SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
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.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert of European affairs stated that rising prices of gas in Europe followed by invasion of Ukraine, reduction (and in cases cutting) of gas supply by Russia, has created a kind of polarization among Northern and Southern European countries. He said:” if the European Union fails to advance with mechanism of a single market already created for a fair supply of gas, and will continue it in Winter 2022 and control energy prices, in addition to economic, social and political consequences, the existence and unity of Europe will suffer from a severe blow”.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Russia affairs considered the Copenhagen conference a continuation of Washington’s efforts and initiatives to divide the costs of the war between the United States and Europe. He said: The West encouraged Russia to attack Ukraine by creating the necessary background to turn the war into a quagmire for Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Zionist regime’s recent war in Gaza, which began with the assassination of several Palestinian Islamic Jihad commanders, could not last more than 52 hours. The war, which the Zionists called the so-called “Breaking Dawn”, ultimately ended at the request of the regime and by establishing a ceasefire that included the terms and conditions defined by the Islamic Jihad.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on Middle East issues considered Hezbollah’s firm stance as a factor for the Zionist regime to yield to Lebanon’s demand to resolve the dispute over gas resources in Karish field, adding that the Secretary General of Hezbollah in Lebanon has repeatedly emphasized that Hezbollah is ready in case of the regime’s refusal to stop activities in the gas field and continue instigations in this area, to defend Lebanon’s interests with full authority and dissuade the Zionist regime from continuing these usurping activities.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A researcher of Turkey affairs commenting on the country’s economic and political outlook said: Turkey’s economic situation has been in a dire situation in the last year, especially in the past months. The statistics published recently report an 80 percent increase in the inflation rate in Turkey, and this issue has put the living conditions of the people in more trouble.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Turkish drilling vessel called “Abdolhamid Khan”, as the fourth and the largest drilling platform will resume its cruise from port of “Tasucu” in “Mersin” after two years of hiatus in its hydrocarbon drilling from the East Mediterranean in a ceremony attended by Erdogan, and will restart its activities in the East Mediterranean.
Mahmoud Fazeli, Analyst of International Issues
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Iraq is going through difficult and hard times. While about 10 months have passed since the Iraqi parliamentary elections, not only a new government has not been formed, but due to internal tensions and conflicts, it is not possible to draw a clear vision of when the next government will be formed in Baghdad!
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: After the assassination of Bin Laden, the assassination of Ayman al-Zawahiri was the biggest blow to al-Qaeda, which will cause its activities to become more passive and cautious in the future, although their movements should always be carefully monitored as a dangerous group.
Tahmoores Gholami- American issues expert
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor saying that the most basic export commodities of China based on their value in the year 2020 were mainly goods rooted in technology, adding: Japan and the US are trying to initiate changes in those conditions by regulating the chip market and building a new generation of semiconductors in order to shape a complete cycle of production and consumption while presenting new technologies, and counter the growth strategy of China’s exports.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Since the Abraham Accords was concluded during Trump presidency, relations of some Arab states with the Zionist regime have entered into a new stage of compromise. But despite the normalization of relations with this regime by some Arab and Persian Gulf countries, the peoples of these countries have shown their strong opposition on the normalization of relations with the Zionist regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
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.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert of European affairs stated that rising prices of gas in Europe followed by invasion of Ukraine, reduction (and in cases cutting) of gas supply by Russia, has created a kind of polarization among Northern and Southern European countries. He said:” if the European Union fails to advance with mechanism of a single market already created for a fair supply of gas, and will continue it in Winter 2022 and control energy prices, in addition to economic, social and political consequences, the existence and unity of Europe will suffer from a severe blow”.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Russia affairs considered the Copenhagen conference a continuation of Washington’s efforts and initiatives to divide the costs of the war between the United States and Europe. He said: The West encouraged Russia to attack Ukraine by creating the necessary background to turn the war into a quagmire for Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Zionist regime’s recent war in Gaza, which began with the assassination of several Palestinian Islamic Jihad commanders, could not last more than 52 hours. The war, which the Zionists called the so-called “Breaking Dawn”, ultimately ended at the request of the regime and by establishing a ceasefire that included the terms and conditions defined by the Islamic Jihad.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on Middle East issues considered Hezbollah’s firm stance as a factor for the Zionist regime to yield to Lebanon’s demand to resolve the dispute over gas resources in Karish field, adding that the Secretary General of Hezbollah in Lebanon has repeatedly emphasized that Hezbollah is ready in case of the regime’s refusal to stop activities in the gas field and continue instigations in this area, to defend Lebanon’s interests with full authority and dissuade the Zionist regime from continuing these usurping activities.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A researcher of Turkey affairs commenting on the country’s economic and political outlook said: Turkey’s economic situation has been in a dire situation in the last year, especially in the past months. The statistics published recently report an 80 percent increase in the inflation rate in Turkey, and this issue has put the living conditions of the people in more trouble.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Turkish drilling vessel called “Abdolhamid Khan”, as the fourth and the largest drilling platform will resume its cruise from port of “Tasucu” in “Mersin” after two years of hiatus in its hydrocarbon drilling from the East Mediterranean in a ceremony attended by Erdogan, and will restart its activities in the East Mediterranean.
Mahmoud Fazeli, Analyst of International Issues
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Iraq is going through difficult and hard times. While about 10 months have passed since the Iraqi parliamentary elections, not only a new government has not been formed, but due to internal tensions and conflicts, it is not possible to draw a clear vision of when the next government will be formed in Baghdad!
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: After the assassination of Bin Laden, the assassination of Ayman al-Zawahiri was the biggest blow to al-Qaeda, which will cause its activities to become more passive and cautious in the future, although their movements should always be carefully monitored as a dangerous group.
Tahmoores Gholami- American issues expert
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor saying that the most basic export commodities of China based on their value in the year 2020 were mainly goods rooted in technology, adding: Japan and the US are trying to initiate changes in those conditions by regulating the chip market and building a new generation of semiconductors in order to shape a complete cycle of production and consumption while presenting new technologies, and counter the growth strategy of China’s exports.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Since the Abraham Accords was concluded during Trump presidency, relations of some Arab states with the Zionist regime have entered into a new stage of compromise. But despite the normalization of relations with this regime by some Arab and Persian Gulf countries, the peoples of these countries have shown their strong opposition on the normalization of relations with the Zionist regime.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert of European affairs stated that rising prices of gas in Europe followed by invasion of Ukraine, reduction (and in cases cutting) of gas supply by Russia, has created a kind of polarization among Northern and Southern European countries. He said:” if the European Union fails to advance with mechanism of a single market already created for a fair supply of gas, and will continue it in Winter 2022 and control energy prices, in addition to economic, social and political consequences, the existence and unity of Europe will suffer from a severe blow”.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Russia affairs considered the Copenhagen conference a continuation of Washington’s efforts and initiatives to divide the costs of the war between the United States and Europe. He said: The West encouraged Russia to attack Ukraine by creating the necessary background to turn the war into a quagmire for Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Zionist regime’s recent war in Gaza, which began with the assassination of several Palestinian Islamic Jihad commanders, could not last more than 52 hours. The war, which the Zionists called the so-called “Breaking Dawn”, ultimately ended at the request of the regime and by establishing a ceasefire that included the terms and conditions defined by the Islamic Jihad.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on Middle East issues considered Hezbollah’s firm stance as a factor for the Zionist regime to yield to Lebanon’s demand to resolve the dispute over gas resources in Karish field, adding that the Secretary General of Hezbollah in Lebanon has repeatedly emphasized that Hezbollah is ready in case of the regime’s refusal to stop activities in the gas field and continue instigations in this area, to defend Lebanon’s interests with full authority and dissuade the Zionist regime from continuing these usurping activities.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A researcher of Turkey affairs commenting on the country’s economic and political outlook said: Turkey’s economic situation has been in a dire situation in the last year, especially in the past months. The statistics published recently report an 80 percent increase in the inflation rate in Turkey, and this issue has put the living conditions of the people in more trouble.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Turkish drilling vessel called “Abdolhamid Khan”, as the fourth and the largest drilling platform will resume its cruise from port of “Tasucu” in “Mersin” after two years of hiatus in its hydrocarbon drilling from the East Mediterranean in a ceremony attended by Erdogan, and will restart its activities in the East Mediterranean.
Mahmoud Fazeli, Analyst of International Issues
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Iraq is going through difficult and hard times. While about 10 months have passed since the Iraqi parliamentary elections, not only a new government has not been formed, but due to internal tensions and conflicts, it is not possible to draw a clear vision of when the next government will be formed in Baghdad!
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: After the assassination of Bin Laden, the assassination of Ayman al-Zawahiri was the biggest blow to al-Qaeda, which will cause its activities to become more passive and cautious in the future, although their movements should always be carefully monitored as a dangerous group.
Tahmoores Gholami- American issues expert
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor saying that the most basic export commodities of China based on their value in the year 2020 were mainly goods rooted in technology, adding: Japan and the US are trying to initiate changes in those conditions by regulating the chip market and building a new generation of semiconductors in order to shape a complete cycle of production and consumption while presenting new technologies, and counter the growth strategy of China’s exports.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Since the Abraham Accords was concluded during Trump presidency, relations of some Arab states with the Zionist regime have entered into a new stage of compromise. But despite the normalization of relations with this regime by some Arab and Persian Gulf countries, the peoples of these countries have shown their strong opposition on the normalization of relations with the Zionist regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
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.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert of European affairs stated that rising prices of gas in Europe followed by invasion of Ukraine, reduction (and in cases cutting) of gas supply by Russia, has created a kind of polarization among Northern and Southern European countries. He said:” if the European Union fails to advance with mechanism of a single market already created for a fair supply of gas, and will continue it in Winter 2022 and control energy prices, in addition to economic, social and political consequences, the existence and unity of Europe will suffer from a severe blow”.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Russia affairs considered the Copenhagen conference a continuation of Washington’s efforts and initiatives to divide the costs of the war between the United States and Europe. He said: The West encouraged Russia to attack Ukraine by creating the necessary background to turn the war into a quagmire for Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Zionist regime’s recent war in Gaza, which began with the assassination of several Palestinian Islamic Jihad commanders, could not last more than 52 hours. The war, which the Zionists called the so-called “Breaking Dawn”, ultimately ended at the request of the regime and by establishing a ceasefire that included the terms and conditions defined by the Islamic Jihad.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on Middle East issues considered Hezbollah’s firm stance as a factor for the Zionist regime to yield to Lebanon’s demand to resolve the dispute over gas resources in Karish field, adding that the Secretary General of Hezbollah in Lebanon has repeatedly emphasized that Hezbollah is ready in case of the regime’s refusal to stop activities in the gas field and continue instigations in this area, to defend Lebanon’s interests with full authority and dissuade the Zionist regime from continuing these usurping activities.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A researcher of Turkey affairs commenting on the country’s economic and political outlook said: Turkey’s economic situation has been in a dire situation in the last year, especially in the past months. The statistics published recently report an 80 percent increase in the inflation rate in Turkey, and this issue has put the living conditions of the people in more trouble.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Turkish drilling vessel called “Abdolhamid Khan”, as the fourth and the largest drilling platform will resume its cruise from port of “Tasucu” in “Mersin” after two years of hiatus in its hydrocarbon drilling from the East Mediterranean in a ceremony attended by Erdogan, and will restart its activities in the East Mediterranean.
Mahmoud Fazeli, Analyst of International Issues
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Iraq is going through difficult and hard times. While about 10 months have passed since the Iraqi parliamentary elections, not only a new government has not been formed, but due to internal tensions and conflicts, it is not possible to draw a clear vision of when the next government will be formed in Baghdad!
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: After the assassination of Bin Laden, the assassination of Ayman al-Zawahiri was the biggest blow to al-Qaeda, which will cause its activities to become more passive and cautious in the future, although their movements should always be carefully monitored as a dangerous group.
Tahmoores Gholami- American issues expert
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor saying that the most basic export commodities of China based on their value in the year 2020 were mainly goods rooted in technology, adding: Japan and the US are trying to initiate changes in those conditions by regulating the chip market and building a new generation of semiconductors in order to shape a complete cycle of production and consumption while presenting new technologies, and counter the growth strategy of China’s exports.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Since the Abraham Accords was concluded during Trump presidency, relations of some Arab states with the Zionist regime have entered into a new stage of compromise. But despite the normalization of relations with this regime by some Arab and Persian Gulf countries, the peoples of these countries have shown their strong opposition on the normalization of relations with the Zionist regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
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.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert of European affairs stated that rising prices of gas in Europe followed by invasion of Ukraine, reduction (and in cases cutting) of gas supply by Russia, has created a kind of polarization among Northern and Southern European countries. He said:” if the European Union fails to advance with mechanism of a single market already created for a fair supply of gas, and will continue it in Winter 2022 and control energy prices, in addition to economic, social and political consequences, the existence and unity of Europe will suffer from a severe blow”.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Russia affairs considered the Copenhagen conference a continuation of Washington’s efforts and initiatives to divide the costs of the war between the United States and Europe. He said: The West encouraged Russia to attack Ukraine by creating the necessary background to turn the war into a quagmire for Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Zionist regime’s recent war in Gaza, which began with the assassination of several Palestinian Islamic Jihad commanders, could not last more than 52 hours. The war, which the Zionists called the so-called “Breaking Dawn”, ultimately ended at the request of the regime and by establishing a ceasefire that included the terms and conditions defined by the Islamic Jihad.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on Middle East issues considered Hezbollah’s firm stance as a factor for the Zionist regime to yield to Lebanon’s demand to resolve the dispute over gas resources in Karish field, adding that the Secretary General of Hezbollah in Lebanon has repeatedly emphasized that Hezbollah is ready in case of the regime’s refusal to stop activities in the gas field and continue instigations in this area, to defend Lebanon’s interests with full authority and dissuade the Zionist regime from continuing these usurping activities.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A researcher of Turkey affairs commenting on the country’s economic and political outlook said: Turkey’s economic situation has been in a dire situation in the last year, especially in the past months. The statistics published recently report an 80 percent increase in the inflation rate in Turkey, and this issue has put the living conditions of the people in more trouble.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Turkish drilling vessel called “Abdolhamid Khan”, as the fourth and the largest drilling platform will resume its cruise from port of “Tasucu” in “Mersin” after two years of hiatus in its hydrocarbon drilling from the East Mediterranean in a ceremony attended by Erdogan, and will restart its activities in the East Mediterranean.
Mahmoud Fazeli, Analyst of International Issues
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Iraq is going through difficult and hard times. While about 10 months have passed since the Iraqi parliamentary elections, not only a new government has not been formed, but due to internal tensions and conflicts, it is not possible to draw a clear vision of when the next government will be formed in Baghdad!
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: After the assassination of Bin Laden, the assassination of Ayman al-Zawahiri was the biggest blow to al-Qaeda, which will cause its activities to become more passive and cautious in the future, although their movements should always be carefully monitored as a dangerous group.
Tahmoores Gholami- American issues expert
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor saying that the most basic export commodities of China based on their value in the year 2020 were mainly goods rooted in technology, adding: Japan and the US are trying to initiate changes in those conditions by regulating the chip market and building a new generation of semiconductors in order to shape a complete cycle of production and consumption while presenting new technologies, and counter the growth strategy of China’s exports.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Since the Abraham Accords was concluded during Trump presidency, relations of some Arab states with the Zionist regime have entered into a new stage of compromise. But despite the normalization of relations with this regime by some Arab and Persian Gulf countries, the peoples of these countries have shown their strong opposition on the normalization of relations with the Zionist regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
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.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert of European affairs stated that rising prices of gas in Europe followed by invasion of Ukraine, reduction (and in cases cutting) of gas supply by Russia, has created a kind of polarization among Northern and Southern European countries. He said:” if the European Union fails to advance with mechanism of a single market already created for a fair supply of gas, and will continue it in Winter 2022 and control energy prices, in addition to economic, social and political consequences, the existence and unity of Europe will suffer from a severe blow”.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Russia affairs considered the Copenhagen conference a continuation of Washington’s efforts and initiatives to divide the costs of the war between the United States and Europe. He said: The West encouraged Russia to attack Ukraine by creating the necessary background to turn the war into a quagmire for Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Zionist regime’s recent war in Gaza, which began with the assassination of several Palestinian Islamic Jihad commanders, could not last more than 52 hours. The war, which the Zionists called the so-called “Breaking Dawn”, ultimately ended at the request of the regime and by establishing a ceasefire that included the terms and conditions defined by the Islamic Jihad.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on Middle East issues considered Hezbollah’s firm stance as a factor for the Zionist regime to yield to Lebanon’s demand to resolve the dispute over gas resources in Karish field, adding that the Secretary General of Hezbollah in Lebanon has repeatedly emphasized that Hezbollah is ready in case of the regime’s refusal to stop activities in the gas field and continue instigations in this area, to defend Lebanon’s interests with full authority and dissuade the Zionist regime from continuing these usurping activities.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A researcher of Turkey affairs commenting on the country’s economic and political outlook said: Turkey’s economic situation has been in a dire situation in the last year, especially in the past months. The statistics published recently report an 80 percent increase in the inflation rate in Turkey, and this issue has put the living conditions of the people in more trouble.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Turkish drilling vessel called “Abdolhamid Khan”, as the fourth and the largest drilling platform will resume its cruise from port of “Tasucu” in “Mersin” after two years of hiatus in its hydrocarbon drilling from the East Mediterranean in a ceremony attended by Erdogan, and will restart its activities in the East Mediterranean.
Mahmoud Fazeli, Analyst of International Issues
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Iraq is going through difficult and hard times. While about 10 months have passed since the Iraqi parliamentary elections, not only a new government has not been formed, but due to internal tensions and conflicts, it is not possible to draw a clear vision of when the next government will be formed in Baghdad!
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: After the assassination of Bin Laden, the assassination of Ayman al-Zawahiri was the biggest blow to al-Qaeda, which will cause its activities to become more passive and cautious in the future, although their movements should always be carefully monitored as a dangerous group.
Tahmoores Gholami- American issues expert
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor saying that the most basic export commodities of China based on their value in the year 2020 were mainly goods rooted in technology, adding: Japan and the US are trying to initiate changes in those conditions by regulating the chip market and building a new generation of semiconductors in order to shape a complete cycle of production and consumption while presenting new technologies, and counter the growth strategy of China’s exports.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Since the Abraham Accords was concluded during Trump presidency, relations of some Arab states with the Zionist regime have entered into a new stage of compromise. But despite the normalization of relations with this regime by some Arab and Persian Gulf countries, the peoples of these countries have shown their strong opposition on the normalization of relations with the Zionist regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
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.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert of European affairs stated that rising prices of gas in Europe followed by invasion of Ukraine, reduction (and in cases cutting) of gas supply by Russia, has created a kind of polarization among Northern and Southern European countries. He said:” if the European Union fails to advance with mechanism of a single market already created for a fair supply of gas, and will continue it in Winter 2022 and control energy prices, in addition to economic, social and political consequences, the existence and unity of Europe will suffer from a severe blow”.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Russia affairs considered the Copenhagen conference a continuation of Washington’s efforts and initiatives to divide the costs of the war between the United States and Europe. He said: The West encouraged Russia to attack Ukraine by creating the necessary background to turn the war into a quagmire for Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The Zionist regime’s recent war in Gaza, which began with the assassination of several Palestinian Islamic Jihad commanders, could not last more than 52 hours. The war, which the Zionists called the so-called “Breaking Dawn”, ultimately ended at the request of the regime and by establishing a ceasefire that included the terms and conditions defined by the Islamic Jihad.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on Middle East issues considered Hezbollah’s firm stance as a factor for the Zionist regime to yield to Lebanon’s demand to resolve the dispute over gas resources in Karish field, adding that the Secretary General of Hezbollah in Lebanon has repeatedly emphasized that Hezbollah is ready in case of the regime’s refusal to stop activities in the gas field and continue instigations in this area, to defend Lebanon’s interests with full authority and dissuade the Zionist regime from continuing these usurping activities.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A researcher of Turkey affairs commenting on the country’s economic and political outlook said: Turkey’s economic situation has been in a dire situation in the last year, especially in the past months. The statistics published recently report an 80 percent increase in the inflation rate in Turkey, and this issue has put the living conditions of the people in more trouble.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Turkish drilling vessel called “Abdolhamid Khan”, as the fourth and the largest drilling platform will resume its cruise from port of “Tasucu” in “Mersin” after two years of hiatus in its hydrocarbon drilling from the East Mediterranean in a ceremony attended by Erdogan, and will restart its activities in the East Mediterranean.
Mahmoud Fazeli, Analyst of International Issues
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Iraq is going through difficult and hard times. While about 10 months have passed since the Iraqi parliamentary elections, not only a new government has not been formed, but due to internal tensions and conflicts, it is not possible to draw a clear vision of when the next government will be formed in Baghdad!
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: After the assassination of Bin Laden, the assassination of Ayman al-Zawahiri was the biggest blow to al-Qaeda, which will cause its activities to become more passive and cautious in the future, although their movements should always be carefully monitored as a dangerous group.
Tahmoores Gholami- American issues expert
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor saying that the most basic export commodities of China based on their value in the year 2020 were mainly goods rooted in technology, adding: Japan and the US are trying to initiate changes in those conditions by regulating the chip market and building a new generation of semiconductors in order to shape a complete cycle of production and consumption while presenting new technologies, and counter the growth strategy of China’s exports.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Since the Abraham Accords was concluded during Trump presidency, relations of some Arab states with the Zionist regime have entered into a new stage of compromise. But despite the normalization of relations with this regime by some Arab and Persian Gulf countries, the peoples of these countries have shown their strong opposition on the normalization of relations with the Zionist regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
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.