Strategic Council Online – Opinion: At the European Union summit, it was decided that, to assist Ukraine, instead of using Russia’s frozen assets in European countries, 90 billion euros would be borrowed from financial markets and allocated to Ukraine. This issue is considered a very significant development in the European Union’s policy toward Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international affairs expert stated that in recent years, the U.S. approach has shifted from a value-centered approach to security deal-making. This change means that, instead of emphasizing values such as democracy and human rights, the United States has adjusted its foreign policy to prioritize security interests, political bargaining, and expediency.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The new U.S. National Security Strategy is a sign of Washington’s gradual passage from the model of strategic liberalism and its entry into a phase of foreign policy in which the logic of deal-making, cost–benefit calculation, and the redefinition of commitments have replaced institution-centered value orientation; a transformation that carries profound consequences for the international order, traditional allies, and rivals.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent US movements in Lebanon indicate that Washington has likely distanced itself from the costly approach of disarming Hezbollah and has moved towards containing and managing its military capabilities.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The sanctions imposed by the European Union against the Islamic Republic of Iran before the activation of the snapback mechanism represent an effort to exert additional political and economic pressure on our country to change the system’s behavior regarding regional developments.