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 – Opinion: Politics in general, including foreign policy, followed by political action and diplomatic measure, appears natural and is more welcomed when it can emerge from a country’s worldview and its civilizational, historical, moral, religious and political customs. Otherwise, it will not achieve much success. Compliance with the principles may sometimes cause an apparent loss to the holder in the short term, but compliance with the principles will benefit everyone in the long run.
Mohsen Baharvand – Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Turkey affairs, commenting about the zigzag policies of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government towards the Syrian government, said: Turkey’s president started great efforts to change his regional policies almost from the middle of 2022; efforts that were visible in the normalization of relations with the Zionist regime, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and then the effort to normalize relations with Egypt. At the same time, recently there were murmurs about holding high-level talks between Turkey and Syria.
Strategic Council Online-Interview: A university professor stated that Peru has now become a symbol of the conflict between rightism and leftism in the Latin American region and this conflict is showing itself strongly, adding that “what is happening in Peru is related to the fate of the new wave of leftism that has re-emerged in the region and politicians do not allow a socialist character to come to power in this country.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: A university professor stated that China’s attempt to expand the use of the Yuan has political and economic consequences, adding that the US traditional allies have begun to get closer to China and expand the volume of their trade relations with it and this affects the world economy and US superior role in determining financial policies and international trade and will have consequences on US political and international power.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recent measure by Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Minister of Internal Security of the Zionist regime, in attacking the Al-Aqsa Mosque and desecrating the Palestinian worshipers, although met with different reactions, showed that the role of the international community and the Islamic countries in preserving the sanctity of Islamic holy places in Palestine has faded away.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Expert on Middle East affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Simultaneously with the formation of the most extreme government of the Zionist regime in the past 75 years, the Occupied Territories have entered a new stage of tense internal conditions, and as a result, protests are expected to spread and cover various areas.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Based on the latest developments in the Ukraine war Vladimir Putin, citing new sanctions and “aggressive remarks” of the West, led by the United States, has put Russia’s nuclear forces on alert.
Abed Akbari – Expert on international affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Europe affairs, stating that Europe does not have its former role in the new US strategy and that the weight of the Union has decreased with the withdrawal of Britain, said: Ideas such as “Made in Europe” cannot, at least in the short term, dissolve the concerns of the Union. In the long run, it may be able to solve some challenges to some extent by creating processes, but such a transformation will not happen in the 3 to 4 year period.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: French President Emmanuel Macron for some time has been thinking about improving Europe’s position and role in NATO and reducing the US influence. But the political and security equations of Europe show against the wishes of the French president.
Morteza Makki – Expert on Europe affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Greek Citizen Protection Minister Teodorikakos has announced that the country has launched a project to build a fence with an aim of preventing the crossing of illegal immigrants and the decision of the Greek government to build a 140 km fence on the Oros border (land border with Turkey) is definite.
Athens will fence the entire length of its land border with Turkey and on the European border with Turkey. Construction of the first 35 kilometers of this fence will begin immediately. The government has made its decision and the Ministry of Civil Protection is obliged to implement it. The Greek Ministry of Civil Protection is currently waiting for the official approval of this project from the Ministry of Finance.
Mahmoud Fazeli – International affairs analyst
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 – Opinion: Politics in general, including foreign policy, followed by political action and diplomatic measure, appears natural and is more welcomed when it can emerge from a country’s worldview and its civilizational, historical, moral, religious and political customs. Otherwise, it will not achieve much success. Compliance with the principles may sometimes cause an apparent loss to the holder in the short term, but compliance with the principles will benefit everyone in the long run.
Mohsen Baharvand – Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Turkey affairs, commenting about the zigzag policies of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government towards the Syrian government, said: Turkey’s president started great efforts to change his regional policies almost from the middle of 2022; efforts that were visible in the normalization of relations with the Zionist regime, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and then the effort to normalize relations with Egypt. At the same time, recently there were murmurs about holding high-level talks between Turkey and Syria.
Strategic Council Online-Interview: A university professor stated that Peru has now become a symbol of the conflict between rightism and leftism in the Latin American region and this conflict is showing itself strongly, adding that “what is happening in Peru is related to the fate of the new wave of leftism that has re-emerged in the region and politicians do not allow a socialist character to come to power in this country.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: A university professor stated that China’s attempt to expand the use of the Yuan has political and economic consequences, adding that the US traditional allies have begun to get closer to China and expand the volume of their trade relations with it and this affects the world economy and US superior role in determining financial policies and international trade and will have consequences on US political and international power.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recent measure by Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Minister of Internal Security of the Zionist regime, in attacking the Al-Aqsa Mosque and desecrating the Palestinian worshipers, although met with different reactions, showed that the role of the international community and the Islamic countries in preserving the sanctity of Islamic holy places in Palestine has faded away.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Expert on Middle East affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Simultaneously with the formation of the most extreme government of the Zionist regime in the past 75 years, the Occupied Territories have entered a new stage of tense internal conditions, and as a result, protests are expected to spread and cover various areas.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Based on the latest developments in the Ukraine war Vladimir Putin, citing new sanctions and “aggressive remarks” of the West, led by the United States, has put Russia’s nuclear forces on alert.
Abed Akbari – Expert on international affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Europe affairs, stating that Europe does not have its former role in the new US strategy and that the weight of the Union has decreased with the withdrawal of Britain, said: Ideas such as “Made in Europe” cannot, at least in the short term, dissolve the concerns of the Union. In the long run, it may be able to solve some challenges to some extent by creating processes, but such a transformation will not happen in the 3 to 4 year period.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: French President Emmanuel Macron for some time has been thinking about improving Europe’s position and role in NATO and reducing the US influence. But the political and security equations of Europe show against the wishes of the French president.
Morteza Makki – Expert on Europe affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Greek Citizen Protection Minister Teodorikakos has announced that the country has launched a project to build a fence with an aim of preventing the crossing of illegal immigrants and the decision of the Greek government to build a 140 km fence on the Oros border (land border with Turkey) is definite.
Athens will fence the entire length of its land border with Turkey and on the European border with Turkey. Construction of the first 35 kilometers of this fence will begin immediately. The government has made its decision and the Ministry of Civil Protection is obliged to implement it. The Greek Ministry of Civil Protection is currently waiting for the official approval of this project from the Ministry of Finance.
Mahmoud Fazeli – International affairs analyst
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Politics in general, including foreign policy, followed by political action and diplomatic measure, appears natural and is more welcomed when it can emerge from a country’s worldview and its civilizational, historical, moral, religious and political customs. Otherwise, it will not achieve much success. Compliance with the principles may sometimes cause an apparent loss to the holder in the short term, but compliance with the principles will benefit everyone in the long run.
Mohsen Baharvand – Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Turkey affairs, commenting about the zigzag policies of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government towards the Syrian government, said: Turkey’s president started great efforts to change his regional policies almost from the middle of 2022; efforts that were visible in the normalization of relations with the Zionist regime, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and then the effort to normalize relations with Egypt. At the same time, recently there were murmurs about holding high-level talks between Turkey and Syria.
Strategic Council Online-Interview: A university professor stated that Peru has now become a symbol of the conflict between rightism and leftism in the Latin American region and this conflict is showing itself strongly, adding that “what is happening in Peru is related to the fate of the new wave of leftism that has re-emerged in the region and politicians do not allow a socialist character to come to power in this country.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: A university professor stated that China’s attempt to expand the use of the Yuan has political and economic consequences, adding that the US traditional allies have begun to get closer to China and expand the volume of their trade relations with it and this affects the world economy and US superior role in determining financial policies and international trade and will have consequences on US political and international power.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recent measure by Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Minister of Internal Security of the Zionist regime, in attacking the Al-Aqsa Mosque and desecrating the Palestinian worshipers, although met with different reactions, showed that the role of the international community and the Islamic countries in preserving the sanctity of Islamic holy places in Palestine has faded away.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Expert on Middle East affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Simultaneously with the formation of the most extreme government of the Zionist regime in the past 75 years, the Occupied Territories have entered a new stage of tense internal conditions, and as a result, protests are expected to spread and cover various areas.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Based on the latest developments in the Ukraine war Vladimir Putin, citing new sanctions and “aggressive remarks” of the West, led by the United States, has put Russia’s nuclear forces on alert.
Abed Akbari – Expert on international affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Europe affairs, stating that Europe does not have its former role in the new US strategy and that the weight of the Union has decreased with the withdrawal of Britain, said: Ideas such as “Made in Europe” cannot, at least in the short term, dissolve the concerns of the Union. In the long run, it may be able to solve some challenges to some extent by creating processes, but such a transformation will not happen in the 3 to 4 year period.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: French President Emmanuel Macron for some time has been thinking about improving Europe’s position and role in NATO and reducing the US influence. But the political and security equations of Europe show against the wishes of the French president.
Morteza Makki – Expert on Europe affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Greek Citizen Protection Minister Teodorikakos has announced that the country has launched a project to build a fence with an aim of preventing the crossing of illegal immigrants and the decision of the Greek government to build a 140 km fence on the Oros border (land border with Turkey) is definite.
Athens will fence the entire length of its land border with Turkey and on the European border with Turkey. Construction of the first 35 kilometers of this fence will begin immediately. The government has made its decision and the Ministry of Civil Protection is obliged to implement it. The Greek Ministry of Civil Protection is currently waiting for the official approval of this project from the Ministry of Finance.
Mahmoud Fazeli – International affairs analyst
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 – Opinion: Politics in general, including foreign policy, followed by political action and diplomatic measure, appears natural and is more welcomed when it can emerge from a country’s worldview and its civilizational, historical, moral, religious and political customs. Otherwise, it will not achieve much success. Compliance with the principles may sometimes cause an apparent loss to the holder in the short term, but compliance with the principles will benefit everyone in the long run.
Mohsen Baharvand – Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Turkey affairs, commenting about the zigzag policies of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government towards the Syrian government, said: Turkey’s president started great efforts to change his regional policies almost from the middle of 2022; efforts that were visible in the normalization of relations with the Zionist regime, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and then the effort to normalize relations with Egypt. At the same time, recently there were murmurs about holding high-level talks between Turkey and Syria.
Strategic Council Online-Interview: A university professor stated that Peru has now become a symbol of the conflict between rightism and leftism in the Latin American region and this conflict is showing itself strongly, adding that “what is happening in Peru is related to the fate of the new wave of leftism that has re-emerged in the region and politicians do not allow a socialist character to come to power in this country.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: A university professor stated that China’s attempt to expand the use of the Yuan has political and economic consequences, adding that the US traditional allies have begun to get closer to China and expand the volume of their trade relations with it and this affects the world economy and US superior role in determining financial policies and international trade and will have consequences on US political and international power.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recent measure by Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Minister of Internal Security of the Zionist regime, in attacking the Al-Aqsa Mosque and desecrating the Palestinian worshipers, although met with different reactions, showed that the role of the international community and the Islamic countries in preserving the sanctity of Islamic holy places in Palestine has faded away.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Expert on Middle East affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Simultaneously with the formation of the most extreme government of the Zionist regime in the past 75 years, the Occupied Territories have entered a new stage of tense internal conditions, and as a result, protests are expected to spread and cover various areas.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Based on the latest developments in the Ukraine war Vladimir Putin, citing new sanctions and “aggressive remarks” of the West, led by the United States, has put Russia’s nuclear forces on alert.
Abed Akbari – Expert on international affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Europe affairs, stating that Europe does not have its former role in the new US strategy and that the weight of the Union has decreased with the withdrawal of Britain, said: Ideas such as “Made in Europe” cannot, at least in the short term, dissolve the concerns of the Union. In the long run, it may be able to solve some challenges to some extent by creating processes, but such a transformation will not happen in the 3 to 4 year period.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: French President Emmanuel Macron for some time has been thinking about improving Europe’s position and role in NATO and reducing the US influence. But the political and security equations of Europe show against the wishes of the French president.
Morteza Makki – Expert on Europe affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Greek Citizen Protection Minister Teodorikakos has announced that the country has launched a project to build a fence with an aim of preventing the crossing of illegal immigrants and the decision of the Greek government to build a 140 km fence on the Oros border (land border with Turkey) is definite.
Athens will fence the entire length of its land border with Turkey and on the European border with Turkey. Construction of the first 35 kilometers of this fence will begin immediately. The government has made its decision and the Ministry of Civil Protection is obliged to implement it. The Greek Ministry of Civil Protection is currently waiting for the official approval of this project from the Ministry of Finance.
Mahmoud Fazeli – International affairs analyst
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 – Opinion: Politics in general, including foreign policy, followed by political action and diplomatic measure, appears natural and is more welcomed when it can emerge from a country’s worldview and its civilizational, historical, moral, religious and political customs. Otherwise, it will not achieve much success. Compliance with the principles may sometimes cause an apparent loss to the holder in the short term, but compliance with the principles will benefit everyone in the long run.
Mohsen Baharvand – Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Turkey affairs, commenting about the zigzag policies of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government towards the Syrian government, said: Turkey’s president started great efforts to change his regional policies almost from the middle of 2022; efforts that were visible in the normalization of relations with the Zionist regime, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and then the effort to normalize relations with Egypt. At the same time, recently there were murmurs about holding high-level talks between Turkey and Syria.
Strategic Council Online-Interview: A university professor stated that Peru has now become a symbol of the conflict between rightism and leftism in the Latin American region and this conflict is showing itself strongly, adding that “what is happening in Peru is related to the fate of the new wave of leftism that has re-emerged in the region and politicians do not allow a socialist character to come to power in this country.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: A university professor stated that China’s attempt to expand the use of the Yuan has political and economic consequences, adding that the US traditional allies have begun to get closer to China and expand the volume of their trade relations with it and this affects the world economy and US superior role in determining financial policies and international trade and will have consequences on US political and international power.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recent measure by Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Minister of Internal Security of the Zionist regime, in attacking the Al-Aqsa Mosque and desecrating the Palestinian worshipers, although met with different reactions, showed that the role of the international community and the Islamic countries in preserving the sanctity of Islamic holy places in Palestine has faded away.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Expert on Middle East affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Simultaneously with the formation of the most extreme government of the Zionist regime in the past 75 years, the Occupied Territories have entered a new stage of tense internal conditions, and as a result, protests are expected to spread and cover various areas.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Based on the latest developments in the Ukraine war Vladimir Putin, citing new sanctions and “aggressive remarks” of the West, led by the United States, has put Russia’s nuclear forces on alert.
Abed Akbari – Expert on international affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Europe affairs, stating that Europe does not have its former role in the new US strategy and that the weight of the Union has decreased with the withdrawal of Britain, said: Ideas such as “Made in Europe” cannot, at least in the short term, dissolve the concerns of the Union. In the long run, it may be able to solve some challenges to some extent by creating processes, but such a transformation will not happen in the 3 to 4 year period.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: French President Emmanuel Macron for some time has been thinking about improving Europe’s position and role in NATO and reducing the US influence. But the political and security equations of Europe show against the wishes of the French president.
Morteza Makki – Expert on Europe affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Greek Citizen Protection Minister Teodorikakos has announced that the country has launched a project to build a fence with an aim of preventing the crossing of illegal immigrants and the decision of the Greek government to build a 140 km fence on the Oros border (land border with Turkey) is definite.
Athens will fence the entire length of its land border with Turkey and on the European border with Turkey. Construction of the first 35 kilometers of this fence will begin immediately. The government has made its decision and the Ministry of Civil Protection is obliged to implement it. The Greek Ministry of Civil Protection is currently waiting for the official approval of this project from the Ministry of Finance.
Mahmoud Fazeli – International affairs analyst
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 – Opinion: Politics in general, including foreign policy, followed by political action and diplomatic measure, appears natural and is more welcomed when it can emerge from a country’s worldview and its civilizational, historical, moral, religious and political customs. Otherwise, it will not achieve much success. Compliance with the principles may sometimes cause an apparent loss to the holder in the short term, but compliance with the principles will benefit everyone in the long run.
Mohsen Baharvand – Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Turkey affairs, commenting about the zigzag policies of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government towards the Syrian government, said: Turkey’s president started great efforts to change his regional policies almost from the middle of 2022; efforts that were visible in the normalization of relations with the Zionist regime, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and then the effort to normalize relations with Egypt. At the same time, recently there were murmurs about holding high-level talks between Turkey and Syria.
Strategic Council Online-Interview: A university professor stated that Peru has now become a symbol of the conflict between rightism and leftism in the Latin American region and this conflict is showing itself strongly, adding that “what is happening in Peru is related to the fate of the new wave of leftism that has re-emerged in the region and politicians do not allow a socialist character to come to power in this country.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: A university professor stated that China’s attempt to expand the use of the Yuan has political and economic consequences, adding that the US traditional allies have begun to get closer to China and expand the volume of their trade relations with it and this affects the world economy and US superior role in determining financial policies and international trade and will have consequences on US political and international power.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recent measure by Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Minister of Internal Security of the Zionist regime, in attacking the Al-Aqsa Mosque and desecrating the Palestinian worshipers, although met with different reactions, showed that the role of the international community and the Islamic countries in preserving the sanctity of Islamic holy places in Palestine has faded away.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Expert on Middle East affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Simultaneously with the formation of the most extreme government of the Zionist regime in the past 75 years, the Occupied Territories have entered a new stage of tense internal conditions, and as a result, protests are expected to spread and cover various areas.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Based on the latest developments in the Ukraine war Vladimir Putin, citing new sanctions and “aggressive remarks” of the West, led by the United States, has put Russia’s nuclear forces on alert.
Abed Akbari – Expert on international affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Europe affairs, stating that Europe does not have its former role in the new US strategy and that the weight of the Union has decreased with the withdrawal of Britain, said: Ideas such as “Made in Europe” cannot, at least in the short term, dissolve the concerns of the Union. In the long run, it may be able to solve some challenges to some extent by creating processes, but such a transformation will not happen in the 3 to 4 year period.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: French President Emmanuel Macron for some time has been thinking about improving Europe’s position and role in NATO and reducing the US influence. But the political and security equations of Europe show against the wishes of the French president.
Morteza Makki – Expert on Europe affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Greek Citizen Protection Minister Teodorikakos has announced that the country has launched a project to build a fence with an aim of preventing the crossing of illegal immigrants and the decision of the Greek government to build a 140 km fence on the Oros border (land border with Turkey) is definite.
Athens will fence the entire length of its land border with Turkey and on the European border with Turkey. Construction of the first 35 kilometers of this fence will begin immediately. The government has made its decision and the Ministry of Civil Protection is obliged to implement it. The Greek Ministry of Civil Protection is currently waiting for the official approval of this project from the Ministry of Finance.
Mahmoud Fazeli – International affairs analyst
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 – Opinion: Politics in general, including foreign policy, followed by political action and diplomatic measure, appears natural and is more welcomed when it can emerge from a country’s worldview and its civilizational, historical, moral, religious and political customs. Otherwise, it will not achieve much success. Compliance with the principles may sometimes cause an apparent loss to the holder in the short term, but compliance with the principles will benefit everyone in the long run.
Mohsen Baharvand – Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Turkey affairs, commenting about the zigzag policies of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government towards the Syrian government, said: Turkey’s president started great efforts to change his regional policies almost from the middle of 2022; efforts that were visible in the normalization of relations with the Zionist regime, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and then the effort to normalize relations with Egypt. At the same time, recently there were murmurs about holding high-level talks between Turkey and Syria.
Strategic Council Online-Interview: A university professor stated that Peru has now become a symbol of the conflict between rightism and leftism in the Latin American region and this conflict is showing itself strongly, adding that “what is happening in Peru is related to the fate of the new wave of leftism that has re-emerged in the region and politicians do not allow a socialist character to come to power in this country.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: A university professor stated that China’s attempt to expand the use of the Yuan has political and economic consequences, adding that the US traditional allies have begun to get closer to China and expand the volume of their trade relations with it and this affects the world economy and US superior role in determining financial policies and international trade and will have consequences on US political and international power.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recent measure by Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Minister of Internal Security of the Zionist regime, in attacking the Al-Aqsa Mosque and desecrating the Palestinian worshipers, although met with different reactions, showed that the role of the international community and the Islamic countries in preserving the sanctity of Islamic holy places in Palestine has faded away.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Expert on Middle East affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Simultaneously with the formation of the most extreme government of the Zionist regime in the past 75 years, the Occupied Territories have entered a new stage of tense internal conditions, and as a result, protests are expected to spread and cover various areas.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Based on the latest developments in the Ukraine war Vladimir Putin, citing new sanctions and “aggressive remarks” of the West, led by the United States, has put Russia’s nuclear forces on alert.
Abed Akbari – Expert on international affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Europe affairs, stating that Europe does not have its former role in the new US strategy and that the weight of the Union has decreased with the withdrawal of Britain, said: Ideas such as “Made in Europe” cannot, at least in the short term, dissolve the concerns of the Union. In the long run, it may be able to solve some challenges to some extent by creating processes, but such a transformation will not happen in the 3 to 4 year period.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: French President Emmanuel Macron for some time has been thinking about improving Europe’s position and role in NATO and reducing the US influence. But the political and security equations of Europe show against the wishes of the French president.
Morteza Makki – Expert on Europe affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Greek Citizen Protection Minister Teodorikakos has announced that the country has launched a project to build a fence with an aim of preventing the crossing of illegal immigrants and the decision of the Greek government to build a 140 km fence on the Oros border (land border with Turkey) is definite.
Athens will fence the entire length of its land border with Turkey and on the European border with Turkey. Construction of the first 35 kilometers of this fence will begin immediately. The government has made its decision and the Ministry of Civil Protection is obliged to implement it. The Greek Ministry of Civil Protection is currently waiting for the official approval of this project from the Ministry of Finance.
Mahmoud Fazeli – International affairs analyst
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.