SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Foreign policy analysis is valid when it evaluates decisions based on the information and circumstances prevailing at the time they were made, not on the basis of outcomes that only become apparent after the crisis has ended.
SCFR Online-Opinion: Sanctions are gradually transforming from classical financial instruments into complex mechanisms for the containment of technology, data, and global supply chains.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Damascus is an attempt to redefine France’s role in Syria following the recent political developments in that country; an effort pursued within the context of great power competition and the country’s security challenges.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: On September 9, 2022, North Korea parliament approved a new law on the use of nuclear arms that its provisions and strategic consequences are of very notable.
Zeynab Farhadi, Researcher of Asian Affairs
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: A year has passed since the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan. During this period, Afghanistan has witnessed many developments in various political, security, economic, and other fields; Among other things, the country’s economy has faced many problems during this period due to the seizure of 9.5 billion Afghan assets by the United States. This issue has caused the country’s gross domestic product to decrease significantly and almost all economic sectors of Afghanistan have suffered.
Hamid Khoshayand-Expert of regional issues
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: In its critical economic situation, Turkey attaches special importance to its trade relations with all Balkan countries including and among them Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Mahmoud Faazeli, International Affairs Analyst
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of international economics stressed:” Europe’s objective to create considerable variety of its gas supply resources is challenging. Although severance of dependence on Russia has many consequences for the European Union, yet its realization is not impossible until 2025.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An analyst of the Zionist regime affairs, referring to the actions that the Zionist regime has taken in order to obstruct the nuclear negotiations and prevent the agreement, said that this regime has not allowed the nuclear agreement with Iran to be concluded with the influence and full cooperation of the United States. And even though Europe declares that the nuclear deal will serve their interests, it has moved in line with the goals of the Zionist regime.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recent attacks of the Zionist regime on Syria and bombardment of military and civilian positions in that country is an act of aggression that has been repeated many times in recent years with specific objectives which requires a calculated response so as not to help the Zionist regime achieve its targets.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert in regional affairs
Strategic Council Online-Interview: An expert on Central Asian issues stated that the main root of border disputes and conflicts between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan should be sought in the former Soviet period, adding that factors such as the intensification of the degree of nationalism in Kyrgyzstan, the tightening of conditions in Tajikistan, and the power relations between political currents and foreign interventions in both countries have played a role in recent conflicts.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Germany has imported a considerable part of its required natural gas from Russia so far. While Russia’s supply share in 2021 was 55% the amount has shrunk to 35% at the end of April 2022.
Pouria Nabipour, Ph.D., Political Science and International Relations
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs says the United States is looking for Russia to become much weaker and that Moscow will become powerless in continuation of the war next year. He noted: It is only in the advantage of the United States that Ukraine keeps distance from Russia and this is a prelude to intervention in Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs stated that the countries of the region should be aware of the consequences of the Zionist regime’s efforts to boost security and military presence in the region, adding: All efforts of the Zionist regime are aimed at increasing security for itself, and due to its racist nature, it will never be possible for it to support other countries.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Foreign policy analysis is valid when it evaluates decisions based on the information and circumstances prevailing at the time they were made, not on the basis of outcomes that only become apparent after the crisis has ended.
SCFR Online-Opinion: Sanctions are gradually transforming from classical financial instruments into complex mechanisms for the containment of technology, data, and global supply chains.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Damascus is an attempt to redefine France’s role in Syria following the recent political developments in that country; an effort pursued within the context of great power competition and the country’s security challenges.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: On September 9, 2022, North Korea parliament approved a new law on the use of nuclear arms that its provisions and strategic consequences are of very notable.
Zeynab Farhadi, Researcher of Asian Affairs
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: A year has passed since the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan. During this period, Afghanistan has witnessed many developments in various political, security, economic, and other fields; Among other things, the country’s economy has faced many problems during this period due to the seizure of 9.5 billion Afghan assets by the United States. This issue has caused the country’s gross domestic product to decrease significantly and almost all economic sectors of Afghanistan have suffered.
Hamid Khoshayand-Expert of regional issues
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: In its critical economic situation, Turkey attaches special importance to its trade relations with all Balkan countries including and among them Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Mahmoud Faazeli, International Affairs Analyst
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of international economics stressed:” Europe’s objective to create considerable variety of its gas supply resources is challenging. Although severance of dependence on Russia has many consequences for the European Union, yet its realization is not impossible until 2025.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An analyst of the Zionist regime affairs, referring to the actions that the Zionist regime has taken in order to obstruct the nuclear negotiations and prevent the agreement, said that this regime has not allowed the nuclear agreement with Iran to be concluded with the influence and full cooperation of the United States. And even though Europe declares that the nuclear deal will serve their interests, it has moved in line with the goals of the Zionist regime.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recent attacks of the Zionist regime on Syria and bombardment of military and civilian positions in that country is an act of aggression that has been repeated many times in recent years with specific objectives which requires a calculated response so as not to help the Zionist regime achieve its targets.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert in regional affairs
Strategic Council Online-Interview: An expert on Central Asian issues stated that the main root of border disputes and conflicts between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan should be sought in the former Soviet period, adding that factors such as the intensification of the degree of nationalism in Kyrgyzstan, the tightening of conditions in Tajikistan, and the power relations between political currents and foreign interventions in both countries have played a role in recent conflicts.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Germany has imported a considerable part of its required natural gas from Russia so far. While Russia’s supply share in 2021 was 55% the amount has shrunk to 35% at the end of April 2022.
Pouria Nabipour, Ph.D., Political Science and International Relations
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs says the United States is looking for Russia to become much weaker and that Moscow will become powerless in continuation of the war next year. He noted: It is only in the advantage of the United States that Ukraine keeps distance from Russia and this is a prelude to intervention in Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs stated that the countries of the region should be aware of the consequences of the Zionist regime’s efforts to boost security and military presence in the region, adding: All efforts of the Zionist regime are aimed at increasing security for itself, and due to its racist nature, it will never be possible for it to support other countries.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: On September 9, 2022, North Korea parliament approved a new law on the use of nuclear arms that its provisions and strategic consequences are of very notable.
Zeynab Farhadi, Researcher of Asian Affairs
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: A year has passed since the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan. During this period, Afghanistan has witnessed many developments in various political, security, economic, and other fields; Among other things, the country’s economy has faced many problems during this period due to the seizure of 9.5 billion Afghan assets by the United States. This issue has caused the country’s gross domestic product to decrease significantly and almost all economic sectors of Afghanistan have suffered.
Hamid Khoshayand-Expert of regional issues
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: In its critical economic situation, Turkey attaches special importance to its trade relations with all Balkan countries including and among them Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Mahmoud Faazeli, International Affairs Analyst
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of international economics stressed:” Europe’s objective to create considerable variety of its gas supply resources is challenging. Although severance of dependence on Russia has many consequences for the European Union, yet its realization is not impossible until 2025.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An analyst of the Zionist regime affairs, referring to the actions that the Zionist regime has taken in order to obstruct the nuclear negotiations and prevent the agreement, said that this regime has not allowed the nuclear agreement with Iran to be concluded with the influence and full cooperation of the United States. And even though Europe declares that the nuclear deal will serve their interests, it has moved in line with the goals of the Zionist regime.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recent attacks of the Zionist regime on Syria and bombardment of military and civilian positions in that country is an act of aggression that has been repeated many times in recent years with specific objectives which requires a calculated response so as not to help the Zionist regime achieve its targets.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert in regional affairs
Strategic Council Online-Interview: An expert on Central Asian issues stated that the main root of border disputes and conflicts between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan should be sought in the former Soviet period, adding that factors such as the intensification of the degree of nationalism in Kyrgyzstan, the tightening of conditions in Tajikistan, and the power relations between political currents and foreign interventions in both countries have played a role in recent conflicts.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Germany has imported a considerable part of its required natural gas from Russia so far. While Russia’s supply share in 2021 was 55% the amount has shrunk to 35% at the end of April 2022.
Pouria Nabipour, Ph.D., Political Science and International Relations
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs says the United States is looking for Russia to become much weaker and that Moscow will become powerless in continuation of the war next year. He noted: It is only in the advantage of the United States that Ukraine keeps distance from Russia and this is a prelude to intervention in Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs stated that the countries of the region should be aware of the consequences of the Zionist regime’s efforts to boost security and military presence in the region, adding: All efforts of the Zionist regime are aimed at increasing security for itself, and due to its racist nature, it will never be possible for it to support other countries.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Foreign policy analysis is valid when it evaluates decisions based on the information and circumstances prevailing at the time they were made, not on the basis of outcomes that only become apparent after the crisis has ended.
SCFR Online-Opinion: Sanctions are gradually transforming from classical financial instruments into complex mechanisms for the containment of technology, data, and global supply chains.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Damascus is an attempt to redefine France’s role in Syria following the recent political developments in that country; an effort pursued within the context of great power competition and the country’s security challenges.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: On September 9, 2022, North Korea parliament approved a new law on the use of nuclear arms that its provisions and strategic consequences are of very notable.
Zeynab Farhadi, Researcher of Asian Affairs
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: A year has passed since the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan. During this period, Afghanistan has witnessed many developments in various political, security, economic, and other fields; Among other things, the country’s economy has faced many problems during this period due to the seizure of 9.5 billion Afghan assets by the United States. This issue has caused the country’s gross domestic product to decrease significantly and almost all economic sectors of Afghanistan have suffered.
Hamid Khoshayand-Expert of regional issues
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: In its critical economic situation, Turkey attaches special importance to its trade relations with all Balkan countries including and among them Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Mahmoud Faazeli, International Affairs Analyst
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of international economics stressed:” Europe’s objective to create considerable variety of its gas supply resources is challenging. Although severance of dependence on Russia has many consequences for the European Union, yet its realization is not impossible until 2025.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An analyst of the Zionist regime affairs, referring to the actions that the Zionist regime has taken in order to obstruct the nuclear negotiations and prevent the agreement, said that this regime has not allowed the nuclear agreement with Iran to be concluded with the influence and full cooperation of the United States. And even though Europe declares that the nuclear deal will serve their interests, it has moved in line with the goals of the Zionist regime.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recent attacks of the Zionist regime on Syria and bombardment of military and civilian positions in that country is an act of aggression that has been repeated many times in recent years with specific objectives which requires a calculated response so as not to help the Zionist regime achieve its targets.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert in regional affairs
Strategic Council Online-Interview: An expert on Central Asian issues stated that the main root of border disputes and conflicts between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan should be sought in the former Soviet period, adding that factors such as the intensification of the degree of nationalism in Kyrgyzstan, the tightening of conditions in Tajikistan, and the power relations between political currents and foreign interventions in both countries have played a role in recent conflicts.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Germany has imported a considerable part of its required natural gas from Russia so far. While Russia’s supply share in 2021 was 55% the amount has shrunk to 35% at the end of April 2022.
Pouria Nabipour, Ph.D., Political Science and International Relations
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs says the United States is looking for Russia to become much weaker and that Moscow will become powerless in continuation of the war next year. He noted: It is only in the advantage of the United States that Ukraine keeps distance from Russia and this is a prelude to intervention in Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs stated that the countries of the region should be aware of the consequences of the Zionist regime’s efforts to boost security and military presence in the region, adding: All efforts of the Zionist regime are aimed at increasing security for itself, and due to its racist nature, it will never be possible for it to support other countries.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Foreign policy analysis is valid when it evaluates decisions based on the information and circumstances prevailing at the time they were made, not on the basis of outcomes that only become apparent after the crisis has ended.
SCFR Online-Opinion: Sanctions are gradually transforming from classical financial instruments into complex mechanisms for the containment of technology, data, and global supply chains.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Damascus is an attempt to redefine France’s role in Syria following the recent political developments in that country; an effort pursued within the context of great power competition and the country’s security challenges.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: On September 9, 2022, North Korea parliament approved a new law on the use of nuclear arms that its provisions and strategic consequences are of very notable.
Zeynab Farhadi, Researcher of Asian Affairs
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: A year has passed since the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan. During this period, Afghanistan has witnessed many developments in various political, security, economic, and other fields; Among other things, the country’s economy has faced many problems during this period due to the seizure of 9.5 billion Afghan assets by the United States. This issue has caused the country’s gross domestic product to decrease significantly and almost all economic sectors of Afghanistan have suffered.
Hamid Khoshayand-Expert of regional issues
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: In its critical economic situation, Turkey attaches special importance to its trade relations with all Balkan countries including and among them Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Mahmoud Faazeli, International Affairs Analyst
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of international economics stressed:” Europe’s objective to create considerable variety of its gas supply resources is challenging. Although severance of dependence on Russia has many consequences for the European Union, yet its realization is not impossible until 2025.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An analyst of the Zionist regime affairs, referring to the actions that the Zionist regime has taken in order to obstruct the nuclear negotiations and prevent the agreement, said that this regime has not allowed the nuclear agreement with Iran to be concluded with the influence and full cooperation of the United States. And even though Europe declares that the nuclear deal will serve their interests, it has moved in line with the goals of the Zionist regime.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recent attacks of the Zionist regime on Syria and bombardment of military and civilian positions in that country is an act of aggression that has been repeated many times in recent years with specific objectives which requires a calculated response so as not to help the Zionist regime achieve its targets.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert in regional affairs
Strategic Council Online-Interview: An expert on Central Asian issues stated that the main root of border disputes and conflicts between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan should be sought in the former Soviet period, adding that factors such as the intensification of the degree of nationalism in Kyrgyzstan, the tightening of conditions in Tajikistan, and the power relations between political currents and foreign interventions in both countries have played a role in recent conflicts.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Germany has imported a considerable part of its required natural gas from Russia so far. While Russia’s supply share in 2021 was 55% the amount has shrunk to 35% at the end of April 2022.
Pouria Nabipour, Ph.D., Political Science and International Relations
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs says the United States is looking for Russia to become much weaker and that Moscow will become powerless in continuation of the war next year. He noted: It is only in the advantage of the United States that Ukraine keeps distance from Russia and this is a prelude to intervention in Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs stated that the countries of the region should be aware of the consequences of the Zionist regime’s efforts to boost security and military presence in the region, adding: All efforts of the Zionist regime are aimed at increasing security for itself, and due to its racist nature, it will never be possible for it to support other countries.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Foreign policy analysis is valid when it evaluates decisions based on the information and circumstances prevailing at the time they were made, not on the basis of outcomes that only become apparent after the crisis has ended.
SCFR Online-Opinion: Sanctions are gradually transforming from classical financial instruments into complex mechanisms for the containment of technology, data, and global supply chains.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Damascus is an attempt to redefine France’s role in Syria following the recent political developments in that country; an effort pursued within the context of great power competition and the country’s security challenges.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: On September 9, 2022, North Korea parliament approved a new law on the use of nuclear arms that its provisions and strategic consequences are of very notable.
Zeynab Farhadi, Researcher of Asian Affairs
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: A year has passed since the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan. During this period, Afghanistan has witnessed many developments in various political, security, economic, and other fields; Among other things, the country’s economy has faced many problems during this period due to the seizure of 9.5 billion Afghan assets by the United States. This issue has caused the country’s gross domestic product to decrease significantly and almost all economic sectors of Afghanistan have suffered.
Hamid Khoshayand-Expert of regional issues
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: In its critical economic situation, Turkey attaches special importance to its trade relations with all Balkan countries including and among them Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Mahmoud Faazeli, International Affairs Analyst
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of international economics stressed:” Europe’s objective to create considerable variety of its gas supply resources is challenging. Although severance of dependence on Russia has many consequences for the European Union, yet its realization is not impossible until 2025.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An analyst of the Zionist regime affairs, referring to the actions that the Zionist regime has taken in order to obstruct the nuclear negotiations and prevent the agreement, said that this regime has not allowed the nuclear agreement with Iran to be concluded with the influence and full cooperation of the United States. And even though Europe declares that the nuclear deal will serve their interests, it has moved in line with the goals of the Zionist regime.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recent attacks of the Zionist regime on Syria and bombardment of military and civilian positions in that country is an act of aggression that has been repeated many times in recent years with specific objectives which requires a calculated response so as not to help the Zionist regime achieve its targets.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert in regional affairs
Strategic Council Online-Interview: An expert on Central Asian issues stated that the main root of border disputes and conflicts between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan should be sought in the former Soviet period, adding that factors such as the intensification of the degree of nationalism in Kyrgyzstan, the tightening of conditions in Tajikistan, and the power relations between political currents and foreign interventions in both countries have played a role in recent conflicts.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Germany has imported a considerable part of its required natural gas from Russia so far. While Russia’s supply share in 2021 was 55% the amount has shrunk to 35% at the end of April 2022.
Pouria Nabipour, Ph.D., Political Science and International Relations
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs says the United States is looking for Russia to become much weaker and that Moscow will become powerless in continuation of the war next year. He noted: It is only in the advantage of the United States that Ukraine keeps distance from Russia and this is a prelude to intervention in Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs stated that the countries of the region should be aware of the consequences of the Zionist regime’s efforts to boost security and military presence in the region, adding: All efforts of the Zionist regime are aimed at increasing security for itself, and due to its racist nature, it will never be possible for it to support other countries.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Foreign policy analysis is valid when it evaluates decisions based on the information and circumstances prevailing at the time they were made, not on the basis of outcomes that only become apparent after the crisis has ended.
SCFR Online-Opinion: Sanctions are gradually transforming from classical financial instruments into complex mechanisms for the containment of technology, data, and global supply chains.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Damascus is an attempt to redefine France’s role in Syria following the recent political developments in that country; an effort pursued within the context of great power competition and the country’s security challenges.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: On September 9, 2022, North Korea parliament approved a new law on the use of nuclear arms that its provisions and strategic consequences are of very notable.
Zeynab Farhadi, Researcher of Asian Affairs
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: A year has passed since the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan. During this period, Afghanistan has witnessed many developments in various political, security, economic, and other fields; Among other things, the country’s economy has faced many problems during this period due to the seizure of 9.5 billion Afghan assets by the United States. This issue has caused the country’s gross domestic product to decrease significantly and almost all economic sectors of Afghanistan have suffered.
Hamid Khoshayand-Expert of regional issues
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: In its critical economic situation, Turkey attaches special importance to its trade relations with all Balkan countries including and among them Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Mahmoud Faazeli, International Affairs Analyst
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of international economics stressed:” Europe’s objective to create considerable variety of its gas supply resources is challenging. Although severance of dependence on Russia has many consequences for the European Union, yet its realization is not impossible until 2025.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An analyst of the Zionist regime affairs, referring to the actions that the Zionist regime has taken in order to obstruct the nuclear negotiations and prevent the agreement, said that this regime has not allowed the nuclear agreement with Iran to be concluded with the influence and full cooperation of the United States. And even though Europe declares that the nuclear deal will serve their interests, it has moved in line with the goals of the Zionist regime.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recent attacks of the Zionist regime on Syria and bombardment of military and civilian positions in that country is an act of aggression that has been repeated many times in recent years with specific objectives which requires a calculated response so as not to help the Zionist regime achieve its targets.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert in regional affairs
Strategic Council Online-Interview: An expert on Central Asian issues stated that the main root of border disputes and conflicts between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan should be sought in the former Soviet period, adding that factors such as the intensification of the degree of nationalism in Kyrgyzstan, the tightening of conditions in Tajikistan, and the power relations between political currents and foreign interventions in both countries have played a role in recent conflicts.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Germany has imported a considerable part of its required natural gas from Russia so far. While Russia’s supply share in 2021 was 55% the amount has shrunk to 35% at the end of April 2022.
Pouria Nabipour, Ph.D., Political Science and International Relations
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs says the United States is looking for Russia to become much weaker and that Moscow will become powerless in continuation of the war next year. He noted: It is only in the advantage of the United States that Ukraine keeps distance from Russia and this is a prelude to intervention in Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs stated that the countries of the region should be aware of the consequences of the Zionist regime’s efforts to boost security and military presence in the region, adding: All efforts of the Zionist regime are aimed at increasing security for itself, and due to its racist nature, it will never be possible for it to support other countries.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Foreign policy analysis is valid when it evaluates decisions based on the information and circumstances prevailing at the time they were made, not on the basis of outcomes that only become apparent after the crisis has ended.
SCFR Online-Opinion: Sanctions are gradually transforming from classical financial instruments into complex mechanisms for the containment of technology, data, and global supply chains.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Damascus is an attempt to redefine France’s role in Syria following the recent political developments in that country; an effort pursued within the context of great power competition and the country’s security challenges.