SCFR Online – Opinion: Following military failure, Trump has announced the implementation of sanctions and old economic pressures under the new label of “unprecedented economic operation” against Iran; however, Tehran can neutralize this blockade through four specific strategies.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Two contrasting narratives of Trump’s foreign policy – one “crisis as doctrine” and the other a “coherent doctrine” – present a complex picture of America’s attempt to redefine its role in the international system.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey under the motto “an attack on one is an attack on all,” is viewed by some analysts less as a full-fledged military coalition and more as an attempt to reduce security dependence on an external power and to establish a regional security mechanism.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US-Saudi nuclear agreement, despite legal and political ambiguities, could alter previous non-proliferation standards in West Asia and intensify nuclear competition, ushering it into a new phase.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Recent developments in Syria indicate an intensification of strategic rivalry between Turkey and the Israeli regime, but mutual considerations and the role of the United States have limited the likelihood of direct war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The future of the so-called Trump peace plan for Gaza, despite claims of an agreement on Hamas’s disarmament, remains shrouded in ambiguity due to structural deficiencies and opposition from key actors.
SCFR Online – Opinion: An examination of the mechanisms of the Israeli regime’s influence in the United States depicts a complex picture of shared interests, strategic dependencies, and the limitations of this relationship.
SCFR Online – Interview: The signing of the Makkah agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey has raised questions about the future of the region’s security structure and the position of these countries in West Asian equations. Can this agreement become a genuine collective defense mechanism, or does it have more of a political and deterrent function than creating new military capacity?
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Having stated that Saudis are interested in putting an end to their military operations in Yemen, but they do not wish for eternal termination of clashes there, an expert on Yemeni issues said:” regardless of considering Yemeni people status, the United Nations is thoroughly playing a role in Europe as well as the West’s front. It only makes effort to control the situation and to proceed in a way that there will not be any new shock to energy market by the end of winter 2023 by extending the ceasefire in Yemen”.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Europe affairs commenting about the strategy and the most important challenges and priorities of Rishi Sunak, the new Prime Minister of Britain, said: The most important strategy facing the new British Prime Minister is in the field of foreign policy, the same strategy that Mrs. Theresa May and Boris Johnson followed during the past six years.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: It seems that the long-term objective of the United States for continuation of the war in Ukraine is to further weaken Russia as one of the main competitors of that country in the world. In fact, the war in Ukraine has provided the right ground for the US and its allies to put Moscow in a weak position by applying harsh measures, including sanctions.
Pouria Nabipour – PhD in Political Sciences and International Relations
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The meeting of a delegation of leaders of the Palestinian Movement Hamas with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus shows that the Movement is trying to restore its relations with the government of Bashar al-Assad after nearly 12 years of the Syrian crisis.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Expert on the Middle East affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Iraq affairs said that with the change of government and coming to power of a new prime minister in Iraq, the friction between the government and the Resistance groups is expected to be reduced to a significant extent. He added: Iran can use new business methods and diversification of exports, joint investment and provision of various services, including technical-engineering services, to develop relations with Iraq and at the same time not to neglect cultural and media issues.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Having stated that the U.S. has identified China as its geopolitical enemy and Russia as a serious and all-encompassing threat against itself, an expert on international issues said:” Washington is looking for tactical nuclear arms to probably use them in pre-emptive attacks as well.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Giorgia Meloni is the first female Italian Prime Minister who has taken the affairs of the country. There are 9 ministers from “Brothers of Italy Party”, five ministers from “Forza Italia Party”, “five ministers from “the League Party” and five technocrats without any party affiliation.
Mahmoud Faazeli, Analyst of International Affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor considered the Chinese Communist Party’s re-voting for Xi Jinping as a sign of the country’s desire to continue the strong path of the past decade and said: In this period, although the possibility of Beijing being faced with foreign forces fire kindling in its vicinity will become more serious; Xi Jinping considers the objective of qualitative development and does not seek any kind of confrontation within this framework.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Israeli affairs said the Zionist regime has expanded its security and military presence and influence in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. He noted: The Zionist regime, by trying to magnify claims about “Iran’s threat” and by misusing the discussions raised regarding the use of the Iranian “Shahed 136” in Ukraine, is trying to exploit it for its own benefit.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Lebanon and the Zionist regime have recently reached an agreement on demarcation of the maritime boundaries and develop the Karish gas field in the Mediterranean Sea, which was a source of dispute and disagreement between the two sides in the past years. The final agreement will be signed soon.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert in regional affairs
SCFR Online – Opinion: Following military failure, Trump has announced the implementation of sanctions and old economic pressures under the new label of “unprecedented economic operation” against Iran; however, Tehran can neutralize this blockade through four specific strategies.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Two contrasting narratives of Trump’s foreign policy – one “crisis as doctrine” and the other a “coherent doctrine” – present a complex picture of America’s attempt to redefine its role in the international system.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey under the motto “an attack on one is an attack on all,” is viewed by some analysts less as a full-fledged military coalition and more as an attempt to reduce security dependence on an external power and to establish a regional security mechanism.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US-Saudi nuclear agreement, despite legal and political ambiguities, could alter previous non-proliferation standards in West Asia and intensify nuclear competition, ushering it into a new phase.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Recent developments in Syria indicate an intensification of strategic rivalry between Turkey and the Israeli regime, but mutual considerations and the role of the United States have limited the likelihood of direct war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The future of the so-called Trump peace plan for Gaza, despite claims of an agreement on Hamas’s disarmament, remains shrouded in ambiguity due to structural deficiencies and opposition from key actors.
SCFR Online – Opinion: An examination of the mechanisms of the Israeli regime’s influence in the United States depicts a complex picture of shared interests, strategic dependencies, and the limitations of this relationship.
SCFR Online – Interview: The signing of the Makkah agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey has raised questions about the future of the region’s security structure and the position of these countries in West Asian equations. Can this agreement become a genuine collective defense mechanism, or does it have more of a political and deterrent function than creating new military capacity?
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Having stated that Saudis are interested in putting an end to their military operations in Yemen, but they do not wish for eternal termination of clashes there, an expert on Yemeni issues said:” regardless of considering Yemeni people status, the United Nations is thoroughly playing a role in Europe as well as the West’s front. It only makes effort to control the situation and to proceed in a way that there will not be any new shock to energy market by the end of winter 2023 by extending the ceasefire in Yemen”.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Europe affairs commenting about the strategy and the most important challenges and priorities of Rishi Sunak, the new Prime Minister of Britain, said: The most important strategy facing the new British Prime Minister is in the field of foreign policy, the same strategy that Mrs. Theresa May and Boris Johnson followed during the past six years.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: It seems that the long-term objective of the United States for continuation of the war in Ukraine is to further weaken Russia as one of the main competitors of that country in the world. In fact, the war in Ukraine has provided the right ground for the US and its allies to put Moscow in a weak position by applying harsh measures, including sanctions.
Pouria Nabipour – PhD in Political Sciences and International Relations
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The meeting of a delegation of leaders of the Palestinian Movement Hamas with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus shows that the Movement is trying to restore its relations with the government of Bashar al-Assad after nearly 12 years of the Syrian crisis.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Expert on the Middle East affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Iraq affairs said that with the change of government and coming to power of a new prime minister in Iraq, the friction between the government and the Resistance groups is expected to be reduced to a significant extent. He added: Iran can use new business methods and diversification of exports, joint investment and provision of various services, including technical-engineering services, to develop relations with Iraq and at the same time not to neglect cultural and media issues.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Having stated that the U.S. has identified China as its geopolitical enemy and Russia as a serious and all-encompassing threat against itself, an expert on international issues said:” Washington is looking for tactical nuclear arms to probably use them in pre-emptive attacks as well.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Giorgia Meloni is the first female Italian Prime Minister who has taken the affairs of the country. There are 9 ministers from “Brothers of Italy Party”, five ministers from “Forza Italia Party”, “five ministers from “the League Party” and five technocrats without any party affiliation.
Mahmoud Faazeli, Analyst of International Affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor considered the Chinese Communist Party’s re-voting for Xi Jinping as a sign of the country’s desire to continue the strong path of the past decade and said: In this period, although the possibility of Beijing being faced with foreign forces fire kindling in its vicinity will become more serious; Xi Jinping considers the objective of qualitative development and does not seek any kind of confrontation within this framework.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Israeli affairs said the Zionist regime has expanded its security and military presence and influence in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. He noted: The Zionist regime, by trying to magnify claims about “Iran’s threat” and by misusing the discussions raised regarding the use of the Iranian “Shahed 136” in Ukraine, is trying to exploit it for its own benefit.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Lebanon and the Zionist regime have recently reached an agreement on demarcation of the maritime boundaries and develop the Karish gas field in the Mediterranean Sea, which was a source of dispute and disagreement between the two sides in the past years. The final agreement will be signed soon.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert in regional affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Having stated that Saudis are interested in putting an end to their military operations in Yemen, but they do not wish for eternal termination of clashes there, an expert on Yemeni issues said:” regardless of considering Yemeni people status, the United Nations is thoroughly playing a role in Europe as well as the West’s front. It only makes effort to control the situation and to proceed in a way that there will not be any new shock to energy market by the end of winter 2023 by extending the ceasefire in Yemen”.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Europe affairs commenting about the strategy and the most important challenges and priorities of Rishi Sunak, the new Prime Minister of Britain, said: The most important strategy facing the new British Prime Minister is in the field of foreign policy, the same strategy that Mrs. Theresa May and Boris Johnson followed during the past six years.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: It seems that the long-term objective of the United States for continuation of the war in Ukraine is to further weaken Russia as one of the main competitors of that country in the world. In fact, the war in Ukraine has provided the right ground for the US and its allies to put Moscow in a weak position by applying harsh measures, including sanctions.
Pouria Nabipour – PhD in Political Sciences and International Relations
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The meeting of a delegation of leaders of the Palestinian Movement Hamas with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus shows that the Movement is trying to restore its relations with the government of Bashar al-Assad after nearly 12 years of the Syrian crisis.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Expert on the Middle East affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Iraq affairs said that with the change of government and coming to power of a new prime minister in Iraq, the friction between the government and the Resistance groups is expected to be reduced to a significant extent. He added: Iran can use new business methods and diversification of exports, joint investment and provision of various services, including technical-engineering services, to develop relations with Iraq and at the same time not to neglect cultural and media issues.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Having stated that the U.S. has identified China as its geopolitical enemy and Russia as a serious and all-encompassing threat against itself, an expert on international issues said:” Washington is looking for tactical nuclear arms to probably use them in pre-emptive attacks as well.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Giorgia Meloni is the first female Italian Prime Minister who has taken the affairs of the country. There are 9 ministers from “Brothers of Italy Party”, five ministers from “Forza Italia Party”, “five ministers from “the League Party” and five technocrats without any party affiliation.
Mahmoud Faazeli, Analyst of International Affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor considered the Chinese Communist Party’s re-voting for Xi Jinping as a sign of the country’s desire to continue the strong path of the past decade and said: In this period, although the possibility of Beijing being faced with foreign forces fire kindling in its vicinity will become more serious; Xi Jinping considers the objective of qualitative development and does not seek any kind of confrontation within this framework.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Israeli affairs said the Zionist regime has expanded its security and military presence and influence in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. He noted: The Zionist regime, by trying to magnify claims about “Iran’s threat” and by misusing the discussions raised regarding the use of the Iranian “Shahed 136” in Ukraine, is trying to exploit it for its own benefit.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Lebanon and the Zionist regime have recently reached an agreement on demarcation of the maritime boundaries and develop the Karish gas field in the Mediterranean Sea, which was a source of dispute and disagreement between the two sides in the past years. The final agreement will be signed soon.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert in regional affairs
SCFR Online – Opinion: Following military failure, Trump has announced the implementation of sanctions and old economic pressures under the new label of “unprecedented economic operation” against Iran; however, Tehran can neutralize this blockade through four specific strategies.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Two contrasting narratives of Trump’s foreign policy – one “crisis as doctrine” and the other a “coherent doctrine” – present a complex picture of America’s attempt to redefine its role in the international system.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey under the motto “an attack on one is an attack on all,” is viewed by some analysts less as a full-fledged military coalition and more as an attempt to reduce security dependence on an external power and to establish a regional security mechanism.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US-Saudi nuclear agreement, despite legal and political ambiguities, could alter previous non-proliferation standards in West Asia and intensify nuclear competition, ushering it into a new phase.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Recent developments in Syria indicate an intensification of strategic rivalry between Turkey and the Israeli regime, but mutual considerations and the role of the United States have limited the likelihood of direct war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The future of the so-called Trump peace plan for Gaza, despite claims of an agreement on Hamas’s disarmament, remains shrouded in ambiguity due to structural deficiencies and opposition from key actors.
SCFR Online – Opinion: An examination of the mechanisms of the Israeli regime’s influence in the United States depicts a complex picture of shared interests, strategic dependencies, and the limitations of this relationship.
SCFR Online – Interview: The signing of the Makkah agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey has raised questions about the future of the region’s security structure and the position of these countries in West Asian equations. Can this agreement become a genuine collective defense mechanism, or does it have more of a political and deterrent function than creating new military capacity?
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Having stated that Saudis are interested in putting an end to their military operations in Yemen, but they do not wish for eternal termination of clashes there, an expert on Yemeni issues said:” regardless of considering Yemeni people status, the United Nations is thoroughly playing a role in Europe as well as the West’s front. It only makes effort to control the situation and to proceed in a way that there will not be any new shock to energy market by the end of winter 2023 by extending the ceasefire in Yemen”.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Europe affairs commenting about the strategy and the most important challenges and priorities of Rishi Sunak, the new Prime Minister of Britain, said: The most important strategy facing the new British Prime Minister is in the field of foreign policy, the same strategy that Mrs. Theresa May and Boris Johnson followed during the past six years.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: It seems that the long-term objective of the United States for continuation of the war in Ukraine is to further weaken Russia as one of the main competitors of that country in the world. In fact, the war in Ukraine has provided the right ground for the US and its allies to put Moscow in a weak position by applying harsh measures, including sanctions.
Pouria Nabipour – PhD in Political Sciences and International Relations
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The meeting of a delegation of leaders of the Palestinian Movement Hamas with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus shows that the Movement is trying to restore its relations with the government of Bashar al-Assad after nearly 12 years of the Syrian crisis.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Expert on the Middle East affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Iraq affairs said that with the change of government and coming to power of a new prime minister in Iraq, the friction between the government and the Resistance groups is expected to be reduced to a significant extent. He added: Iran can use new business methods and diversification of exports, joint investment and provision of various services, including technical-engineering services, to develop relations with Iraq and at the same time not to neglect cultural and media issues.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Having stated that the U.S. has identified China as its geopolitical enemy and Russia as a serious and all-encompassing threat against itself, an expert on international issues said:” Washington is looking for tactical nuclear arms to probably use them in pre-emptive attacks as well.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Giorgia Meloni is the first female Italian Prime Minister who has taken the affairs of the country. There are 9 ministers from “Brothers of Italy Party”, five ministers from “Forza Italia Party”, “five ministers from “the League Party” and five technocrats without any party affiliation.
Mahmoud Faazeli, Analyst of International Affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor considered the Chinese Communist Party’s re-voting for Xi Jinping as a sign of the country’s desire to continue the strong path of the past decade and said: In this period, although the possibility of Beijing being faced with foreign forces fire kindling in its vicinity will become more serious; Xi Jinping considers the objective of qualitative development and does not seek any kind of confrontation within this framework.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Israeli affairs said the Zionist regime has expanded its security and military presence and influence in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. He noted: The Zionist regime, by trying to magnify claims about “Iran’s threat” and by misusing the discussions raised regarding the use of the Iranian “Shahed 136” in Ukraine, is trying to exploit it for its own benefit.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Lebanon and the Zionist regime have recently reached an agreement on demarcation of the maritime boundaries and develop the Karish gas field in the Mediterranean Sea, which was a source of dispute and disagreement between the two sides in the past years. The final agreement will be signed soon.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert in regional affairs
SCFR Online – Opinion: Following military failure, Trump has announced the implementation of sanctions and old economic pressures under the new label of “unprecedented economic operation” against Iran; however, Tehran can neutralize this blockade through four specific strategies.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Two contrasting narratives of Trump’s foreign policy – one “crisis as doctrine” and the other a “coherent doctrine” – present a complex picture of America’s attempt to redefine its role in the international system.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey under the motto “an attack on one is an attack on all,” is viewed by some analysts less as a full-fledged military coalition and more as an attempt to reduce security dependence on an external power and to establish a regional security mechanism.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US-Saudi nuclear agreement, despite legal and political ambiguities, could alter previous non-proliferation standards in West Asia and intensify nuclear competition, ushering it into a new phase.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Recent developments in Syria indicate an intensification of strategic rivalry between Turkey and the Israeli regime, but mutual considerations and the role of the United States have limited the likelihood of direct war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The future of the so-called Trump peace plan for Gaza, despite claims of an agreement on Hamas’s disarmament, remains shrouded in ambiguity due to structural deficiencies and opposition from key actors.
SCFR Online – Opinion: An examination of the mechanisms of the Israeli regime’s influence in the United States depicts a complex picture of shared interests, strategic dependencies, and the limitations of this relationship.
SCFR Online – Interview: The signing of the Makkah agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey has raised questions about the future of the region’s security structure and the position of these countries in West Asian equations. Can this agreement become a genuine collective defense mechanism, or does it have more of a political and deterrent function than creating new military capacity?
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Having stated that Saudis are interested in putting an end to their military operations in Yemen, but they do not wish for eternal termination of clashes there, an expert on Yemeni issues said:” regardless of considering Yemeni people status, the United Nations is thoroughly playing a role in Europe as well as the West’s front. It only makes effort to control the situation and to proceed in a way that there will not be any new shock to energy market by the end of winter 2023 by extending the ceasefire in Yemen”.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Europe affairs commenting about the strategy and the most important challenges and priorities of Rishi Sunak, the new Prime Minister of Britain, said: The most important strategy facing the new British Prime Minister is in the field of foreign policy, the same strategy that Mrs. Theresa May and Boris Johnson followed during the past six years.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: It seems that the long-term objective of the United States for continuation of the war in Ukraine is to further weaken Russia as one of the main competitors of that country in the world. In fact, the war in Ukraine has provided the right ground for the US and its allies to put Moscow in a weak position by applying harsh measures, including sanctions.
Pouria Nabipour – PhD in Political Sciences and International Relations
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The meeting of a delegation of leaders of the Palestinian Movement Hamas with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus shows that the Movement is trying to restore its relations with the government of Bashar al-Assad after nearly 12 years of the Syrian crisis.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Expert on the Middle East affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Iraq affairs said that with the change of government and coming to power of a new prime minister in Iraq, the friction between the government and the Resistance groups is expected to be reduced to a significant extent. He added: Iran can use new business methods and diversification of exports, joint investment and provision of various services, including technical-engineering services, to develop relations with Iraq and at the same time not to neglect cultural and media issues.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Having stated that the U.S. has identified China as its geopolitical enemy and Russia as a serious and all-encompassing threat against itself, an expert on international issues said:” Washington is looking for tactical nuclear arms to probably use them in pre-emptive attacks as well.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Giorgia Meloni is the first female Italian Prime Minister who has taken the affairs of the country. There are 9 ministers from “Brothers of Italy Party”, five ministers from “Forza Italia Party”, “five ministers from “the League Party” and five technocrats without any party affiliation.
Mahmoud Faazeli, Analyst of International Affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor considered the Chinese Communist Party’s re-voting for Xi Jinping as a sign of the country’s desire to continue the strong path of the past decade and said: In this period, although the possibility of Beijing being faced with foreign forces fire kindling in its vicinity will become more serious; Xi Jinping considers the objective of qualitative development and does not seek any kind of confrontation within this framework.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Israeli affairs said the Zionist regime has expanded its security and military presence and influence in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. He noted: The Zionist regime, by trying to magnify claims about “Iran’s threat” and by misusing the discussions raised regarding the use of the Iranian “Shahed 136” in Ukraine, is trying to exploit it for its own benefit.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Lebanon and the Zionist regime have recently reached an agreement on demarcation of the maritime boundaries and develop the Karish gas field in the Mediterranean Sea, which was a source of dispute and disagreement between the two sides in the past years. The final agreement will be signed soon.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert in regional affairs
SCFR Online – Opinion: Following military failure, Trump has announced the implementation of sanctions and old economic pressures under the new label of “unprecedented economic operation” against Iran; however, Tehran can neutralize this blockade through four specific strategies.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Two contrasting narratives of Trump’s foreign policy – one “crisis as doctrine” and the other a “coherent doctrine” – present a complex picture of America’s attempt to redefine its role in the international system.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey under the motto “an attack on one is an attack on all,” is viewed by some analysts less as a full-fledged military coalition and more as an attempt to reduce security dependence on an external power and to establish a regional security mechanism.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US-Saudi nuclear agreement, despite legal and political ambiguities, could alter previous non-proliferation standards in West Asia and intensify nuclear competition, ushering it into a new phase.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Recent developments in Syria indicate an intensification of strategic rivalry between Turkey and the Israeli regime, but mutual considerations and the role of the United States have limited the likelihood of direct war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The future of the so-called Trump peace plan for Gaza, despite claims of an agreement on Hamas’s disarmament, remains shrouded in ambiguity due to structural deficiencies and opposition from key actors.
SCFR Online – Opinion: An examination of the mechanisms of the Israeli regime’s influence in the United States depicts a complex picture of shared interests, strategic dependencies, and the limitations of this relationship.
SCFR Online – Interview: The signing of the Makkah agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey has raised questions about the future of the region’s security structure and the position of these countries in West Asian equations. Can this agreement become a genuine collective defense mechanism, or does it have more of a political and deterrent function than creating new military capacity?
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Having stated that Saudis are interested in putting an end to their military operations in Yemen, but they do not wish for eternal termination of clashes there, an expert on Yemeni issues said:” regardless of considering Yemeni people status, the United Nations is thoroughly playing a role in Europe as well as the West’s front. It only makes effort to control the situation and to proceed in a way that there will not be any new shock to energy market by the end of winter 2023 by extending the ceasefire in Yemen”.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Europe affairs commenting about the strategy and the most important challenges and priorities of Rishi Sunak, the new Prime Minister of Britain, said: The most important strategy facing the new British Prime Minister is in the field of foreign policy, the same strategy that Mrs. Theresa May and Boris Johnson followed during the past six years.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: It seems that the long-term objective of the United States for continuation of the war in Ukraine is to further weaken Russia as one of the main competitors of that country in the world. In fact, the war in Ukraine has provided the right ground for the US and its allies to put Moscow in a weak position by applying harsh measures, including sanctions.
Pouria Nabipour – PhD in Political Sciences and International Relations
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The meeting of a delegation of leaders of the Palestinian Movement Hamas with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus shows that the Movement is trying to restore its relations with the government of Bashar al-Assad after nearly 12 years of the Syrian crisis.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Expert on the Middle East affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Iraq affairs said that with the change of government and coming to power of a new prime minister in Iraq, the friction between the government and the Resistance groups is expected to be reduced to a significant extent. He added: Iran can use new business methods and diversification of exports, joint investment and provision of various services, including technical-engineering services, to develop relations with Iraq and at the same time not to neglect cultural and media issues.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Having stated that the U.S. has identified China as its geopolitical enemy and Russia as a serious and all-encompassing threat against itself, an expert on international issues said:” Washington is looking for tactical nuclear arms to probably use them in pre-emptive attacks as well.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Giorgia Meloni is the first female Italian Prime Minister who has taken the affairs of the country. There are 9 ministers from “Brothers of Italy Party”, five ministers from “Forza Italia Party”, “five ministers from “the League Party” and five technocrats without any party affiliation.
Mahmoud Faazeli, Analyst of International Affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor considered the Chinese Communist Party’s re-voting for Xi Jinping as a sign of the country’s desire to continue the strong path of the past decade and said: In this period, although the possibility of Beijing being faced with foreign forces fire kindling in its vicinity will become more serious; Xi Jinping considers the objective of qualitative development and does not seek any kind of confrontation within this framework.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Israeli affairs said the Zionist regime has expanded its security and military presence and influence in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. He noted: The Zionist regime, by trying to magnify claims about “Iran’s threat” and by misusing the discussions raised regarding the use of the Iranian “Shahed 136” in Ukraine, is trying to exploit it for its own benefit.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Lebanon and the Zionist regime have recently reached an agreement on demarcation of the maritime boundaries and develop the Karish gas field in the Mediterranean Sea, which was a source of dispute and disagreement between the two sides in the past years. The final agreement will be signed soon.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert in regional affairs
SCFR Online – Opinion: Following military failure, Trump has announced the implementation of sanctions and old economic pressures under the new label of “unprecedented economic operation” against Iran; however, Tehran can neutralize this blockade through four specific strategies.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Two contrasting narratives of Trump’s foreign policy – one “crisis as doctrine” and the other a “coherent doctrine” – present a complex picture of America’s attempt to redefine its role in the international system.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey under the motto “an attack on one is an attack on all,” is viewed by some analysts less as a full-fledged military coalition and more as an attempt to reduce security dependence on an external power and to establish a regional security mechanism.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US-Saudi nuclear agreement, despite legal and political ambiguities, could alter previous non-proliferation standards in West Asia and intensify nuclear competition, ushering it into a new phase.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Recent developments in Syria indicate an intensification of strategic rivalry between Turkey and the Israeli regime, but mutual considerations and the role of the United States have limited the likelihood of direct war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The future of the so-called Trump peace plan for Gaza, despite claims of an agreement on Hamas’s disarmament, remains shrouded in ambiguity due to structural deficiencies and opposition from key actors.
SCFR Online – Opinion: An examination of the mechanisms of the Israeli regime’s influence in the United States depicts a complex picture of shared interests, strategic dependencies, and the limitations of this relationship.
SCFR Online – Interview: The signing of the Makkah agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey has raised questions about the future of the region’s security structure and the position of these countries in West Asian equations. Can this agreement become a genuine collective defense mechanism, or does it have more of a political and deterrent function than creating new military capacity?
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Having stated that Saudis are interested in putting an end to their military operations in Yemen, but they do not wish for eternal termination of clashes there, an expert on Yemeni issues said:” regardless of considering Yemeni people status, the United Nations is thoroughly playing a role in Europe as well as the West’s front. It only makes effort to control the situation and to proceed in a way that there will not be any new shock to energy market by the end of winter 2023 by extending the ceasefire in Yemen”.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Europe affairs commenting about the strategy and the most important challenges and priorities of Rishi Sunak, the new Prime Minister of Britain, said: The most important strategy facing the new British Prime Minister is in the field of foreign policy, the same strategy that Mrs. Theresa May and Boris Johnson followed during the past six years.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: It seems that the long-term objective of the United States for continuation of the war in Ukraine is to further weaken Russia as one of the main competitors of that country in the world. In fact, the war in Ukraine has provided the right ground for the US and its allies to put Moscow in a weak position by applying harsh measures, including sanctions.
Pouria Nabipour – PhD in Political Sciences and International Relations
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The meeting of a delegation of leaders of the Palestinian Movement Hamas with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus shows that the Movement is trying to restore its relations with the government of Bashar al-Assad after nearly 12 years of the Syrian crisis.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Expert on the Middle East affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Iraq affairs said that with the change of government and coming to power of a new prime minister in Iraq, the friction between the government and the Resistance groups is expected to be reduced to a significant extent. He added: Iran can use new business methods and diversification of exports, joint investment and provision of various services, including technical-engineering services, to develop relations with Iraq and at the same time not to neglect cultural and media issues.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Having stated that the U.S. has identified China as its geopolitical enemy and Russia as a serious and all-encompassing threat against itself, an expert on international issues said:” Washington is looking for tactical nuclear arms to probably use them in pre-emptive attacks as well.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Giorgia Meloni is the first female Italian Prime Minister who has taken the affairs of the country. There are 9 ministers from “Brothers of Italy Party”, five ministers from “Forza Italia Party”, “five ministers from “the League Party” and five technocrats without any party affiliation.
Mahmoud Faazeli, Analyst of International Affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A university professor considered the Chinese Communist Party’s re-voting for Xi Jinping as a sign of the country’s desire to continue the strong path of the past decade and said: In this period, although the possibility of Beijing being faced with foreign forces fire kindling in its vicinity will become more serious; Xi Jinping considers the objective of qualitative development and does not seek any kind of confrontation within this framework.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Israeli affairs said the Zionist regime has expanded its security and military presence and influence in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. He noted: The Zionist regime, by trying to magnify claims about “Iran’s threat” and by misusing the discussions raised regarding the use of the Iranian “Shahed 136” in Ukraine, is trying to exploit it for its own benefit.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Lebanon and the Zionist regime have recently reached an agreement on demarcation of the maritime boundaries and develop the Karish gas field in the Mediterranean Sea, which was a source of dispute and disagreement between the two sides in the past years. The final agreement will be signed soon.
Barsam Mohammadi – Expert in regional affairs
SCFR Online – Opinion: Following military failure, Trump has announced the implementation of sanctions and old economic pressures under the new label of “unprecedented economic operation” against Iran; however, Tehran can neutralize this blockade through four specific strategies.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Two contrasting narratives of Trump’s foreign policy – one “crisis as doctrine” and the other a “coherent doctrine” – present a complex picture of America’s attempt to redefine its role in the international system.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey under the motto “an attack on one is an attack on all,” is viewed by some analysts less as a full-fledged military coalition and more as an attempt to reduce security dependence on an external power and to establish a regional security mechanism.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US-Saudi nuclear agreement, despite legal and political ambiguities, could alter previous non-proliferation standards in West Asia and intensify nuclear competition, ushering it into a new phase.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Recent developments in Syria indicate an intensification of strategic rivalry between Turkey and the Israeli regime, but mutual considerations and the role of the United States have limited the likelihood of direct war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The future of the so-called Trump peace plan for Gaza, despite claims of an agreement on Hamas’s disarmament, remains shrouded in ambiguity due to structural deficiencies and opposition from key actors.
SCFR Online – Opinion: An examination of the mechanisms of the Israeli regime’s influence in the United States depicts a complex picture of shared interests, strategic dependencies, and the limitations of this relationship.
SCFR Online – Interview: The signing of the Makkah agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey has raised questions about the future of the region’s security structure and the position of these countries in West Asian equations. Can this agreement become a genuine collective defense mechanism, or does it have more of a political and deterrent function than creating new military capacity?