Reasons for the Ineffectiveness of Trump’s “Economic War” against Iran
SCFR Online – Opinion: The intensification of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections indicates Washington’s inability to achieve its war objectives.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The intensification of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections indicates Washington’s inability to achieve its war objectives.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The competition between Washington and Beijing over chips and artificial intelligence, simultaneously with the shifting of technological balances, has taken on new economic and security dimensions.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit has created a new opportunity for Iran to transform its membership from a political achievement into economic and transit cooperation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The Makkah Defense Pact can be seen as a sign of regional countries’ efforts to reduce security dependence on extra-regional powers and redefine the balance in West Asia.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war, by exhausting US military capability on one hand and strengthening European defense capacity on the other, has altered the balance of power in the European continent, cast uncertainty over NATO’s future, and is driving it toward a European NATO.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The dissolution of the SDF, although considered an achievement for Turkey’s security, does not put an end to the challenges arising from the Israeli regime’s aggression and expansionism, refugees, and Syria’s fragility.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Concurrent with the official commencement of the United States’ economic war against our country, focusing on sanctions instruments, isolation, and economic pressure, what has now become increasingly important is the lack of alignment of other major global powers, especially China, with this policy.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US sanctions against Iran, despite extensive propaganda, face serious obstacles to success due to the ineffectiveness of sanctions tools and opposition from some of Tehran’s trading partners.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Secretary of the Turkish Studies Department at the Iranian Association of West Asian Studies said: Turkey is trying to pass through the tensions it experienced with some countries in the region and its neighbors in the past years and put the policy of reducing tension seriously on its agenda. The increase in tensions has negatively affected the country’s economy, and now Ankara is not in a good position to bear more costs.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: After a decade of severance of diplomatic relations, Turkey and Egypt announced in a joint statement promotion of their political ties and nominated their ambassadors in Ankara and Cairo. The two sides announced that their goal behind “normalization and expansion of relations” is in line with the interests of the people of the two countries. From the point of view of the two countries, the re-normalization of relations will show the mutual will to develop bilateral relations in line with providing the interests of the people of Turkey and Egypt. The normalization was welcomed by the Secretary General of the Arab League, who considered it a positive development to create peace in the region and strengthen diplomatic relations to solve problems effectively.
Mahmoud Fazeli – Analyst of international affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: According to an expert on international affairs, since Greece owns the largest shipping industry in the world with 4901 ships and transports about 20 percent of all goods in the world, it will have strategic importance for the energy supply of the European Union, especially after the war in Ukraine.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs said that although the European Union devoted all its diplomatic efforts in the past year to support Ukraine in the war with Russia did not get the desired result, noted: France as a superior and ambitious power of the European Union has failed so far in finding a solution for peace between Ukraine and Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A faculty member of Tehran University, saying that the social gap in France is deepening, noted: Racial violence and suppression of mass protests will harm the international image of France, considering that this country considers itself the leader of human rights, it is going through demanding conditions.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international governance of cyberspace stated that at the height of Britain’s need to redefine its power and position in the international system, Rishi Sunak, considering artificial intelligence (AI) as a transformative technology, is making an opportunistic effort to create an achievement for himself, he added: Rather than being a pioneer in artificial intelligence, Britain is trying to be a pioneer in its regulation.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Showing NATO’s unity in the face of aggression and strengthening deterrence was one of the most important targets of NATO’s most significant air exercise, said an expert on international affairs, adding: Europe may be able to stand against Russia in the short term, but in the end, the territorial connection between Europe and Russia and mutual needs, in the long run, make European countries unable to form a united front against Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: The former Iranian ambassador to France says now, due to the clarification of the terrorist actions and plans of the MKO and their cyberattacks, the government of Albania is expected to cooperate with Iran in extraditing their leaders through the Interpol, and added: In recent years, Albania has been the main loser in hosting the Munafiqeen and it is regrettable that Tirana accepted hosting that terrorist group under the influence of the US pressure, enticement, and indoctrination; but it seems that the Albanian government as finally conclude that this decision was wrong and that it has lost good opportunities for cooperation with Iran due to the many problems that were created for that country by accepting the Munafiqeen after they were expelled from Iraq.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs stated that by withdrawing from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe and other military pacts, Russia is creating a kind of ambiguity in the scope of its military power, adding: Ambiguity in military power also occurred in the Cold War, and we are now witnessing a new Cold War between Russia and the West.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Former Iranian Ambassador to Italy, referring to Rome’s decision to withdraw from China’s “Belt and Road Initiative”, despite the 51 percent growth of exports during the period of joining the project, said: In addition to domestic issues, the US, by exerting political pressure while providing economic incentives, has been effective in this decision.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The intensification of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections indicates Washington’s inability to achieve its war objectives.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The competition between Washington and Beijing over chips and artificial intelligence, simultaneously with the shifting of technological balances, has taken on new economic and security dimensions.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit has created a new opportunity for Iran to transform its membership from a political achievement into economic and transit cooperation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The Makkah Defense Pact can be seen as a sign of regional countries’ efforts to reduce security dependence on extra-regional powers and redefine the balance in West Asia.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war, by exhausting US military capability on one hand and strengthening European defense capacity on the other, has altered the balance of power in the European continent, cast uncertainty over NATO’s future, and is driving it toward a European NATO.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The dissolution of the SDF, although considered an achievement for Turkey’s security, does not put an end to the challenges arising from the Israeli regime’s aggression and expansionism, refugees, and Syria’s fragility.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Concurrent with the official commencement of the United States’ economic war against our country, focusing on sanctions instruments, isolation, and economic pressure, what has now become increasingly important is the lack of alignment of other major global powers, especially China, with this policy.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US sanctions against Iran, despite extensive propaganda, face serious obstacles to success due to the ineffectiveness of sanctions tools and opposition from some of Tehran’s trading partners.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Secretary of the Turkish Studies Department at the Iranian Association of West Asian Studies said: Turkey is trying to pass through the tensions it experienced with some countries in the region and its neighbors in the past years and put the policy of reducing tension seriously on its agenda. The increase in tensions has negatively affected the country’s economy, and now Ankara is not in a good position to bear more costs.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: After a decade of severance of diplomatic relations, Turkey and Egypt announced in a joint statement promotion of their political ties and nominated their ambassadors in Ankara and Cairo. The two sides announced that their goal behind “normalization and expansion of relations” is in line with the interests of the people of the two countries. From the point of view of the two countries, the re-normalization of relations will show the mutual will to develop bilateral relations in line with providing the interests of the people of Turkey and Egypt. The normalization was welcomed by the Secretary General of the Arab League, who considered it a positive development to create peace in the region and strengthen diplomatic relations to solve problems effectively.
Mahmoud Fazeli – Analyst of international affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: According to an expert on international affairs, since Greece owns the largest shipping industry in the world with 4901 ships and transports about 20 percent of all goods in the world, it will have strategic importance for the energy supply of the European Union, especially after the war in Ukraine.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs said that although the European Union devoted all its diplomatic efforts in the past year to support Ukraine in the war with Russia did not get the desired result, noted: France as a superior and ambitious power of the European Union has failed so far in finding a solution for peace between Ukraine and Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A faculty member of Tehran University, saying that the social gap in France is deepening, noted: Racial violence and suppression of mass protests will harm the international image of France, considering that this country considers itself the leader of human rights, it is going through demanding conditions.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international governance of cyberspace stated that at the height of Britain’s need to redefine its power and position in the international system, Rishi Sunak, considering artificial intelligence (AI) as a transformative technology, is making an opportunistic effort to create an achievement for himself, he added: Rather than being a pioneer in artificial intelligence, Britain is trying to be a pioneer in its regulation.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Showing NATO’s unity in the face of aggression and strengthening deterrence was one of the most important targets of NATO’s most significant air exercise, said an expert on international affairs, adding: Europe may be able to stand against Russia in the short term, but in the end, the territorial connection between Europe and Russia and mutual needs, in the long run, make European countries unable to form a united front against Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: The former Iranian ambassador to France says now, due to the clarification of the terrorist actions and plans of the MKO and their cyberattacks, the government of Albania is expected to cooperate with Iran in extraditing their leaders through the Interpol, and added: In recent years, Albania has been the main loser in hosting the Munafiqeen and it is regrettable that Tirana accepted hosting that terrorist group under the influence of the US pressure, enticement, and indoctrination; but it seems that the Albanian government as finally conclude that this decision was wrong and that it has lost good opportunities for cooperation with Iran due to the many problems that were created for that country by accepting the Munafiqeen after they were expelled from Iraq.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs stated that by withdrawing from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe and other military pacts, Russia is creating a kind of ambiguity in the scope of its military power, adding: Ambiguity in military power also occurred in the Cold War, and we are now witnessing a new Cold War between Russia and the West.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Former Iranian Ambassador to Italy, referring to Rome’s decision to withdraw from China’s “Belt and Road Initiative”, despite the 51 percent growth of exports during the period of joining the project, said: In addition to domestic issues, the US, by exerting political pressure while providing economic incentives, has been effective in this decision.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Secretary of the Turkish Studies Department at the Iranian Association of West Asian Studies said: Turkey is trying to pass through the tensions it experienced with some countries in the region and its neighbors in the past years and put the policy of reducing tension seriously on its agenda. The increase in tensions has negatively affected the country’s economy, and now Ankara is not in a good position to bear more costs.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: After a decade of severance of diplomatic relations, Turkey and Egypt announced in a joint statement promotion of their political ties and nominated their ambassadors in Ankara and Cairo. The two sides announced that their goal behind “normalization and expansion of relations” is in line with the interests of the people of the two countries. From the point of view of the two countries, the re-normalization of relations will show the mutual will to develop bilateral relations in line with providing the interests of the people of Turkey and Egypt. The normalization was welcomed by the Secretary General of the Arab League, who considered it a positive development to create peace in the region and strengthen diplomatic relations to solve problems effectively.
Mahmoud Fazeli – Analyst of international affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: According to an expert on international affairs, since Greece owns the largest shipping industry in the world with 4901 ships and transports about 20 percent of all goods in the world, it will have strategic importance for the energy supply of the European Union, especially after the war in Ukraine.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs said that although the European Union devoted all its diplomatic efforts in the past year to support Ukraine in the war with Russia did not get the desired result, noted: France as a superior and ambitious power of the European Union has failed so far in finding a solution for peace between Ukraine and Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A faculty member of Tehran University, saying that the social gap in France is deepening, noted: Racial violence and suppression of mass protests will harm the international image of France, considering that this country considers itself the leader of human rights, it is going through demanding conditions.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international governance of cyberspace stated that at the height of Britain’s need to redefine its power and position in the international system, Rishi Sunak, considering artificial intelligence (AI) as a transformative technology, is making an opportunistic effort to create an achievement for himself, he added: Rather than being a pioneer in artificial intelligence, Britain is trying to be a pioneer in its regulation.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Showing NATO’s unity in the face of aggression and strengthening deterrence was one of the most important targets of NATO’s most significant air exercise, said an expert on international affairs, adding: Europe may be able to stand against Russia in the short term, but in the end, the territorial connection between Europe and Russia and mutual needs, in the long run, make European countries unable to form a united front against Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: The former Iranian ambassador to France says now, due to the clarification of the terrorist actions and plans of the MKO and their cyberattacks, the government of Albania is expected to cooperate with Iran in extraditing their leaders through the Interpol, and added: In recent years, Albania has been the main loser in hosting the Munafiqeen and it is regrettable that Tirana accepted hosting that terrorist group under the influence of the US pressure, enticement, and indoctrination; but it seems that the Albanian government as finally conclude that this decision was wrong and that it has lost good opportunities for cooperation with Iran due to the many problems that were created for that country by accepting the Munafiqeen after they were expelled from Iraq.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs stated that by withdrawing from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe and other military pacts, Russia is creating a kind of ambiguity in the scope of its military power, adding: Ambiguity in military power also occurred in the Cold War, and we are now witnessing a new Cold War between Russia and the West.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Former Iranian Ambassador to Italy, referring to Rome’s decision to withdraw from China’s “Belt and Road Initiative”, despite the 51 percent growth of exports during the period of joining the project, said: In addition to domestic issues, the US, by exerting political pressure while providing economic incentives, has been effective in this decision.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The intensification of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections indicates Washington’s inability to achieve its war objectives.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The competition between Washington and Beijing over chips and artificial intelligence, simultaneously with the shifting of technological balances, has taken on new economic and security dimensions.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit has created a new opportunity for Iran to transform its membership from a political achievement into economic and transit cooperation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The Makkah Defense Pact can be seen as a sign of regional countries’ efforts to reduce security dependence on extra-regional powers and redefine the balance in West Asia.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war, by exhausting US military capability on one hand and strengthening European defense capacity on the other, has altered the balance of power in the European continent, cast uncertainty over NATO’s future, and is driving it toward a European NATO.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The dissolution of the SDF, although considered an achievement for Turkey’s security, does not put an end to the challenges arising from the Israeli regime’s aggression and expansionism, refugees, and Syria’s fragility.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Concurrent with the official commencement of the United States’ economic war against our country, focusing on sanctions instruments, isolation, and economic pressure, what has now become increasingly important is the lack of alignment of other major global powers, especially China, with this policy.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US sanctions against Iran, despite extensive propaganda, face serious obstacles to success due to the ineffectiveness of sanctions tools and opposition from some of Tehran’s trading partners.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Secretary of the Turkish Studies Department at the Iranian Association of West Asian Studies said: Turkey is trying to pass through the tensions it experienced with some countries in the region and its neighbors in the past years and put the policy of reducing tension seriously on its agenda. The increase in tensions has negatively affected the country’s economy, and now Ankara is not in a good position to bear more costs.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: After a decade of severance of diplomatic relations, Turkey and Egypt announced in a joint statement promotion of their political ties and nominated their ambassadors in Ankara and Cairo. The two sides announced that their goal behind “normalization and expansion of relations” is in line with the interests of the people of the two countries. From the point of view of the two countries, the re-normalization of relations will show the mutual will to develop bilateral relations in line with providing the interests of the people of Turkey and Egypt. The normalization was welcomed by the Secretary General of the Arab League, who considered it a positive development to create peace in the region and strengthen diplomatic relations to solve problems effectively.
Mahmoud Fazeli – Analyst of international affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: According to an expert on international affairs, since Greece owns the largest shipping industry in the world with 4901 ships and transports about 20 percent of all goods in the world, it will have strategic importance for the energy supply of the European Union, especially after the war in Ukraine.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs said that although the European Union devoted all its diplomatic efforts in the past year to support Ukraine in the war with Russia did not get the desired result, noted: France as a superior and ambitious power of the European Union has failed so far in finding a solution for peace between Ukraine and Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A faculty member of Tehran University, saying that the social gap in France is deepening, noted: Racial violence and suppression of mass protests will harm the international image of France, considering that this country considers itself the leader of human rights, it is going through demanding conditions.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international governance of cyberspace stated that at the height of Britain’s need to redefine its power and position in the international system, Rishi Sunak, considering artificial intelligence (AI) as a transformative technology, is making an opportunistic effort to create an achievement for himself, he added: Rather than being a pioneer in artificial intelligence, Britain is trying to be a pioneer in its regulation.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Showing NATO’s unity in the face of aggression and strengthening deterrence was one of the most important targets of NATO’s most significant air exercise, said an expert on international affairs, adding: Europe may be able to stand against Russia in the short term, but in the end, the territorial connection between Europe and Russia and mutual needs, in the long run, make European countries unable to form a united front against Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: The former Iranian ambassador to France says now, due to the clarification of the terrorist actions and plans of the MKO and their cyberattacks, the government of Albania is expected to cooperate with Iran in extraditing their leaders through the Interpol, and added: In recent years, Albania has been the main loser in hosting the Munafiqeen and it is regrettable that Tirana accepted hosting that terrorist group under the influence of the US pressure, enticement, and indoctrination; but it seems that the Albanian government as finally conclude that this decision was wrong and that it has lost good opportunities for cooperation with Iran due to the many problems that were created for that country by accepting the Munafiqeen after they were expelled from Iraq.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs stated that by withdrawing from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe and other military pacts, Russia is creating a kind of ambiguity in the scope of its military power, adding: Ambiguity in military power also occurred in the Cold War, and we are now witnessing a new Cold War between Russia and the West.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Former Iranian Ambassador to Italy, referring to Rome’s decision to withdraw from China’s “Belt and Road Initiative”, despite the 51 percent growth of exports during the period of joining the project, said: In addition to domestic issues, the US, by exerting political pressure while providing economic incentives, has been effective in this decision.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The intensification of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections indicates Washington’s inability to achieve its war objectives.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The competition between Washington and Beijing over chips and artificial intelligence, simultaneously with the shifting of technological balances, has taken on new economic and security dimensions.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit has created a new opportunity for Iran to transform its membership from a political achievement into economic and transit cooperation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The Makkah Defense Pact can be seen as a sign of regional countries’ efforts to reduce security dependence on extra-regional powers and redefine the balance in West Asia.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war, by exhausting US military capability on one hand and strengthening European defense capacity on the other, has altered the balance of power in the European continent, cast uncertainty over NATO’s future, and is driving it toward a European NATO.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The dissolution of the SDF, although considered an achievement for Turkey’s security, does not put an end to the challenges arising from the Israeli regime’s aggression and expansionism, refugees, and Syria’s fragility.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Concurrent with the official commencement of the United States’ economic war against our country, focusing on sanctions instruments, isolation, and economic pressure, what has now become increasingly important is the lack of alignment of other major global powers, especially China, with this policy.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US sanctions against Iran, despite extensive propaganda, face serious obstacles to success due to the ineffectiveness of sanctions tools and opposition from some of Tehran’s trading partners.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Secretary of the Turkish Studies Department at the Iranian Association of West Asian Studies said: Turkey is trying to pass through the tensions it experienced with some countries in the region and its neighbors in the past years and put the policy of reducing tension seriously on its agenda. The increase in tensions has negatively affected the country’s economy, and now Ankara is not in a good position to bear more costs.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: After a decade of severance of diplomatic relations, Turkey and Egypt announced in a joint statement promotion of their political ties and nominated their ambassadors in Ankara and Cairo. The two sides announced that their goal behind “normalization and expansion of relations” is in line with the interests of the people of the two countries. From the point of view of the two countries, the re-normalization of relations will show the mutual will to develop bilateral relations in line with providing the interests of the people of Turkey and Egypt. The normalization was welcomed by the Secretary General of the Arab League, who considered it a positive development to create peace in the region and strengthen diplomatic relations to solve problems effectively.
Mahmoud Fazeli – Analyst of international affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: According to an expert on international affairs, since Greece owns the largest shipping industry in the world with 4901 ships and transports about 20 percent of all goods in the world, it will have strategic importance for the energy supply of the European Union, especially after the war in Ukraine.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs said that although the European Union devoted all its diplomatic efforts in the past year to support Ukraine in the war with Russia did not get the desired result, noted: France as a superior and ambitious power of the European Union has failed so far in finding a solution for peace between Ukraine and Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A faculty member of Tehran University, saying that the social gap in France is deepening, noted: Racial violence and suppression of mass protests will harm the international image of France, considering that this country considers itself the leader of human rights, it is going through demanding conditions.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international governance of cyberspace stated that at the height of Britain’s need to redefine its power and position in the international system, Rishi Sunak, considering artificial intelligence (AI) as a transformative technology, is making an opportunistic effort to create an achievement for himself, he added: Rather than being a pioneer in artificial intelligence, Britain is trying to be a pioneer in its regulation.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Showing NATO’s unity in the face of aggression and strengthening deterrence was one of the most important targets of NATO’s most significant air exercise, said an expert on international affairs, adding: Europe may be able to stand against Russia in the short term, but in the end, the territorial connection between Europe and Russia and mutual needs, in the long run, make European countries unable to form a united front against Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: The former Iranian ambassador to France says now, due to the clarification of the terrorist actions and plans of the MKO and their cyberattacks, the government of Albania is expected to cooperate with Iran in extraditing their leaders through the Interpol, and added: In recent years, Albania has been the main loser in hosting the Munafiqeen and it is regrettable that Tirana accepted hosting that terrorist group under the influence of the US pressure, enticement, and indoctrination; but it seems that the Albanian government as finally conclude that this decision was wrong and that it has lost good opportunities for cooperation with Iran due to the many problems that were created for that country by accepting the Munafiqeen after they were expelled from Iraq.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs stated that by withdrawing from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe and other military pacts, Russia is creating a kind of ambiguity in the scope of its military power, adding: Ambiguity in military power also occurred in the Cold War, and we are now witnessing a new Cold War between Russia and the West.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Former Iranian Ambassador to Italy, referring to Rome’s decision to withdraw from China’s “Belt and Road Initiative”, despite the 51 percent growth of exports during the period of joining the project, said: In addition to domestic issues, the US, by exerting political pressure while providing economic incentives, has been effective in this decision.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The intensification of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections indicates Washington’s inability to achieve its war objectives.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The competition between Washington and Beijing over chips and artificial intelligence, simultaneously with the shifting of technological balances, has taken on new economic and security dimensions.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit has created a new opportunity for Iran to transform its membership from a political achievement into economic and transit cooperation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The Makkah Defense Pact can be seen as a sign of regional countries’ efforts to reduce security dependence on extra-regional powers and redefine the balance in West Asia.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war, by exhausting US military capability on one hand and strengthening European defense capacity on the other, has altered the balance of power in the European continent, cast uncertainty over NATO’s future, and is driving it toward a European NATO.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The dissolution of the SDF, although considered an achievement for Turkey’s security, does not put an end to the challenges arising from the Israeli regime’s aggression and expansionism, refugees, and Syria’s fragility.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Concurrent with the official commencement of the United States’ economic war against our country, focusing on sanctions instruments, isolation, and economic pressure, what has now become increasingly important is the lack of alignment of other major global powers, especially China, with this policy.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US sanctions against Iran, despite extensive propaganda, face serious obstacles to success due to the ineffectiveness of sanctions tools and opposition from some of Tehran’s trading partners.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Secretary of the Turkish Studies Department at the Iranian Association of West Asian Studies said: Turkey is trying to pass through the tensions it experienced with some countries in the region and its neighbors in the past years and put the policy of reducing tension seriously on its agenda. The increase in tensions has negatively affected the country’s economy, and now Ankara is not in a good position to bear more costs.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: After a decade of severance of diplomatic relations, Turkey and Egypt announced in a joint statement promotion of their political ties and nominated their ambassadors in Ankara and Cairo. The two sides announced that their goal behind “normalization and expansion of relations” is in line with the interests of the people of the two countries. From the point of view of the two countries, the re-normalization of relations will show the mutual will to develop bilateral relations in line with providing the interests of the people of Turkey and Egypt. The normalization was welcomed by the Secretary General of the Arab League, who considered it a positive development to create peace in the region and strengthen diplomatic relations to solve problems effectively.
Mahmoud Fazeli – Analyst of international affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: According to an expert on international affairs, since Greece owns the largest shipping industry in the world with 4901 ships and transports about 20 percent of all goods in the world, it will have strategic importance for the energy supply of the European Union, especially after the war in Ukraine.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs said that although the European Union devoted all its diplomatic efforts in the past year to support Ukraine in the war with Russia did not get the desired result, noted: France as a superior and ambitious power of the European Union has failed so far in finding a solution for peace between Ukraine and Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A faculty member of Tehran University, saying that the social gap in France is deepening, noted: Racial violence and suppression of mass protests will harm the international image of France, considering that this country considers itself the leader of human rights, it is going through demanding conditions.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international governance of cyberspace stated that at the height of Britain’s need to redefine its power and position in the international system, Rishi Sunak, considering artificial intelligence (AI) as a transformative technology, is making an opportunistic effort to create an achievement for himself, he added: Rather than being a pioneer in artificial intelligence, Britain is trying to be a pioneer in its regulation.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Showing NATO’s unity in the face of aggression and strengthening deterrence was one of the most important targets of NATO’s most significant air exercise, said an expert on international affairs, adding: Europe may be able to stand against Russia in the short term, but in the end, the territorial connection between Europe and Russia and mutual needs, in the long run, make European countries unable to form a united front against Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: The former Iranian ambassador to France says now, due to the clarification of the terrorist actions and plans of the MKO and their cyberattacks, the government of Albania is expected to cooperate with Iran in extraditing their leaders through the Interpol, and added: In recent years, Albania has been the main loser in hosting the Munafiqeen and it is regrettable that Tirana accepted hosting that terrorist group under the influence of the US pressure, enticement, and indoctrination; but it seems that the Albanian government as finally conclude that this decision was wrong and that it has lost good opportunities for cooperation with Iran due to the many problems that were created for that country by accepting the Munafiqeen after they were expelled from Iraq.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs stated that by withdrawing from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe and other military pacts, Russia is creating a kind of ambiguity in the scope of its military power, adding: Ambiguity in military power also occurred in the Cold War, and we are now witnessing a new Cold War between Russia and the West.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Former Iranian Ambassador to Italy, referring to Rome’s decision to withdraw from China’s “Belt and Road Initiative”, despite the 51 percent growth of exports during the period of joining the project, said: In addition to domestic issues, the US, by exerting political pressure while providing economic incentives, has been effective in this decision.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The intensification of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections indicates Washington’s inability to achieve its war objectives.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The competition between Washington and Beijing over chips and artificial intelligence, simultaneously with the shifting of technological balances, has taken on new economic and security dimensions.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit has created a new opportunity for Iran to transform its membership from a political achievement into economic and transit cooperation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The Makkah Defense Pact can be seen as a sign of regional countries’ efforts to reduce security dependence on extra-regional powers and redefine the balance in West Asia.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war, by exhausting US military capability on one hand and strengthening European defense capacity on the other, has altered the balance of power in the European continent, cast uncertainty over NATO’s future, and is driving it toward a European NATO.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The dissolution of the SDF, although considered an achievement for Turkey’s security, does not put an end to the challenges arising from the Israeli regime’s aggression and expansionism, refugees, and Syria’s fragility.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Concurrent with the official commencement of the United States’ economic war against our country, focusing on sanctions instruments, isolation, and economic pressure, what has now become increasingly important is the lack of alignment of other major global powers, especially China, with this policy.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US sanctions against Iran, despite extensive propaganda, face serious obstacles to success due to the ineffectiveness of sanctions tools and opposition from some of Tehran’s trading partners.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Secretary of the Turkish Studies Department at the Iranian Association of West Asian Studies said: Turkey is trying to pass through the tensions it experienced with some countries in the region and its neighbors in the past years and put the policy of reducing tension seriously on its agenda. The increase in tensions has negatively affected the country’s economy, and now Ankara is not in a good position to bear more costs.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: After a decade of severance of diplomatic relations, Turkey and Egypt announced in a joint statement promotion of their political ties and nominated their ambassadors in Ankara and Cairo. The two sides announced that their goal behind “normalization and expansion of relations” is in line with the interests of the people of the two countries. From the point of view of the two countries, the re-normalization of relations will show the mutual will to develop bilateral relations in line with providing the interests of the people of Turkey and Egypt. The normalization was welcomed by the Secretary General of the Arab League, who considered it a positive development to create peace in the region and strengthen diplomatic relations to solve problems effectively.
Mahmoud Fazeli – Analyst of international affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: According to an expert on international affairs, since Greece owns the largest shipping industry in the world with 4901 ships and transports about 20 percent of all goods in the world, it will have strategic importance for the energy supply of the European Union, especially after the war in Ukraine.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs said that although the European Union devoted all its diplomatic efforts in the past year to support Ukraine in the war with Russia did not get the desired result, noted: France as a superior and ambitious power of the European Union has failed so far in finding a solution for peace between Ukraine and Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A faculty member of Tehran University, saying that the social gap in France is deepening, noted: Racial violence and suppression of mass protests will harm the international image of France, considering that this country considers itself the leader of human rights, it is going through demanding conditions.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international governance of cyberspace stated that at the height of Britain’s need to redefine its power and position in the international system, Rishi Sunak, considering artificial intelligence (AI) as a transformative technology, is making an opportunistic effort to create an achievement for himself, he added: Rather than being a pioneer in artificial intelligence, Britain is trying to be a pioneer in its regulation.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Showing NATO’s unity in the face of aggression and strengthening deterrence was one of the most important targets of NATO’s most significant air exercise, said an expert on international affairs, adding: Europe may be able to stand against Russia in the short term, but in the end, the territorial connection between Europe and Russia and mutual needs, in the long run, make European countries unable to form a united front against Russia.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: The former Iranian ambassador to France says now, due to the clarification of the terrorist actions and plans of the MKO and their cyberattacks, the government of Albania is expected to cooperate with Iran in extraditing their leaders through the Interpol, and added: In recent years, Albania has been the main loser in hosting the Munafiqeen and it is regrettable that Tirana accepted hosting that terrorist group under the influence of the US pressure, enticement, and indoctrination; but it seems that the Albanian government as finally conclude that this decision was wrong and that it has lost good opportunities for cooperation with Iran due to the many problems that were created for that country by accepting the Munafiqeen after they were expelled from Iraq.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs stated that by withdrawing from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe and other military pacts, Russia is creating a kind of ambiguity in the scope of its military power, adding: Ambiguity in military power also occurred in the Cold War, and we are now witnessing a new Cold War between Russia and the West.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Former Iranian Ambassador to Italy, referring to Rome’s decision to withdraw from China’s “Belt and Road Initiative”, despite the 51 percent growth of exports during the period of joining the project, said: In addition to domestic issues, the US, by exerting political pressure while providing economic incentives, has been effective in this decision.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The intensification of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections indicates Washington’s inability to achieve its war objectives.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The competition between Washington and Beijing over chips and artificial intelligence, simultaneously with the shifting of technological balances, has taken on new economic and security dimensions.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit has created a new opportunity for Iran to transform its membership from a political achievement into economic and transit cooperation.
Strategic Council Online – Note: The Makkah Defense Pact can be seen as a sign of regional countries’ efforts to reduce security dependence on extra-regional powers and redefine the balance in West Asia.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war, by exhausting US military capability on one hand and strengthening European defense capacity on the other, has altered the balance of power in the European continent, cast uncertainty over NATO’s future, and is driving it toward a European NATO.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The dissolution of the SDF, although considered an achievement for Turkey’s security, does not put an end to the challenges arising from the Israeli regime’s aggression and expansionism, refugees, and Syria’s fragility.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Concurrent with the official commencement of the United States’ economic war against our country, focusing on sanctions instruments, isolation, and economic pressure, what has now become increasingly important is the lack of alignment of other major global powers, especially China, with this policy.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US sanctions against Iran, despite extensive propaganda, face serious obstacles to success due to the ineffectiveness of sanctions tools and opposition from some of Tehran’s trading partners.