Strategic Council Online—Interview: An analyst of European issues considered the sharp atmosphere related to immigration and its consequences as one of the main reasons for the growth of extremist parties in Europe, adding that the increase in dissatisfaction of people with the main parties in those countries causes the rise in attention to extreme-right parties in Europe.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The informal meeting of the leaders of the Western Balkan countries and the Balkan countries that are members of the European Union was held at the initiative of Mr. Mitsotakis, the conservative Prime Minister of Greece, and attended by Mrs. von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, Charles Michel, President of the European Union Council, and Mr. Zelensky, President of Ukraine. The Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, prime ministers of Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, and North Macedonia, the president of Moldova, the president of Montenegro, and the president of Serbia also participated in the meeting.
Mahmoud Fazeli – International affairs analyst
Strategic Council Online-Interview: An analyst of Russian issues emphasized that the West does not want to settle any of the dimensions of the Ukraine crisis and is only seeking the continuation and expansion of its dimensions because, according to the Russians, they did not fulfill the obligations they gave to Russia, and they have shown that they do not seek the interests of underdeveloped countries, especially in Africa.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A faculty member of the Research Institute for Strategic Studies, emphasizing that we should consider Wagner as being finished and annihilated, said: Wagner has handed over his weapons to Russia, and Moscow is closely monitoring them, therefore under the current situation taking organized measures against Kremlin is impossible, and the new leader of that group, in fact; is supposed to follow the plan for the integration of those people in the Ministry of Defense.
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.