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.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US-Saudi nuclear agreement, despite legal and political ambiguities, could alter previous non-proliferation standards in West Asia and intensify nuclear competition, ushering it into a new phase.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Recent developments in Syria indicate an intensification of strategic rivalry between Turkey and the Israeli regime, but mutual considerations and the role of the United States have limited the likelihood of direct war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The future of the so-called Trump peace plan for Gaza, despite claims of an agreement on Hamas’s disarmament, remains shrouded in ambiguity due to structural deficiencies and opposition from key actors.
SCFR Online – Opinion: An examination of the mechanisms of the Israeli regime’s influence in the United States depicts a complex picture of shared interests, strategic dependencies, and the limitations of this relationship.
SCFR Online – Interview: The signing of the Makkah agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey has raised questions about the future of the region’s security structure and the position of these countries in West Asian equations. Can this agreement become a genuine collective defense mechanism, or does it have more of a political and deterrent function than creating new military capacity?
Strategic Council Online: Six months ago there was a lot of commotion in the psychological atmosphere of the society, and the prospects of Iran’s economy were very vague; of course it was not only Iranians who were waiting for the US President Donald Trump to announce his decision about the Iran Nuclear Deal (also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action).
Reza Majidzadeh – Researcher, political economy of development
Strategic Council Online – With the introduction of Adel Abdul Mahdi’s Cabinet to the parliament to get a vote of confidence, the new Iraqi government was eventually formed after months of debates and challenges between Iraqi political groups.
Strategic Council Online: Drastic escalation of air, land and sea raids in the province of Hudaydah, in the west coast of Yemen and intensification of the military operations by the aggressor forces of Saudi-UAE coalition on the areas around port city of Hudaydah represent new decisions adopted over the past couple of weeks and implemented with the logistical support of the United States and France: Decisions based on the overall and imaginative strategy of Saudi-Emirati alliance in order to take over the capital city of Sanaa on the one hand and on the other hand, the decisions that have targeted getting concessions under the current political circumstances in the peace talks.
Strategic Council Online – Afghan parliamentary elections were held on October 20 and 21, amid Taliban threats and attacks. However, the conditions under which the elections were held were not very favorable due to the differences of opinion between the ruling establishment comprising the two groups of the national unity government headed by President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah.
Strategic Council Online: US-China trade war has entered a new phase in which Chinese refineries have stopped importing oil from the United States and have no intention to resume importing oil from the US.
Strategic Council Online – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a meeting with Foreign Ministers of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council member countries as well as his Egyptian and Jordanian counterparts on the sideline of the UN General Assembly to discuss the formation of an ‘Arab-Hebrew NATO’ as well as Iran’s activities.
Strategic Council Online: The Middle East continues to live in a transitional and unstable situation. At the same time, the will of the main regional and some international actors appears to be more focused on resolving the existing crises rather than moving towards creating the new crises.
Strategic Council Online: The relationship between the United States and Europe has become somewhat complex since US President Donald Trump came to power with various issues involved.
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.
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.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US-Saudi nuclear agreement, despite legal and political ambiguities, could alter previous non-proliferation standards in West Asia and intensify nuclear competition, ushering it into a new phase.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Recent developments in Syria indicate an intensification of strategic rivalry between Turkey and the Israeli regime, but mutual considerations and the role of the United States have limited the likelihood of direct war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The future of the so-called Trump peace plan for Gaza, despite claims of an agreement on Hamas’s disarmament, remains shrouded in ambiguity due to structural deficiencies and opposition from key actors.
SCFR Online – Opinion: An examination of the mechanisms of the Israeli regime’s influence in the United States depicts a complex picture of shared interests, strategic dependencies, and the limitations of this relationship.
SCFR Online – Interview: The signing of the Makkah agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey has raised questions about the future of the region’s security structure and the position of these countries in West Asian equations. Can this agreement become a genuine collective defense mechanism, or does it have more of a political and deterrent function than creating new military capacity?
Strategic Council Online: Six months ago there was a lot of commotion in the psychological atmosphere of the society, and the prospects of Iran’s economy were very vague; of course it was not only Iranians who were waiting for the US President Donald Trump to announce his decision about the Iran Nuclear Deal (also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action).
Reza Majidzadeh – Researcher, political economy of development
Strategic Council Online – With the introduction of Adel Abdul Mahdi’s Cabinet to the parliament to get a vote of confidence, the new Iraqi government was eventually formed after months of debates and challenges between Iraqi political groups.
Strategic Council Online: Drastic escalation of air, land and sea raids in the province of Hudaydah, in the west coast of Yemen and intensification of the military operations by the aggressor forces of Saudi-UAE coalition on the areas around port city of Hudaydah represent new decisions adopted over the past couple of weeks and implemented with the logistical support of the United States and France: Decisions based on the overall and imaginative strategy of Saudi-Emirati alliance in order to take over the capital city of Sanaa on the one hand and on the other hand, the decisions that have targeted getting concessions under the current political circumstances in the peace talks.
Strategic Council Online – Afghan parliamentary elections were held on October 20 and 21, amid Taliban threats and attacks. However, the conditions under which the elections were held were not very favorable due to the differences of opinion between the ruling establishment comprising the two groups of the national unity government headed by President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah.
Strategic Council Online: US-China trade war has entered a new phase in which Chinese refineries have stopped importing oil from the United States and have no intention to resume importing oil from the US.
Strategic Council Online – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a meeting with Foreign Ministers of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council member countries as well as his Egyptian and Jordanian counterparts on the sideline of the UN General Assembly to discuss the formation of an ‘Arab-Hebrew NATO’ as well as Iran’s activities.
Strategic Council Online: The Middle East continues to live in a transitional and unstable situation. At the same time, the will of the main regional and some international actors appears to be more focused on resolving the existing crises rather than moving towards creating the new crises.
Strategic Council Online: The relationship between the United States and Europe has become somewhat complex since US President Donald Trump came to power with various issues involved.
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: Six months ago there was a lot of commotion in the psychological atmosphere of the society, and the prospects of Iran’s economy were very vague; of course it was not only Iranians who were waiting for the US President Donald Trump to announce his decision about the Iran Nuclear Deal (also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action).
Reza Majidzadeh – Researcher, political economy of development
Strategic Council Online – With the introduction of Adel Abdul Mahdi’s Cabinet to the parliament to get a vote of confidence, the new Iraqi government was eventually formed after months of debates and challenges between Iraqi political groups.
Strategic Council Online: Drastic escalation of air, land and sea raids in the province of Hudaydah, in the west coast of Yemen and intensification of the military operations by the aggressor forces of Saudi-UAE coalition on the areas around port city of Hudaydah represent new decisions adopted over the past couple of weeks and implemented with the logistical support of the United States and France: Decisions based on the overall and imaginative strategy of Saudi-Emirati alliance in order to take over the capital city of Sanaa on the one hand and on the other hand, the decisions that have targeted getting concessions under the current political circumstances in the peace talks.
Strategic Council Online – Afghan parliamentary elections were held on October 20 and 21, amid Taliban threats and attacks. However, the conditions under which the elections were held were not very favorable due to the differences of opinion between the ruling establishment comprising the two groups of the national unity government headed by President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah.
Strategic Council Online: US-China trade war has entered a new phase in which Chinese refineries have stopped importing oil from the United States and have no intention to resume importing oil from the US.
Strategic Council Online – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a meeting with Foreign Ministers of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council member countries as well as his Egyptian and Jordanian counterparts on the sideline of the UN General Assembly to discuss the formation of an ‘Arab-Hebrew NATO’ as well as Iran’s activities.
Strategic Council Online: The Middle East continues to live in a transitional and unstable situation. At the same time, the will of the main regional and some international actors appears to be more focused on resolving the existing crises rather than moving towards creating the new crises.
Strategic Council Online: The relationship between the United States and Europe has become somewhat complex since US President Donald Trump came to power with various issues involved.
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.
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.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US-Saudi nuclear agreement, despite legal and political ambiguities, could alter previous non-proliferation standards in West Asia and intensify nuclear competition, ushering it into a new phase.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Recent developments in Syria indicate an intensification of strategic rivalry between Turkey and the Israeli regime, but mutual considerations and the role of the United States have limited the likelihood of direct war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The future of the so-called Trump peace plan for Gaza, despite claims of an agreement on Hamas’s disarmament, remains shrouded in ambiguity due to structural deficiencies and opposition from key actors.
SCFR Online – Opinion: An examination of the mechanisms of the Israeli regime’s influence in the United States depicts a complex picture of shared interests, strategic dependencies, and the limitations of this relationship.
SCFR Online – Interview: The signing of the Makkah agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey has raised questions about the future of the region’s security structure and the position of these countries in West Asian equations. Can this agreement become a genuine collective defense mechanism, or does it have more of a political and deterrent function than creating new military capacity?
Strategic Council Online: Six months ago there was a lot of commotion in the psychological atmosphere of the society, and the prospects of Iran’s economy were very vague; of course it was not only Iranians who were waiting for the US President Donald Trump to announce his decision about the Iran Nuclear Deal (also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action).
Reza Majidzadeh – Researcher, political economy of development
Strategic Council Online – With the introduction of Adel Abdul Mahdi’s Cabinet to the parliament to get a vote of confidence, the new Iraqi government was eventually formed after months of debates and challenges between Iraqi political groups.
Strategic Council Online: Drastic escalation of air, land and sea raids in the province of Hudaydah, in the west coast of Yemen and intensification of the military operations by the aggressor forces of Saudi-UAE coalition on the areas around port city of Hudaydah represent new decisions adopted over the past couple of weeks and implemented with the logistical support of the United States and France: Decisions based on the overall and imaginative strategy of Saudi-Emirati alliance in order to take over the capital city of Sanaa on the one hand and on the other hand, the decisions that have targeted getting concessions under the current political circumstances in the peace talks.
Strategic Council Online – Afghan parliamentary elections were held on October 20 and 21, amid Taliban threats and attacks. However, the conditions under which the elections were held were not very favorable due to the differences of opinion between the ruling establishment comprising the two groups of the national unity government headed by President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah.
Strategic Council Online: US-China trade war has entered a new phase in which Chinese refineries have stopped importing oil from the United States and have no intention to resume importing oil from the US.
Strategic Council Online – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a meeting with Foreign Ministers of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council member countries as well as his Egyptian and Jordanian counterparts on the sideline of the UN General Assembly to discuss the formation of an ‘Arab-Hebrew NATO’ as well as Iran’s activities.
Strategic Council Online: The Middle East continues to live in a transitional and unstable situation. At the same time, the will of the main regional and some international actors appears to be more focused on resolving the existing crises rather than moving towards creating the new crises.
Strategic Council Online: The relationship between the United States and Europe has become somewhat complex since US President Donald Trump came to power with various issues involved.
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.
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.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US-Saudi nuclear agreement, despite legal and political ambiguities, could alter previous non-proliferation standards in West Asia and intensify nuclear competition, ushering it into a new phase.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Recent developments in Syria indicate an intensification of strategic rivalry between Turkey and the Israeli regime, but mutual considerations and the role of the United States have limited the likelihood of direct war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The future of the so-called Trump peace plan for Gaza, despite claims of an agreement on Hamas’s disarmament, remains shrouded in ambiguity due to structural deficiencies and opposition from key actors.
SCFR Online – Opinion: An examination of the mechanisms of the Israeli regime’s influence in the United States depicts a complex picture of shared interests, strategic dependencies, and the limitations of this relationship.
SCFR Online – Interview: The signing of the Makkah agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey has raised questions about the future of the region’s security structure and the position of these countries in West Asian equations. Can this agreement become a genuine collective defense mechanism, or does it have more of a political and deterrent function than creating new military capacity?
Strategic Council Online: Six months ago there was a lot of commotion in the psychological atmosphere of the society, and the prospects of Iran’s economy were very vague; of course it was not only Iranians who were waiting for the US President Donald Trump to announce his decision about the Iran Nuclear Deal (also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action).
Reza Majidzadeh – Researcher, political economy of development
Strategic Council Online – With the introduction of Adel Abdul Mahdi’s Cabinet to the parliament to get a vote of confidence, the new Iraqi government was eventually formed after months of debates and challenges between Iraqi political groups.
Strategic Council Online: Drastic escalation of air, land and sea raids in the province of Hudaydah, in the west coast of Yemen and intensification of the military operations by the aggressor forces of Saudi-UAE coalition on the areas around port city of Hudaydah represent new decisions adopted over the past couple of weeks and implemented with the logistical support of the United States and France: Decisions based on the overall and imaginative strategy of Saudi-Emirati alliance in order to take over the capital city of Sanaa on the one hand and on the other hand, the decisions that have targeted getting concessions under the current political circumstances in the peace talks.
Strategic Council Online – Afghan parliamentary elections were held on October 20 and 21, amid Taliban threats and attacks. However, the conditions under which the elections were held were not very favorable due to the differences of opinion between the ruling establishment comprising the two groups of the national unity government headed by President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah.
Strategic Council Online: US-China trade war has entered a new phase in which Chinese refineries have stopped importing oil from the United States and have no intention to resume importing oil from the US.
Strategic Council Online – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a meeting with Foreign Ministers of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council member countries as well as his Egyptian and Jordanian counterparts on the sideline of the UN General Assembly to discuss the formation of an ‘Arab-Hebrew NATO’ as well as Iran’s activities.
Strategic Council Online: The Middle East continues to live in a transitional and unstable situation. At the same time, the will of the main regional and some international actors appears to be more focused on resolving the existing crises rather than moving towards creating the new crises.
Strategic Council Online: The relationship between the United States and Europe has become somewhat complex since US President Donald Trump came to power with various issues involved.
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.
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.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US-Saudi nuclear agreement, despite legal and political ambiguities, could alter previous non-proliferation standards in West Asia and intensify nuclear competition, ushering it into a new phase.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Recent developments in Syria indicate an intensification of strategic rivalry between Turkey and the Israeli regime, but mutual considerations and the role of the United States have limited the likelihood of direct war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The future of the so-called Trump peace plan for Gaza, despite claims of an agreement on Hamas’s disarmament, remains shrouded in ambiguity due to structural deficiencies and opposition from key actors.
SCFR Online – Opinion: An examination of the mechanisms of the Israeli regime’s influence in the United States depicts a complex picture of shared interests, strategic dependencies, and the limitations of this relationship.
SCFR Online – Interview: The signing of the Makkah agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey has raised questions about the future of the region’s security structure and the position of these countries in West Asian equations. Can this agreement become a genuine collective defense mechanism, or does it have more of a political and deterrent function than creating new military capacity?
Strategic Council Online: Six months ago there was a lot of commotion in the psychological atmosphere of the society, and the prospects of Iran’s economy were very vague; of course it was not only Iranians who were waiting for the US President Donald Trump to announce his decision about the Iran Nuclear Deal (also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action).
Reza Majidzadeh – Researcher, political economy of development
Strategic Council Online – With the introduction of Adel Abdul Mahdi’s Cabinet to the parliament to get a vote of confidence, the new Iraqi government was eventually formed after months of debates and challenges between Iraqi political groups.
Strategic Council Online: Drastic escalation of air, land and sea raids in the province of Hudaydah, in the west coast of Yemen and intensification of the military operations by the aggressor forces of Saudi-UAE coalition on the areas around port city of Hudaydah represent new decisions adopted over the past couple of weeks and implemented with the logistical support of the United States and France: Decisions based on the overall and imaginative strategy of Saudi-Emirati alliance in order to take over the capital city of Sanaa on the one hand and on the other hand, the decisions that have targeted getting concessions under the current political circumstances in the peace talks.
Strategic Council Online – Afghan parliamentary elections were held on October 20 and 21, amid Taliban threats and attacks. However, the conditions under which the elections were held were not very favorable due to the differences of opinion between the ruling establishment comprising the two groups of the national unity government headed by President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah.
Strategic Council Online: US-China trade war has entered a new phase in which Chinese refineries have stopped importing oil from the United States and have no intention to resume importing oil from the US.
Strategic Council Online – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a meeting with Foreign Ministers of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council member countries as well as his Egyptian and Jordanian counterparts on the sideline of the UN General Assembly to discuss the formation of an ‘Arab-Hebrew NATO’ as well as Iran’s activities.
Strategic Council Online: The Middle East continues to live in a transitional and unstable situation. At the same time, the will of the main regional and some international actors appears to be more focused on resolving the existing crises rather than moving towards creating the new crises.
Strategic Council Online: The relationship between the United States and Europe has become somewhat complex since US President Donald Trump came to power with various issues involved.
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.
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.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US-Saudi nuclear agreement, despite legal and political ambiguities, could alter previous non-proliferation standards in West Asia and intensify nuclear competition, ushering it into a new phase.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Recent developments in Syria indicate an intensification of strategic rivalry between Turkey and the Israeli regime, but mutual considerations and the role of the United States have limited the likelihood of direct war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The future of the so-called Trump peace plan for Gaza, despite claims of an agreement on Hamas’s disarmament, remains shrouded in ambiguity due to structural deficiencies and opposition from key actors.
SCFR Online – Opinion: An examination of the mechanisms of the Israeli regime’s influence in the United States depicts a complex picture of shared interests, strategic dependencies, and the limitations of this relationship.
SCFR Online – Interview: The signing of the Makkah agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey has raised questions about the future of the region’s security structure and the position of these countries in West Asian equations. Can this agreement become a genuine collective defense mechanism, or does it have more of a political and deterrent function than creating new military capacity?
Strategic Council Online: Six months ago there was a lot of commotion in the psychological atmosphere of the society, and the prospects of Iran’s economy were very vague; of course it was not only Iranians who were waiting for the US President Donald Trump to announce his decision about the Iran Nuclear Deal (also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action).
Reza Majidzadeh – Researcher, political economy of development
Strategic Council Online – With the introduction of Adel Abdul Mahdi’s Cabinet to the parliament to get a vote of confidence, the new Iraqi government was eventually formed after months of debates and challenges between Iraqi political groups.
Strategic Council Online: Drastic escalation of air, land and sea raids in the province of Hudaydah, in the west coast of Yemen and intensification of the military operations by the aggressor forces of Saudi-UAE coalition on the areas around port city of Hudaydah represent new decisions adopted over the past couple of weeks and implemented with the logistical support of the United States and France: Decisions based on the overall and imaginative strategy of Saudi-Emirati alliance in order to take over the capital city of Sanaa on the one hand and on the other hand, the decisions that have targeted getting concessions under the current political circumstances in the peace talks.
Strategic Council Online – Afghan parliamentary elections were held on October 20 and 21, amid Taliban threats and attacks. However, the conditions under which the elections were held were not very favorable due to the differences of opinion between the ruling establishment comprising the two groups of the national unity government headed by President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah.
Strategic Council Online: US-China trade war has entered a new phase in which Chinese refineries have stopped importing oil from the United States and have no intention to resume importing oil from the US.
Strategic Council Online – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a meeting with Foreign Ministers of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council member countries as well as his Egyptian and Jordanian counterparts on the sideline of the UN General Assembly to discuss the formation of an ‘Arab-Hebrew NATO’ as well as Iran’s activities.
Strategic Council Online: The Middle East continues to live in a transitional and unstable situation. At the same time, the will of the main regional and some international actors appears to be more focused on resolving the existing crises rather than moving towards creating the new crises.
Strategic Council Online: The relationship between the United States and Europe has become somewhat complex since US President Donald Trump came to power with various issues involved.
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.
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.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US-Saudi nuclear agreement, despite legal and political ambiguities, could alter previous non-proliferation standards in West Asia and intensify nuclear competition, ushering it into a new phase.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Recent developments in Syria indicate an intensification of strategic rivalry between Turkey and the Israeli regime, but mutual considerations and the role of the United States have limited the likelihood of direct war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The future of the so-called Trump peace plan for Gaza, despite claims of an agreement on Hamas’s disarmament, remains shrouded in ambiguity due to structural deficiencies and opposition from key actors.
SCFR Online – Opinion: An examination of the mechanisms of the Israeli regime’s influence in the United States depicts a complex picture of shared interests, strategic dependencies, and the limitations of this relationship.
SCFR Online – Interview: The signing of the Makkah agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey has raised questions about the future of the region’s security structure and the position of these countries in West Asian equations. Can this agreement become a genuine collective defense mechanism, or does it have more of a political and deterrent function than creating new military capacity?