and algorithmic environment and has turned cognitive deterrence into a strategic necessity.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Riyadh, amid the Iran war, Yemeni pressure, and ambiguous Washington guarantees, has turned to flexible balancing in order to both preserve its security and increase its bargaining power.
Strategic Council Online: In the context of the Moscow Conference, it seems that a declaration that could be endorsed by all sides is very important because it shows that the Taliban are prepared to sit at the negotiation table and, in the meantime accept the distribution of power and stop monopolism.
Pir Mohammad Mollazehi – Expert on the Subcontinent Affairs
Strategic Council Online: Undermining the current position of Ashraf Ghani in the political arena of Afghanistan and in competition with rivals in the upcoming presidential election is one of the challenges that could lead to increased insecurity.
Mohammad Reza Asgari Moroudi – Senior Researcher on Asia Affairs
Strategic Council Online: INSTEX is a kind of cooperation between Iran and Europe in the face of US unilateral approach in the case of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Its important impacts go back to the sustainability of cooperation too.
Reza Majidzadeh – International Affairs expert
Madrid – The 40th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution could have offered the West an opportunity to reflect on the failure of four decades of disengagement to bring the Islamic Republic any closer to collapse, or the region any closer to peace. Instead, the Trump administration has doubled down on hostility, with nothing to show for it.
Javier Solana – President of the ESADE Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics
Strategic Council Online: In recent years, one of the very interesting bilateral relationships has been the one between New Delhi and Tehran. While New Delhi has significantly strengthened its strategic ties with the US, it has ensured that economic links with Tehran do not suffer. India has had to do a balancing act not only between US-Iran but also Saudi Arabia-Iran and Israel-Iran. Apart from the US, both Saudi and Israel were uncomfortable with the New Delhi-Tehran relationship, New Delhi has persisted.
Tridivesh Singh Maini – New Delhi based Policy Analyst
Strategic Council Online: The recent agreement between Turkey and Russia with an aim to improve the situation in Syria could help conceive an Iranian-Turkish-Russian triangle to solve the Syrian crisis.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Middle East expert
Strategic Council Online: In commentaries, Americans seem to have finally accepted that the political establishment in Syria under the leadership of Bashar Assad cannot be changed; also the possibility of toppling Assad’s government and the US desired changes in Syria will not be realized; therefore, Europe and the United States will gradually but informally proceed towards recognizing the status quo.
Amir Ali AbolFatah, American Affairs expert
Strategic Council Online – If the Army maintains loyalty and support for the legal government in Venezuela, the Maduro Administration would probably remain in power and foreign countries would not be able to do anything about it; but if the Army stops its support for the Maduro government, as one or two army commanders have tilted towards Guaido, the developments in Venezuela may take a different turn.
Seyed Jafar Hashemi, Former Iranian Ambassador to Brazil
Strategic Council Online: There is no doubt about the historical existence of the Islamic civilization and its role in global civilization. Scholars in the field of civilization believe that the Islamic civilization has been able to rapidly gather all of the ancient civilizations together and in a sensible process, present them within a new and different civilization. This new civilization was named the Islamic civilization due to its Islamic roots and made the new world indebted to its contributing role. For this reason, even those who do not appreciate its current continuity, acknowledge its role as an intermediary in the transfer of ancient civilization to the new world.
Strategic Council Online: Although Europe’s action in registering and launching the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX) can be an effective step in countering the US sanctions against Iran, and consequently saving the Iran Nuclear Agreement also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), yet the primary issue about launching this financial channel is that the real actors, namely the commercial and banking institutions of Europe have made no comments on this financial channel and have not said if they are willing to join or not!
Ali Bigdeli, University Professor and expert on foreign policy affairs
SCFR Online – Opinion: Competition over energy, minerals, and supply chains has expanded geoeconomic instruments and highlighted the role of BRICS and alternative paths in the world economic order.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The results of the Israeli regime’s elections can affect the composition of this regime’s cabinet and the manner of implementing its aggressive plans, but internal political changes do not necessarily lead to a strategic transformation in its approach to Palestine, Iran, and the Axis of Resistance.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The US military withdrawal from Iraq does not mean the end of the security relationship between Baghdad and Washington, but rather constitutes a test of the Iraqi government’s ability to manage internal threats and redefine foreign dependencies.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The proliferation of smart unmanned surface vessels (USVs) in Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb shows that control of the sea is not possible solely with large warships, submarines, and carrier-based aircraft.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The withdrawal of American forces from Iraq has marked the end of Washington’s direct military presence in the country; however, America’s financial, political, and security levers can still affect and cause problems for the future of this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: After months of war and economic pressure, the situation between Iran and the United States has been placed between two conflicting logics; Washington insists on intensifying pressure to gain concessions, and Tehran does not accept negotiations under pressure.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The expansion of artificial intelligence and influence operations has drawn the field of conflict from physical space to the perceptual and algorithmic environment and has turned cognitive deterrence into a strategic necessity.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Riyadh, amid the Iran war, Yemeni pressure, and ambiguous Washington guarantees, has turned to flexible balancing in order to both preserve its security and increase its bargaining power.
Strategic Council Online: In the context of the Moscow Conference, it seems that a declaration that could be endorsed by all sides is very important because it shows that the Taliban are prepared to sit at the negotiation table and, in the meantime accept the distribution of power and stop monopolism.
Pir Mohammad Mollazehi – Expert on the Subcontinent Affairs
Strategic Council Online: Undermining the current position of Ashraf Ghani in the political arena of Afghanistan and in competition with rivals in the upcoming presidential election is one of the challenges that could lead to increased insecurity.
Mohammad Reza Asgari Moroudi – Senior Researcher on Asia Affairs
Strategic Council Online: INSTEX is a kind of cooperation between Iran and Europe in the face of US unilateral approach in the case of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Its important impacts go back to the sustainability of cooperation too.
Reza Majidzadeh – International Affairs expert
Madrid – The 40th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution could have offered the West an opportunity to reflect on the failure of four decades of disengagement to bring the Islamic Republic any closer to collapse, or the region any closer to peace. Instead, the Trump administration has doubled down on hostility, with nothing to show for it.
Javier Solana – President of the ESADE Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics
Strategic Council Online: In recent years, one of the very interesting bilateral relationships has been the one between New Delhi and Tehran. While New Delhi has significantly strengthened its strategic ties with the US, it has ensured that economic links with Tehran do not suffer. India has had to do a balancing act not only between US-Iran but also Saudi Arabia-Iran and Israel-Iran. Apart from the US, both Saudi and Israel were uncomfortable with the New Delhi-Tehran relationship, New Delhi has persisted.
Tridivesh Singh Maini – New Delhi based Policy Analyst
Strategic Council Online: The recent agreement between Turkey and Russia with an aim to improve the situation in Syria could help conceive an Iranian-Turkish-Russian triangle to solve the Syrian crisis.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Middle East expert
Strategic Council Online: In commentaries, Americans seem to have finally accepted that the political establishment in Syria under the leadership of Bashar Assad cannot be changed; also the possibility of toppling Assad’s government and the US desired changes in Syria will not be realized; therefore, Europe and the United States will gradually but informally proceed towards recognizing the status quo.
Amir Ali AbolFatah, American Affairs expert
Strategic Council Online – If the Army maintains loyalty and support for the legal government in Venezuela, the Maduro Administration would probably remain in power and foreign countries would not be able to do anything about it; but if the Army stops its support for the Maduro government, as one or two army commanders have tilted towards Guaido, the developments in Venezuela may take a different turn.
Seyed Jafar Hashemi, Former Iranian Ambassador to Brazil
Strategic Council Online: There is no doubt about the historical existence of the Islamic civilization and its role in global civilization. Scholars in the field of civilization believe that the Islamic civilization has been able to rapidly gather all of the ancient civilizations together and in a sensible process, present them within a new and different civilization. This new civilization was named the Islamic civilization due to its Islamic roots and made the new world indebted to its contributing role. For this reason, even those who do not appreciate its current continuity, acknowledge its role as an intermediary in the transfer of ancient civilization to the new world.
Strategic Council Online: Although Europe’s action in registering and launching the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX) can be an effective step in countering the US sanctions against Iran, and consequently saving the Iran Nuclear Agreement also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), yet the primary issue about launching this financial channel is that the real actors, namely the commercial and banking institutions of Europe have made no comments on this financial channel and have not said if they are willing to join or not!
Ali Bigdeli, University Professor and expert on foreign policy affairs
SCFR Online – Opinion: Competition over energy, minerals, and supply chains has expanded geoeconomic instruments and highlighted the role of BRICS and alternative paths in the world economic order.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The results of the Israeli regime’s elections can affect the composition of this regime’s cabinet and the manner of implementing its aggressive plans, but internal political changes do not necessarily lead to a strategic transformation in its approach to Palestine, Iran, and the Axis of Resistance.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The US military withdrawal from Iraq does not mean the end of the security relationship between Baghdad and Washington, but rather constitutes a test of the Iraqi government’s ability to manage internal threats and redefine foreign dependencies.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The proliferation of smart unmanned surface vessels (USVs) in Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb shows that control of the sea is not possible solely with large warships, submarines, and carrier-based aircraft.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The withdrawal of American forces from Iraq has marked the end of Washington’s direct military presence in the country; however, America’s financial, political, and security levers can still affect and cause problems for the future of this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: After months of war and economic pressure, the situation between Iran and the United States has been placed between two conflicting logics; Washington insists on intensifying pressure to gain concessions, and Tehran does not accept negotiations under pressure.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The expansion of artificial intelligence and influence operations has drawn the field of conflict from physical space to the perceptual and algorithmic environment and has turned cognitive deterrence into a strategic necessity.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Riyadh, amid the Iran war, Yemeni pressure, and ambiguous Washington guarantees, has turned to flexible balancing in order to both preserve its security and increase its bargaining power.
Strategic Council Online: In the context of the Moscow Conference, it seems that a declaration that could be endorsed by all sides is very important because it shows that the Taliban are prepared to sit at the negotiation table and, in the meantime accept the distribution of power and stop monopolism.
Pir Mohammad Mollazehi – Expert on the Subcontinent Affairs
Strategic Council Online: Undermining the current position of Ashraf Ghani in the political arena of Afghanistan and in competition with rivals in the upcoming presidential election is one of the challenges that could lead to increased insecurity.
Mohammad Reza Asgari Moroudi – Senior Researcher on Asia Affairs
Strategic Council Online: INSTEX is a kind of cooperation between Iran and Europe in the face of US unilateral approach in the case of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Its important impacts go back to the sustainability of cooperation too.
Reza Majidzadeh – International Affairs expert
Madrid – The 40th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution could have offered the West an opportunity to reflect on the failure of four decades of disengagement to bring the Islamic Republic any closer to collapse, or the region any closer to peace. Instead, the Trump administration has doubled down on hostility, with nothing to show for it.
Javier Solana – President of the ESADE Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics
Strategic Council Online: In recent years, one of the very interesting bilateral relationships has been the one between New Delhi and Tehran. While New Delhi has significantly strengthened its strategic ties with the US, it has ensured that economic links with Tehran do not suffer. India has had to do a balancing act not only between US-Iran but also Saudi Arabia-Iran and Israel-Iran. Apart from the US, both Saudi and Israel were uncomfortable with the New Delhi-Tehran relationship, New Delhi has persisted.
Tridivesh Singh Maini – New Delhi based Policy Analyst
Strategic Council Online: The recent agreement between Turkey and Russia with an aim to improve the situation in Syria could help conceive an Iranian-Turkish-Russian triangle to solve the Syrian crisis.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Middle East expert
Strategic Council Online: In commentaries, Americans seem to have finally accepted that the political establishment in Syria under the leadership of Bashar Assad cannot be changed; also the possibility of toppling Assad’s government and the US desired changes in Syria will not be realized; therefore, Europe and the United States will gradually but informally proceed towards recognizing the status quo.
Amir Ali AbolFatah, American Affairs expert
Strategic Council Online – If the Army maintains loyalty and support for the legal government in Venezuela, the Maduro Administration would probably remain in power and foreign countries would not be able to do anything about it; but if the Army stops its support for the Maduro government, as one or two army commanders have tilted towards Guaido, the developments in Venezuela may take a different turn.
Seyed Jafar Hashemi, Former Iranian Ambassador to Brazil
Strategic Council Online: There is no doubt about the historical existence of the Islamic civilization and its role in global civilization. Scholars in the field of civilization believe that the Islamic civilization has been able to rapidly gather all of the ancient civilizations together and in a sensible process, present them within a new and different civilization. This new civilization was named the Islamic civilization due to its Islamic roots and made the new world indebted to its contributing role. For this reason, even those who do not appreciate its current continuity, acknowledge its role as an intermediary in the transfer of ancient civilization to the new world.
Strategic Council Online: Although Europe’s action in registering and launching the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX) can be an effective step in countering the US sanctions against Iran, and consequently saving the Iran Nuclear Agreement also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), yet the primary issue about launching this financial channel is that the real actors, namely the commercial and banking institutions of Europe have made no comments on this financial channel and have not said if they are willing to join or not!
Ali Bigdeli, University Professor and expert on foreign policy affairs
SCFR Online – Opinion: Competition over energy, minerals, and supply chains has expanded geoeconomic instruments and highlighted the role of BRICS and alternative paths in the world economic order.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The results of the Israeli regime’s elections can affect the composition of this regime’s cabinet and the manner of implementing its aggressive plans, but internal political changes do not necessarily lead to a strategic transformation in its approach to Palestine, Iran, and the Axis of Resistance.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The US military withdrawal from Iraq does not mean the end of the security relationship between Baghdad and Washington, but rather constitutes a test of the Iraqi government’s ability to manage internal threats and redefine foreign dependencies.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The proliferation of smart unmanned surface vessels (USVs) in Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb shows that control of the sea is not possible solely with large warships, submarines, and carrier-based aircraft.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The withdrawal of American forces from Iraq has marked the end of Washington’s direct military presence in the country; however, America’s financial, political, and security levers can still affect and cause problems for the future of this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: After months of war and economic pressure, the situation between Iran and the United States has been placed between two conflicting logics; Washington insists on intensifying pressure to gain concessions, and Tehran does not accept negotiations under pressure.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The expansion of artificial intelligence and influence operations has drawn the field of conflict from physical space to the perceptual and algorithmic environment and has turned cognitive deterrence into a strategic necessity.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Riyadh, amid the Iran war, Yemeni pressure, and ambiguous Washington guarantees, has turned to flexible balancing in order to both preserve its security and increase its bargaining power.
Strategic Council Online: In the context of the Moscow Conference, it seems that a declaration that could be endorsed by all sides is very important because it shows that the Taliban are prepared to sit at the negotiation table and, in the meantime accept the distribution of power and stop monopolism.
Pir Mohammad Mollazehi – Expert on the Subcontinent Affairs
Strategic Council Online: Undermining the current position of Ashraf Ghani in the political arena of Afghanistan and in competition with rivals in the upcoming presidential election is one of the challenges that could lead to increased insecurity.
Mohammad Reza Asgari Moroudi – Senior Researcher on Asia Affairs
Strategic Council Online: INSTEX is a kind of cooperation between Iran and Europe in the face of US unilateral approach in the case of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Its important impacts go back to the sustainability of cooperation too.
Reza Majidzadeh – International Affairs expert
Madrid – The 40th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution could have offered the West an opportunity to reflect on the failure of four decades of disengagement to bring the Islamic Republic any closer to collapse, or the region any closer to peace. Instead, the Trump administration has doubled down on hostility, with nothing to show for it.
Javier Solana – President of the ESADE Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics
Strategic Council Online: In recent years, one of the very interesting bilateral relationships has been the one between New Delhi and Tehran. While New Delhi has significantly strengthened its strategic ties with the US, it has ensured that economic links with Tehran do not suffer. India has had to do a balancing act not only between US-Iran but also Saudi Arabia-Iran and Israel-Iran. Apart from the US, both Saudi and Israel were uncomfortable with the New Delhi-Tehran relationship, New Delhi has persisted.
Tridivesh Singh Maini – New Delhi based Policy Analyst
Strategic Council Online: The recent agreement between Turkey and Russia with an aim to improve the situation in Syria could help conceive an Iranian-Turkish-Russian triangle to solve the Syrian crisis.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Middle East expert
Strategic Council Online: In commentaries, Americans seem to have finally accepted that the political establishment in Syria under the leadership of Bashar Assad cannot be changed; also the possibility of toppling Assad’s government and the US desired changes in Syria will not be realized; therefore, Europe and the United States will gradually but informally proceed towards recognizing the status quo.
Amir Ali AbolFatah, American Affairs expert
Strategic Council Online – If the Army maintains loyalty and support for the legal government in Venezuela, the Maduro Administration would probably remain in power and foreign countries would not be able to do anything about it; but if the Army stops its support for the Maduro government, as one or two army commanders have tilted towards Guaido, the developments in Venezuela may take a different turn.
Seyed Jafar Hashemi, Former Iranian Ambassador to Brazil
Strategic Council Online: There is no doubt about the historical existence of the Islamic civilization and its role in global civilization. Scholars in the field of civilization believe that the Islamic civilization has been able to rapidly gather all of the ancient civilizations together and in a sensible process, present them within a new and different civilization. This new civilization was named the Islamic civilization due to its Islamic roots and made the new world indebted to its contributing role. For this reason, even those who do not appreciate its current continuity, acknowledge its role as an intermediary in the transfer of ancient civilization to the new world.
Strategic Council Online: Although Europe’s action in registering and launching the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX) can be an effective step in countering the US sanctions against Iran, and consequently saving the Iran Nuclear Agreement also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), yet the primary issue about launching this financial channel is that the real actors, namely the commercial and banking institutions of Europe have made no comments on this financial channel and have not said if they are willing to join or not!
Ali Bigdeli, University Professor and expert on foreign policy affairs
SCFR Online – Opinion: Competition over energy, minerals, and supply chains has expanded geoeconomic instruments and highlighted the role of BRICS and alternative paths in the world economic order.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The results of the Israeli regime’s elections can affect the composition of this regime’s cabinet and the manner of implementing its aggressive plans, but internal political changes do not necessarily lead to a strategic transformation in its approach to Palestine, Iran, and the Axis of Resistance.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The US military withdrawal from Iraq does not mean the end of the security relationship between Baghdad and Washington, but rather constitutes a test of the Iraqi government’s ability to manage internal threats and redefine foreign dependencies.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The proliferation of smart unmanned surface vessels (USVs) in Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb shows that control of the sea is not possible solely with large warships, submarines, and carrier-based aircraft.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The withdrawal of American forces from Iraq has marked the end of Washington’s direct military presence in the country; however, America’s financial, political, and security levers can still affect and cause problems for the future of this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: After months of war and economic pressure, the situation between Iran and the United States has been placed between two conflicting logics; Washington insists on intensifying pressure to gain concessions, and Tehran does not accept negotiations under pressure.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The expansion of artificial intelligence and influence operations has drawn the field of conflict from physical space to the perceptual and algorithmic environment and has turned cognitive deterrence into a strategic necessity.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Riyadh, amid the Iran war, Yemeni pressure, and ambiguous Washington guarantees, has turned to flexible balancing in order to both preserve its security and increase its bargaining power.