Strategic Council Online—Interview: A former Iranian diplomat says the British government is behind the United Arab Emirates’ claims about the three islands. He says that considering the developments in the region, especially the war in Ukraine, London is trying to associate the European Union with these claims to put pressure on Tehran.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: After Russia attacked Ukraine, the European Union and the United States imposed a series of wide-ranging sanctions against Russia in various economic, commercial, and energy fields. Of course, before Russia attacked Ukraine in 2022, the European Union had imposed other sanctions against Moscow following the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula. However, these sanctions were not applied in the energy field because Russia supplied about 40% of oil and gas to 18 European countries. But after the Russian attack on Ukraine, European and US sanctions were applied in the field of energy more broadly and comprehensively.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An international issues expert said the expansion of China’s nuclear arsenal should be analyzed in the framework of the strategy of “nuclear superiority,” in which a tripolar nuclear world will be formed. In this world, the idea of a nuclear war is more likely compared to the nuclear bipolar world.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Before the Russia-Ukraine war, few imagined the world would once again be thrust into the abyss of war and the tensions that accompany it. But now, the shadow of conflict looms over many parts of the globe.
Strategic Council Online: An American issues expert said: The American strategy after one year of the Gaza war is to eradicate West Asia’s resistance groups, but this should be done in such a way that the United States would lose control of the situation because its interests are not in starting a full-scale war in the region.