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.
SCFR Online – Opinion: London’s decision to provide military support to Saudi Arabia in the Yemen file, beyond a limited aerial mission, could confront Britain with broad legal, security, economic, and strategic consequences.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The acceleration of AI competition has shattered the boundaries of economic, military, intelligence, and cognitive power, turning this technology into a strategic component of national power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The three-day visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington and his meeting with Donald Trump on September 24 and 25, 2026, accompanied by a ceremonial welcome at Andrews Air Force Base, was more a diplomatic display for managing the level of tensions than an indication of a breakthrough achievement in relations between the two powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Developments in the South Caucasus and Central Asia indicate that transit competition has become an arena for a new staging of influence among Iran, Turkey, Russia, and China.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs stated that not inviting Iran to the Munich conference is a political and symbolic action against the Islamic Republic of Iran, and stated: Such events may continue and somehow seek isolation, defamation and delegitimization of Iran which should be confronted.
Strategic Council Online – Guest opinion: Russia’s attack on Ukraine, which was initially thought to be a lightning attack with quick and tangible results, has lasted a year; meantime with the recent stances taken by certain European countries at the Munich Security Conference to the effect that they have prepared for a long-term war, no definite end can be expected for the conflict.
Dr. Mohammad Mahdi Mazaheri – University professor
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Statistical data shows that in the fourth quarter of 2022, the German economy has suffered a slight decline and it is possible that a period of recession will begin in that country; a recession, which of course, is less than what should be worried about.
Reza Majidzadeh – Development researcher
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: While the disaster of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake has shaken Turkey, people of Turkey are going to vote in the presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14. All the opinion polls show that Erdoğan is in a tough competition with other rivals. The deadly disaster of the recent earthquake has added to Erdogan’s political and economic problems.
Mahmoud Fazeli – Analyst of international affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor, saying that definitely the dam building project in Turkey will, sooner or later, damage the country itself, underlined the need for regional diplomatic pursuit and serious talks with Turkey.
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: In recent weeks, the “suspicious movements” of the US in Syria have spread. So that the movement of American political and intelligence officials to areas in the northeast of Syria, as well as the holding of meetings to exchange views with the opposition of the Damascus government outside of Syria, have increased.
Hamid Khoshayand-Regional affairs expert
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs, saying that the renewed operation of “Al-Jarrah” airport can cover the border areas of northern Syria and increase the ability of the army of that country to counter the attacks of the Zionist regime on Aleppo province, noted: Moscow is trying to draw new equations in northern Syria, and international developments and regional equations have progressed in such a way that we will witness a widening gap and more confrontation between Russia and the Zionist regime in the region.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor said it seems that with the fall of the Chinese balloon, this country has expanded its competition with the United States into the intelligence and security arena, and this has caused concerns about the intensification of China’s surveillance activities in the United States and expansion of competition with that country from the economic field to the field of intelligence and espionage. He added: The current tensions and crisis-making between the United States and China will continue for at least a 25-year period in the future, and the world is moving towards a dangerous military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: In recent weeks, the “suspicious movements” of the US in Syria have spread. So that the movement of American political and intelligence officials to areas in the northeast of Syria, as well as the holding of meetings to exchange views with the opposition of the Damascus government outside of Syria, have increased.
Hamid Khoshayand-Regional affairs expert
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs, saying that the renewed operation of “Al-Jarrah” airport can cover the border areas of northern Syria and increase the ability of the army of that country to counter the attacks of the Zionist regime on Aleppo province, noted: Moscow is trying to draw new equations in northern Syria, and international developments and regional equations have progressed in such a way that we will witness a widening gap and more confrontation between Russia and the Zionist regime in the region.
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.
SCFR Online – Opinion: London’s decision to provide military support to Saudi Arabia in the Yemen file, beyond a limited aerial mission, could confront Britain with broad legal, security, economic, and strategic consequences.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The acceleration of AI competition has shattered the boundaries of economic, military, intelligence, and cognitive power, turning this technology into a strategic component of national power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The three-day visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington and his meeting with Donald Trump on September 24 and 25, 2026, accompanied by a ceremonial welcome at Andrews Air Force Base, was more a diplomatic display for managing the level of tensions than an indication of a breakthrough achievement in relations between the two powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Developments in the South Caucasus and Central Asia indicate that transit competition has become an arena for a new staging of influence among Iran, Turkey, Russia, and China.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs stated that not inviting Iran to the Munich conference is a political and symbolic action against the Islamic Republic of Iran, and stated: Such events may continue and somehow seek isolation, defamation and delegitimization of Iran which should be confronted.
Strategic Council Online – Guest opinion: Russia’s attack on Ukraine, which was initially thought to be a lightning attack with quick and tangible results, has lasted a year; meantime with the recent stances taken by certain European countries at the Munich Security Conference to the effect that they have prepared for a long-term war, no definite end can be expected for the conflict.
Dr. Mohammad Mahdi Mazaheri – University professor
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Statistical data shows that in the fourth quarter of 2022, the German economy has suffered a slight decline and it is possible that a period of recession will begin in that country; a recession, which of course, is less than what should be worried about.
Reza Majidzadeh – Development researcher
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: While the disaster of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake has shaken Turkey, people of Turkey are going to vote in the presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14. All the opinion polls show that Erdoğan is in a tough competition with other rivals. The deadly disaster of the recent earthquake has added to Erdogan’s political and economic problems.
Mahmoud Fazeli – Analyst of international affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor, saying that definitely the dam building project in Turkey will, sooner or later, damage the country itself, underlined the need for regional diplomatic pursuit and serious talks with Turkey.
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: In recent weeks, the “suspicious movements” of the US in Syria have spread. So that the movement of American political and intelligence officials to areas in the northeast of Syria, as well as the holding of meetings to exchange views with the opposition of the Damascus government outside of Syria, have increased.
Hamid Khoshayand-Regional affairs expert
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs, saying that the renewed operation of “Al-Jarrah” airport can cover the border areas of northern Syria and increase the ability of the army of that country to counter the attacks of the Zionist regime on Aleppo province, noted: Moscow is trying to draw new equations in northern Syria, and international developments and regional equations have progressed in such a way that we will witness a widening gap and more confrontation between Russia and the Zionist regime in the region.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor said it seems that with the fall of the Chinese balloon, this country has expanded its competition with the United States into the intelligence and security arena, and this has caused concerns about the intensification of China’s surveillance activities in the United States and expansion of competition with that country from the economic field to the field of intelligence and espionage. He added: The current tensions and crisis-making between the United States and China will continue for at least a 25-year period in the future, and the world is moving towards a dangerous military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: In recent weeks, the “suspicious movements” of the US in Syria have spread. So that the movement of American political and intelligence officials to areas in the northeast of Syria, as well as the holding of meetings to exchange views with the opposition of the Damascus government outside of Syria, have increased.
Hamid Khoshayand-Regional affairs expert
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs, saying that the renewed operation of “Al-Jarrah” airport can cover the border areas of northern Syria and increase the ability of the army of that country to counter the attacks of the Zionist regime on Aleppo province, noted: Moscow is trying to draw new equations in northern Syria, and international developments and regional equations have progressed in such a way that we will witness a widening gap and more confrontation between Russia and the Zionist regime in the region.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs stated that not inviting Iran to the Munich conference is a political and symbolic action against the Islamic Republic of Iran, and stated: Such events may continue and somehow seek isolation, defamation and delegitimization of Iran which should be confronted.
Strategic Council Online – Guest opinion: Russia’s attack on Ukraine, which was initially thought to be a lightning attack with quick and tangible results, has lasted a year; meantime with the recent stances taken by certain European countries at the Munich Security Conference to the effect that they have prepared for a long-term war, no definite end can be expected for the conflict.
Dr. Mohammad Mahdi Mazaheri – University professor
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Statistical data shows that in the fourth quarter of 2022, the German economy has suffered a slight decline and it is possible that a period of recession will begin in that country; a recession, which of course, is less than what should be worried about.
Reza Majidzadeh – Development researcher
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: While the disaster of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake has shaken Turkey, people of Turkey are going to vote in the presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14. All the opinion polls show that Erdoğan is in a tough competition with other rivals. The deadly disaster of the recent earthquake has added to Erdogan’s political and economic problems.
Mahmoud Fazeli – Analyst of international affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor, saying that definitely the dam building project in Turkey will, sooner or later, damage the country itself, underlined the need for regional diplomatic pursuit and serious talks with Turkey.
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: In recent weeks, the “suspicious movements” of the US in Syria have spread. So that the movement of American political and intelligence officials to areas in the northeast of Syria, as well as the holding of meetings to exchange views with the opposition of the Damascus government outside of Syria, have increased.
Hamid Khoshayand-Regional affairs expert
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs, saying that the renewed operation of “Al-Jarrah” airport can cover the border areas of northern Syria and increase the ability of the army of that country to counter the attacks of the Zionist regime on Aleppo province, noted: Moscow is trying to draw new equations in northern Syria, and international developments and regional equations have progressed in such a way that we will witness a widening gap and more confrontation between Russia and the Zionist regime in the region.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor said it seems that with the fall of the Chinese balloon, this country has expanded its competition with the United States into the intelligence and security arena, and this has caused concerns about the intensification of China’s surveillance activities in the United States and expansion of competition with that country from the economic field to the field of intelligence and espionage. He added: The current tensions and crisis-making between the United States and China will continue for at least a 25-year period in the future, and the world is moving towards a dangerous military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: In recent weeks, the “suspicious movements” of the US in Syria have spread. So that the movement of American political and intelligence officials to areas in the northeast of Syria, as well as the holding of meetings to exchange views with the opposition of the Damascus government outside of Syria, have increased.
Hamid Khoshayand-Regional affairs expert
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs, saying that the renewed operation of “Al-Jarrah” airport can cover the border areas of northern Syria and increase the ability of the army of that country to counter the attacks of the Zionist regime on Aleppo province, noted: Moscow is trying to draw new equations in northern Syria, and international developments and regional equations have progressed in such a way that we will witness a widening gap and more confrontation between Russia and the Zionist regime in the region.
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.
SCFR Online – Opinion: London’s decision to provide military support to Saudi Arabia in the Yemen file, beyond a limited aerial mission, could confront Britain with broad legal, security, economic, and strategic consequences.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The acceleration of AI competition has shattered the boundaries of economic, military, intelligence, and cognitive power, turning this technology into a strategic component of national power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The three-day visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington and his meeting with Donald Trump on September 24 and 25, 2026, accompanied by a ceremonial welcome at Andrews Air Force Base, was more a diplomatic display for managing the level of tensions than an indication of a breakthrough achievement in relations between the two powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Developments in the South Caucasus and Central Asia indicate that transit competition has become an arena for a new staging of influence among Iran, Turkey, Russia, and China.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs stated that not inviting Iran to the Munich conference is a political and symbolic action against the Islamic Republic of Iran, and stated: Such events may continue and somehow seek isolation, defamation and delegitimization of Iran which should be confronted.
Strategic Council Online – Guest opinion: Russia’s attack on Ukraine, which was initially thought to be a lightning attack with quick and tangible results, has lasted a year; meantime with the recent stances taken by certain European countries at the Munich Security Conference to the effect that they have prepared for a long-term war, no definite end can be expected for the conflict.
Dr. Mohammad Mahdi Mazaheri – University professor
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Statistical data shows that in the fourth quarter of 2022, the German economy has suffered a slight decline and it is possible that a period of recession will begin in that country; a recession, which of course, is less than what should be worried about.
Reza Majidzadeh – Development researcher
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: While the disaster of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake has shaken Turkey, people of Turkey are going to vote in the presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14. All the opinion polls show that Erdoğan is in a tough competition with other rivals. The deadly disaster of the recent earthquake has added to Erdogan’s political and economic problems.
Mahmoud Fazeli – Analyst of international affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor, saying that definitely the dam building project in Turkey will, sooner or later, damage the country itself, underlined the need for regional diplomatic pursuit and serious talks with Turkey.
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: In recent weeks, the “suspicious movements” of the US in Syria have spread. So that the movement of American political and intelligence officials to areas in the northeast of Syria, as well as the holding of meetings to exchange views with the opposition of the Damascus government outside of Syria, have increased.
Hamid Khoshayand-Regional affairs expert
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs, saying that the renewed operation of “Al-Jarrah” airport can cover the border areas of northern Syria and increase the ability of the army of that country to counter the attacks of the Zionist regime on Aleppo province, noted: Moscow is trying to draw new equations in northern Syria, and international developments and regional equations have progressed in such a way that we will witness a widening gap and more confrontation between Russia and the Zionist regime in the region.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor said it seems that with the fall of the Chinese balloon, this country has expanded its competition with the United States into the intelligence and security arena, and this has caused concerns about the intensification of China’s surveillance activities in the United States and expansion of competition with that country from the economic field to the field of intelligence and espionage. He added: The current tensions and crisis-making between the United States and China will continue for at least a 25-year period in the future, and the world is moving towards a dangerous military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: In recent weeks, the “suspicious movements” of the US in Syria have spread. So that the movement of American political and intelligence officials to areas in the northeast of Syria, as well as the holding of meetings to exchange views with the opposition of the Damascus government outside of Syria, have increased.
Hamid Khoshayand-Regional affairs expert
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs, saying that the renewed operation of “Al-Jarrah” airport can cover the border areas of northern Syria and increase the ability of the army of that country to counter the attacks of the Zionist regime on Aleppo province, noted: Moscow is trying to draw new equations in northern Syria, and international developments and regional equations have progressed in such a way that we will witness a widening gap and more confrontation between Russia and the Zionist regime in the region.
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.
SCFR Online – Opinion: London’s decision to provide military support to Saudi Arabia in the Yemen file, beyond a limited aerial mission, could confront Britain with broad legal, security, economic, and strategic consequences.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The acceleration of AI competition has shattered the boundaries of economic, military, intelligence, and cognitive power, turning this technology into a strategic component of national power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The three-day visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington and his meeting with Donald Trump on September 24 and 25, 2026, accompanied by a ceremonial welcome at Andrews Air Force Base, was more a diplomatic display for managing the level of tensions than an indication of a breakthrough achievement in relations between the two powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Developments in the South Caucasus and Central Asia indicate that transit competition has become an arena for a new staging of influence among Iran, Turkey, Russia, and China.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs stated that not inviting Iran to the Munich conference is a political and symbolic action against the Islamic Republic of Iran, and stated: Such events may continue and somehow seek isolation, defamation and delegitimization of Iran which should be confronted.
Strategic Council Online – Guest opinion: Russia’s attack on Ukraine, which was initially thought to be a lightning attack with quick and tangible results, has lasted a year; meantime with the recent stances taken by certain European countries at the Munich Security Conference to the effect that they have prepared for a long-term war, no definite end can be expected for the conflict.
Dr. Mohammad Mahdi Mazaheri – University professor
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Statistical data shows that in the fourth quarter of 2022, the German economy has suffered a slight decline and it is possible that a period of recession will begin in that country; a recession, which of course, is less than what should be worried about.
Reza Majidzadeh – Development researcher
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: While the disaster of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake has shaken Turkey, people of Turkey are going to vote in the presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14. All the opinion polls show that Erdoğan is in a tough competition with other rivals. The deadly disaster of the recent earthquake has added to Erdogan’s political and economic problems.
Mahmoud Fazeli – Analyst of international affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor, saying that definitely the dam building project in Turkey will, sooner or later, damage the country itself, underlined the need for regional diplomatic pursuit and serious talks with Turkey.
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: In recent weeks, the “suspicious movements” of the US in Syria have spread. So that the movement of American political and intelligence officials to areas in the northeast of Syria, as well as the holding of meetings to exchange views with the opposition of the Damascus government outside of Syria, have increased.
Hamid Khoshayand-Regional affairs expert
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs, saying that the renewed operation of “Al-Jarrah” airport can cover the border areas of northern Syria and increase the ability of the army of that country to counter the attacks of the Zionist regime on Aleppo province, noted: Moscow is trying to draw new equations in northern Syria, and international developments and regional equations have progressed in such a way that we will witness a widening gap and more confrontation between Russia and the Zionist regime in the region.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor said it seems that with the fall of the Chinese balloon, this country has expanded its competition with the United States into the intelligence and security arena, and this has caused concerns about the intensification of China’s surveillance activities in the United States and expansion of competition with that country from the economic field to the field of intelligence and espionage. He added: The current tensions and crisis-making between the United States and China will continue for at least a 25-year period in the future, and the world is moving towards a dangerous military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: In recent weeks, the “suspicious movements” of the US in Syria have spread. So that the movement of American political and intelligence officials to areas in the northeast of Syria, as well as the holding of meetings to exchange views with the opposition of the Damascus government outside of Syria, have increased.
Hamid Khoshayand-Regional affairs expert
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs, saying that the renewed operation of “Al-Jarrah” airport can cover the border areas of northern Syria and increase the ability of the army of that country to counter the attacks of the Zionist regime on Aleppo province, noted: Moscow is trying to draw new equations in northern Syria, and international developments and regional equations have progressed in such a way that we will witness a widening gap and more confrontation between Russia and the Zionist regime in the region.
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.
SCFR Online – Opinion: London’s decision to provide military support to Saudi Arabia in the Yemen file, beyond a limited aerial mission, could confront Britain with broad legal, security, economic, and strategic consequences.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The acceleration of AI competition has shattered the boundaries of economic, military, intelligence, and cognitive power, turning this technology into a strategic component of national power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The three-day visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington and his meeting with Donald Trump on September 24 and 25, 2026, accompanied by a ceremonial welcome at Andrews Air Force Base, was more a diplomatic display for managing the level of tensions than an indication of a breakthrough achievement in relations between the two powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Developments in the South Caucasus and Central Asia indicate that transit competition has become an arena for a new staging of influence among Iran, Turkey, Russia, and China.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs stated that not inviting Iran to the Munich conference is a political and symbolic action against the Islamic Republic of Iran, and stated: Such events may continue and somehow seek isolation, defamation and delegitimization of Iran which should be confronted.
Strategic Council Online – Guest opinion: Russia’s attack on Ukraine, which was initially thought to be a lightning attack with quick and tangible results, has lasted a year; meantime with the recent stances taken by certain European countries at the Munich Security Conference to the effect that they have prepared for a long-term war, no definite end can be expected for the conflict.
Dr. Mohammad Mahdi Mazaheri – University professor
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Statistical data shows that in the fourth quarter of 2022, the German economy has suffered a slight decline and it is possible that a period of recession will begin in that country; a recession, which of course, is less than what should be worried about.
Reza Majidzadeh – Development researcher
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: While the disaster of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake has shaken Turkey, people of Turkey are going to vote in the presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14. All the opinion polls show that Erdoğan is in a tough competition with other rivals. The deadly disaster of the recent earthquake has added to Erdogan’s political and economic problems.
Mahmoud Fazeli – Analyst of international affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor, saying that definitely the dam building project in Turkey will, sooner or later, damage the country itself, underlined the need for regional diplomatic pursuit and serious talks with Turkey.
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: In recent weeks, the “suspicious movements” of the US in Syria have spread. So that the movement of American political and intelligence officials to areas in the northeast of Syria, as well as the holding of meetings to exchange views with the opposition of the Damascus government outside of Syria, have increased.
Hamid Khoshayand-Regional affairs expert
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs, saying that the renewed operation of “Al-Jarrah” airport can cover the border areas of northern Syria and increase the ability of the army of that country to counter the attacks of the Zionist regime on Aleppo province, noted: Moscow is trying to draw new equations in northern Syria, and international developments and regional equations have progressed in such a way that we will witness a widening gap and more confrontation between Russia and the Zionist regime in the region.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor said it seems that with the fall of the Chinese balloon, this country has expanded its competition with the United States into the intelligence and security arena, and this has caused concerns about the intensification of China’s surveillance activities in the United States and expansion of competition with that country from the economic field to the field of intelligence and espionage. He added: The current tensions and crisis-making between the United States and China will continue for at least a 25-year period in the future, and the world is moving towards a dangerous military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: In recent weeks, the “suspicious movements” of the US in Syria have spread. So that the movement of American political and intelligence officials to areas in the northeast of Syria, as well as the holding of meetings to exchange views with the opposition of the Damascus government outside of Syria, have increased.
Hamid Khoshayand-Regional affairs expert
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs, saying that the renewed operation of “Al-Jarrah” airport can cover the border areas of northern Syria and increase the ability of the army of that country to counter the attacks of the Zionist regime on Aleppo province, noted: Moscow is trying to draw new equations in northern Syria, and international developments and regional equations have progressed in such a way that we will witness a widening gap and more confrontation between Russia and the Zionist regime in the region.
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.
SCFR Online – Opinion: London’s decision to provide military support to Saudi Arabia in the Yemen file, beyond a limited aerial mission, could confront Britain with broad legal, security, economic, and strategic consequences.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The acceleration of AI competition has shattered the boundaries of economic, military, intelligence, and cognitive power, turning this technology into a strategic component of national power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The three-day visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington and his meeting with Donald Trump on September 24 and 25, 2026, accompanied by a ceremonial welcome at Andrews Air Force Base, was more a diplomatic display for managing the level of tensions than an indication of a breakthrough achievement in relations between the two powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Developments in the South Caucasus and Central Asia indicate that transit competition has become an arena for a new staging of influence among Iran, Turkey, Russia, and China.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs stated that not inviting Iran to the Munich conference is a political and symbolic action against the Islamic Republic of Iran, and stated: Such events may continue and somehow seek isolation, defamation and delegitimization of Iran which should be confronted.
Strategic Council Online – Guest opinion: Russia’s attack on Ukraine, which was initially thought to be a lightning attack with quick and tangible results, has lasted a year; meantime with the recent stances taken by certain European countries at the Munich Security Conference to the effect that they have prepared for a long-term war, no definite end can be expected for the conflict.
Dr. Mohammad Mahdi Mazaheri – University professor
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Statistical data shows that in the fourth quarter of 2022, the German economy has suffered a slight decline and it is possible that a period of recession will begin in that country; a recession, which of course, is less than what should be worried about.
Reza Majidzadeh – Development researcher
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: While the disaster of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake has shaken Turkey, people of Turkey are going to vote in the presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14. All the opinion polls show that Erdoğan is in a tough competition with other rivals. The deadly disaster of the recent earthquake has added to Erdogan’s political and economic problems.
Mahmoud Fazeli – Analyst of international affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor, saying that definitely the dam building project in Turkey will, sooner or later, damage the country itself, underlined the need for regional diplomatic pursuit and serious talks with Turkey.
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: In recent weeks, the “suspicious movements” of the US in Syria have spread. So that the movement of American political and intelligence officials to areas in the northeast of Syria, as well as the holding of meetings to exchange views with the opposition of the Damascus government outside of Syria, have increased.
Hamid Khoshayand-Regional affairs expert
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs, saying that the renewed operation of “Al-Jarrah” airport can cover the border areas of northern Syria and increase the ability of the army of that country to counter the attacks of the Zionist regime on Aleppo province, noted: Moscow is trying to draw new equations in northern Syria, and international developments and regional equations have progressed in such a way that we will witness a widening gap and more confrontation between Russia and the Zionist regime in the region.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor said it seems that with the fall of the Chinese balloon, this country has expanded its competition with the United States into the intelligence and security arena, and this has caused concerns about the intensification of China’s surveillance activities in the United States and expansion of competition with that country from the economic field to the field of intelligence and espionage. He added: The current tensions and crisis-making between the United States and China will continue for at least a 25-year period in the future, and the world is moving towards a dangerous military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: In recent weeks, the “suspicious movements” of the US in Syria have spread. So that the movement of American political and intelligence officials to areas in the northeast of Syria, as well as the holding of meetings to exchange views with the opposition of the Damascus government outside of Syria, have increased.
Hamid Khoshayand-Regional affairs expert
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs, saying that the renewed operation of “Al-Jarrah” airport can cover the border areas of northern Syria and increase the ability of the army of that country to counter the attacks of the Zionist regime on Aleppo province, noted: Moscow is trying to draw new equations in northern Syria, and international developments and regional equations have progressed in such a way that we will witness a widening gap and more confrontation between Russia and the Zionist regime in the region.
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.
SCFR Online – Opinion: London’s decision to provide military support to Saudi Arabia in the Yemen file, beyond a limited aerial mission, could confront Britain with broad legal, security, economic, and strategic consequences.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The acceleration of AI competition has shattered the boundaries of economic, military, intelligence, and cognitive power, turning this technology into a strategic component of national power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The three-day visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington and his meeting with Donald Trump on September 24 and 25, 2026, accompanied by a ceremonial welcome at Andrews Air Force Base, was more a diplomatic display for managing the level of tensions than an indication of a breakthrough achievement in relations between the two powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Developments in the South Caucasus and Central Asia indicate that transit competition has become an arena for a new staging of influence among Iran, Turkey, Russia, and China.