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?
SCFR Online – Opinion: The continuation of the US war against Iran, in addition to increasing operational costs, has called into question the actual capacity of the American arsenal to simultaneously fulfill security commitments on multiple fronts; an issue that affects deterrence, defense production capacity, and Washington’s resource prioritization.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Russia-Ukraine war and the war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran have been formed with different objectives and actors, but field and political developments indicate that they are not entirely separate from one another.
SCFR Online – Opinion: On Friday, August 7, the heads of state of three countries – Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan – signed a text under the title “Makkah Joint Defense Agreement.”
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An expert on West Asian issues stated: Trump’s foreign policy in West Asia began with threats, humiliation, and a show of power, but ultimately ended in failure and strengthened the position of the Resistance Axis.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An international affairs analyst stated that the developments in the Ukraine war have shown that, despite expanding its military influence in Eastern Europe, NATO has failed to contain Russia and has become trapped in a strategic deadlock.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An East Asian affairs analyst stated: “U.S.-China competition during Trump’s second term has taken on a structural nature, expanding from the economic level to the realms of technology, military, and global order.”
Online Strategic Council – Interview: Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s new prime minister, is an updated version of Shinzo Abe with a high degree of nationalism and a return to traditions. Experts believe that Japan’s approach on the international stage will not change much, and the country’s defense, economic, and cultural policies will continue along the Abe path.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: A West Asia affairs analyst stated that the developments following the Gaza war demonstrated that Iran, by solidifying its geostrategic position and its military power-balancing capability, can become a decisive actor in the new security order of West Asia.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: An expert on West Asian issues stated: The developments following the Gaza war indicate that the U.S. strategy to redefine the West Asian order through the normalization of relations with the Israeli regime has reached a dead end. Therefore, the post-Gaza war developments have once again placed the U.S. security engineering strategy in West Asia at the center of analysts’ attention.
Online Strategic Council – Note: Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s third trip to Washington this year as President of Ukraine must be considered a turning point in the Ukraine war. This trip took place one day after a two-and-a-half-hour phone call between Trump and Putin. It coincided with speculation about holding a second meeting between the presidents of the United States and Russia in Budapest.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Today, submarine cables have become the backbone of the global economy and security. While China seeks to expand its influence through investments in submarine cable networks and the Digital Silk Road initiative, the United States strives to maintain control over the global digital order through deterrent strategies and multinational alliances. The geopolitical competition beneath the waves has now become one of the most sensitive arenas of confrontation between the two major powers, where data is the tool of power.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: It is essential that Tehran, Moscow, and Beijing adopt a more coordinated approach in the face of Washington’s strategy to revive its influence in Eurasia.
Online Strategic Council – Dialogue: A senior Chinese affairs analyst stated that recent developments in U.S.-China economic relations are a clear sign that the trade war between the world’s two major powers has entered a new phase.
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?
SCFR Online – Opinion: The continuation of the US war against Iran, in addition to increasing operational costs, has called into question the actual capacity of the American arsenal to simultaneously fulfill security commitments on multiple fronts; an issue that affects deterrence, defense production capacity, and Washington’s resource prioritization.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Russia-Ukraine war and the war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran have been formed with different objectives and actors, but field and political developments indicate that they are not entirely separate from one another.
SCFR Online – Opinion: On Friday, August 7, the heads of state of three countries – Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan – signed a text under the title “Makkah Joint Defense Agreement.”
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An expert on West Asian issues stated: Trump’s foreign policy in West Asia began with threats, humiliation, and a show of power, but ultimately ended in failure and strengthened the position of the Resistance Axis.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An international affairs analyst stated that the developments in the Ukraine war have shown that, despite expanding its military influence in Eastern Europe, NATO has failed to contain Russia and has become trapped in a strategic deadlock.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An East Asian affairs analyst stated: “U.S.-China competition during Trump’s second term has taken on a structural nature, expanding from the economic level to the realms of technology, military, and global order.”
Online Strategic Council – Interview: Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s new prime minister, is an updated version of Shinzo Abe with a high degree of nationalism and a return to traditions. Experts believe that Japan’s approach on the international stage will not change much, and the country’s defense, economic, and cultural policies will continue along the Abe path.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: A West Asia affairs analyst stated that the developments following the Gaza war demonstrated that Iran, by solidifying its geostrategic position and its military power-balancing capability, can become a decisive actor in the new security order of West Asia.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: An expert on West Asian issues stated: The developments following the Gaza war indicate that the U.S. strategy to redefine the West Asian order through the normalization of relations with the Israeli regime has reached a dead end. Therefore, the post-Gaza war developments have once again placed the U.S. security engineering strategy in West Asia at the center of analysts’ attention.
Online Strategic Council – Note: Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s third trip to Washington this year as President of Ukraine must be considered a turning point in the Ukraine war. This trip took place one day after a two-and-a-half-hour phone call between Trump and Putin. It coincided with speculation about holding a second meeting between the presidents of the United States and Russia in Budapest.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Today, submarine cables have become the backbone of the global economy and security. While China seeks to expand its influence through investments in submarine cable networks and the Digital Silk Road initiative, the United States strives to maintain control over the global digital order through deterrent strategies and multinational alliances. The geopolitical competition beneath the waves has now become one of the most sensitive arenas of confrontation between the two major powers, where data is the tool of power.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: It is essential that Tehran, Moscow, and Beijing adopt a more coordinated approach in the face of Washington’s strategy to revive its influence in Eurasia.
Online Strategic Council – Dialogue: A senior Chinese affairs analyst stated that recent developments in U.S.-China economic relations are a clear sign that the trade war between the world’s two major powers has entered a new phase.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An expert on West Asian issues stated: Trump’s foreign policy in West Asia began with threats, humiliation, and a show of power, but ultimately ended in failure and strengthened the position of the Resistance Axis.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An international affairs analyst stated that the developments in the Ukraine war have shown that, despite expanding its military influence in Eastern Europe, NATO has failed to contain Russia and has become trapped in a strategic deadlock.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An East Asian affairs analyst stated: “U.S.-China competition during Trump’s second term has taken on a structural nature, expanding from the economic level to the realms of technology, military, and global order.”
Online Strategic Council – Interview: Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s new prime minister, is an updated version of Shinzo Abe with a high degree of nationalism and a return to traditions. Experts believe that Japan’s approach on the international stage will not change much, and the country’s defense, economic, and cultural policies will continue along the Abe path.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: A West Asia affairs analyst stated that the developments following the Gaza war demonstrated that Iran, by solidifying its geostrategic position and its military power-balancing capability, can become a decisive actor in the new security order of West Asia.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: An expert on West Asian issues stated: The developments following the Gaza war indicate that the U.S. strategy to redefine the West Asian order through the normalization of relations with the Israeli regime has reached a dead end. Therefore, the post-Gaza war developments have once again placed the U.S. security engineering strategy in West Asia at the center of analysts’ attention.
Online Strategic Council – Note: Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s third trip to Washington this year as President of Ukraine must be considered a turning point in the Ukraine war. This trip took place one day after a two-and-a-half-hour phone call between Trump and Putin. It coincided with speculation about holding a second meeting between the presidents of the United States and Russia in Budapest.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Today, submarine cables have become the backbone of the global economy and security. While China seeks to expand its influence through investments in submarine cable networks and the Digital Silk Road initiative, the United States strives to maintain control over the global digital order through deterrent strategies and multinational alliances. The geopolitical competition beneath the waves has now become one of the most sensitive arenas of confrontation between the two major powers, where data is the tool of power.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: It is essential that Tehran, Moscow, and Beijing adopt a more coordinated approach in the face of Washington’s strategy to revive its influence in Eurasia.
Online Strategic Council – Dialogue: A senior Chinese affairs analyst stated that recent developments in U.S.-China economic relations are a clear sign that the trade war between the world’s two major powers has entered a new phase.
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?
SCFR Online – Opinion: The continuation of the US war against Iran, in addition to increasing operational costs, has called into question the actual capacity of the American arsenal to simultaneously fulfill security commitments on multiple fronts; an issue that affects deterrence, defense production capacity, and Washington’s resource prioritization.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Russia-Ukraine war and the war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran have been formed with different objectives and actors, but field and political developments indicate that they are not entirely separate from one another.
SCFR Online – Opinion: On Friday, August 7, the heads of state of three countries – Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan – signed a text under the title “Makkah Joint Defense Agreement.”
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An expert on West Asian issues stated: Trump’s foreign policy in West Asia began with threats, humiliation, and a show of power, but ultimately ended in failure and strengthened the position of the Resistance Axis.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An international affairs analyst stated that the developments in the Ukraine war have shown that, despite expanding its military influence in Eastern Europe, NATO has failed to contain Russia and has become trapped in a strategic deadlock.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An East Asian affairs analyst stated: “U.S.-China competition during Trump’s second term has taken on a structural nature, expanding from the economic level to the realms of technology, military, and global order.”
Online Strategic Council – Interview: Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s new prime minister, is an updated version of Shinzo Abe with a high degree of nationalism and a return to traditions. Experts believe that Japan’s approach on the international stage will not change much, and the country’s defense, economic, and cultural policies will continue along the Abe path.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: A West Asia affairs analyst stated that the developments following the Gaza war demonstrated that Iran, by solidifying its geostrategic position and its military power-balancing capability, can become a decisive actor in the new security order of West Asia.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: An expert on West Asian issues stated: The developments following the Gaza war indicate that the U.S. strategy to redefine the West Asian order through the normalization of relations with the Israeli regime has reached a dead end. Therefore, the post-Gaza war developments have once again placed the U.S. security engineering strategy in West Asia at the center of analysts’ attention.
Online Strategic Council – Note: Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s third trip to Washington this year as President of Ukraine must be considered a turning point in the Ukraine war. This trip took place one day after a two-and-a-half-hour phone call between Trump and Putin. It coincided with speculation about holding a second meeting between the presidents of the United States and Russia in Budapest.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Today, submarine cables have become the backbone of the global economy and security. While China seeks to expand its influence through investments in submarine cable networks and the Digital Silk Road initiative, the United States strives to maintain control over the global digital order through deterrent strategies and multinational alliances. The geopolitical competition beneath the waves has now become one of the most sensitive arenas of confrontation between the two major powers, where data is the tool of power.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: It is essential that Tehran, Moscow, and Beijing adopt a more coordinated approach in the face of Washington’s strategy to revive its influence in Eurasia.
Online Strategic Council – Dialogue: A senior Chinese affairs analyst stated that recent developments in U.S.-China economic relations are a clear sign that the trade war between the world’s two major powers has entered a new phase.
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?
SCFR Online – Opinion: The continuation of the US war against Iran, in addition to increasing operational costs, has called into question the actual capacity of the American arsenal to simultaneously fulfill security commitments on multiple fronts; an issue that affects deterrence, defense production capacity, and Washington’s resource prioritization.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Russia-Ukraine war and the war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran have been formed with different objectives and actors, but field and political developments indicate that they are not entirely separate from one another.
SCFR Online – Opinion: On Friday, August 7, the heads of state of three countries – Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan – signed a text under the title “Makkah Joint Defense Agreement.”
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An expert on West Asian issues stated: Trump’s foreign policy in West Asia began with threats, humiliation, and a show of power, but ultimately ended in failure and strengthened the position of the Resistance Axis.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An international affairs analyst stated that the developments in the Ukraine war have shown that, despite expanding its military influence in Eastern Europe, NATO has failed to contain Russia and has become trapped in a strategic deadlock.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An East Asian affairs analyst stated: “U.S.-China competition during Trump’s second term has taken on a structural nature, expanding from the economic level to the realms of technology, military, and global order.”
Online Strategic Council – Interview: Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s new prime minister, is an updated version of Shinzo Abe with a high degree of nationalism and a return to traditions. Experts believe that Japan’s approach on the international stage will not change much, and the country’s defense, economic, and cultural policies will continue along the Abe path.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: A West Asia affairs analyst stated that the developments following the Gaza war demonstrated that Iran, by solidifying its geostrategic position and its military power-balancing capability, can become a decisive actor in the new security order of West Asia.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: An expert on West Asian issues stated: The developments following the Gaza war indicate that the U.S. strategy to redefine the West Asian order through the normalization of relations with the Israeli regime has reached a dead end. Therefore, the post-Gaza war developments have once again placed the U.S. security engineering strategy in West Asia at the center of analysts’ attention.
Online Strategic Council – Note: Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s third trip to Washington this year as President of Ukraine must be considered a turning point in the Ukraine war. This trip took place one day after a two-and-a-half-hour phone call between Trump and Putin. It coincided with speculation about holding a second meeting between the presidents of the United States and Russia in Budapest.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Today, submarine cables have become the backbone of the global economy and security. While China seeks to expand its influence through investments in submarine cable networks and the Digital Silk Road initiative, the United States strives to maintain control over the global digital order through deterrent strategies and multinational alliances. The geopolitical competition beneath the waves has now become one of the most sensitive arenas of confrontation between the two major powers, where data is the tool of power.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: It is essential that Tehran, Moscow, and Beijing adopt a more coordinated approach in the face of Washington’s strategy to revive its influence in Eurasia.
Online Strategic Council – Dialogue: A senior Chinese affairs analyst stated that recent developments in U.S.-China economic relations are a clear sign that the trade war between the world’s two major powers has entered a new phase.
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?
SCFR Online – Opinion: The continuation of the US war against Iran, in addition to increasing operational costs, has called into question the actual capacity of the American arsenal to simultaneously fulfill security commitments on multiple fronts; an issue that affects deterrence, defense production capacity, and Washington’s resource prioritization.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Russia-Ukraine war and the war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran have been formed with different objectives and actors, but field and political developments indicate that they are not entirely separate from one another.
SCFR Online – Opinion: On Friday, August 7, the heads of state of three countries – Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan – signed a text under the title “Makkah Joint Defense Agreement.”
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An expert on West Asian issues stated: Trump’s foreign policy in West Asia began with threats, humiliation, and a show of power, but ultimately ended in failure and strengthened the position of the Resistance Axis.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An international affairs analyst stated that the developments in the Ukraine war have shown that, despite expanding its military influence in Eastern Europe, NATO has failed to contain Russia and has become trapped in a strategic deadlock.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An East Asian affairs analyst stated: “U.S.-China competition during Trump’s second term has taken on a structural nature, expanding from the economic level to the realms of technology, military, and global order.”
Online Strategic Council – Interview: Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s new prime minister, is an updated version of Shinzo Abe with a high degree of nationalism and a return to traditions. Experts believe that Japan’s approach on the international stage will not change much, and the country’s defense, economic, and cultural policies will continue along the Abe path.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: A West Asia affairs analyst stated that the developments following the Gaza war demonstrated that Iran, by solidifying its geostrategic position and its military power-balancing capability, can become a decisive actor in the new security order of West Asia.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: An expert on West Asian issues stated: The developments following the Gaza war indicate that the U.S. strategy to redefine the West Asian order through the normalization of relations with the Israeli regime has reached a dead end. Therefore, the post-Gaza war developments have once again placed the U.S. security engineering strategy in West Asia at the center of analysts’ attention.
Online Strategic Council – Note: Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s third trip to Washington this year as President of Ukraine must be considered a turning point in the Ukraine war. This trip took place one day after a two-and-a-half-hour phone call between Trump and Putin. It coincided with speculation about holding a second meeting between the presidents of the United States and Russia in Budapest.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Today, submarine cables have become the backbone of the global economy and security. While China seeks to expand its influence through investments in submarine cable networks and the Digital Silk Road initiative, the United States strives to maintain control over the global digital order through deterrent strategies and multinational alliances. The geopolitical competition beneath the waves has now become one of the most sensitive arenas of confrontation between the two major powers, where data is the tool of power.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: It is essential that Tehran, Moscow, and Beijing adopt a more coordinated approach in the face of Washington’s strategy to revive its influence in Eurasia.
Online Strategic Council – Dialogue: A senior Chinese affairs analyst stated that recent developments in U.S.-China economic relations are a clear sign that the trade war between the world’s two major powers has entered a new phase.
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?
SCFR Online – Opinion: The continuation of the US war against Iran, in addition to increasing operational costs, has called into question the actual capacity of the American arsenal to simultaneously fulfill security commitments on multiple fronts; an issue that affects deterrence, defense production capacity, and Washington’s resource prioritization.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Russia-Ukraine war and the war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran have been formed with different objectives and actors, but field and political developments indicate that they are not entirely separate from one another.
SCFR Online – Opinion: On Friday, August 7, the heads of state of three countries – Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan – signed a text under the title “Makkah Joint Defense Agreement.”
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An expert on West Asian issues stated: Trump’s foreign policy in West Asia began with threats, humiliation, and a show of power, but ultimately ended in failure and strengthened the position of the Resistance Axis.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An international affairs analyst stated that the developments in the Ukraine war have shown that, despite expanding its military influence in Eastern Europe, NATO has failed to contain Russia and has become trapped in a strategic deadlock.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An East Asian affairs analyst stated: “U.S.-China competition during Trump’s second term has taken on a structural nature, expanding from the economic level to the realms of technology, military, and global order.”
Online Strategic Council – Interview: Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s new prime minister, is an updated version of Shinzo Abe with a high degree of nationalism and a return to traditions. Experts believe that Japan’s approach on the international stage will not change much, and the country’s defense, economic, and cultural policies will continue along the Abe path.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: A West Asia affairs analyst stated that the developments following the Gaza war demonstrated that Iran, by solidifying its geostrategic position and its military power-balancing capability, can become a decisive actor in the new security order of West Asia.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: An expert on West Asian issues stated: The developments following the Gaza war indicate that the U.S. strategy to redefine the West Asian order through the normalization of relations with the Israeli regime has reached a dead end. Therefore, the post-Gaza war developments have once again placed the U.S. security engineering strategy in West Asia at the center of analysts’ attention.
Online Strategic Council – Note: Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s third trip to Washington this year as President of Ukraine must be considered a turning point in the Ukraine war. This trip took place one day after a two-and-a-half-hour phone call between Trump and Putin. It coincided with speculation about holding a second meeting between the presidents of the United States and Russia in Budapest.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Today, submarine cables have become the backbone of the global economy and security. While China seeks to expand its influence through investments in submarine cable networks and the Digital Silk Road initiative, the United States strives to maintain control over the global digital order through deterrent strategies and multinational alliances. The geopolitical competition beneath the waves has now become one of the most sensitive arenas of confrontation between the two major powers, where data is the tool of power.
Online Strategic Council – Interview: It is essential that Tehran, Moscow, and Beijing adopt a more coordinated approach in the face of Washington’s strategy to revive its influence in Eurasia.
Online Strategic Council – Dialogue: A senior Chinese affairs analyst stated that recent developments in U.S.-China economic relations are a clear sign that the trade war between the world’s two major powers has entered a new phase.
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?
SCFR Online – Opinion: The continuation of the US war against Iran, in addition to increasing operational costs, has called into question the actual capacity of the American arsenal to simultaneously fulfill security commitments on multiple fronts; an issue that affects deterrence, defense production capacity, and Washington’s resource prioritization.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Russia-Ukraine war and the war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran have been formed with different objectives and actors, but field and political developments indicate that they are not entirely separate from one another.
SCFR Online – Opinion: On Friday, August 7, the heads of state of three countries – Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan – signed a text under the title “Makkah Joint Defense Agreement.”
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.