Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on international issues said European and American sanctions against Russia are not intended to deter or push Moscow back from its political and territorial positions in Ukraine but rather to pressure Russia to limit its actions against Ukraine.
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: From the West’s point of view, the best possible option in the Russia-Ukraine war is to stop Russia’s advance in Ukraine and even reverse the situation in the field to impose a strategic defeat on this country. If Ukraine fails to fulfill this mission, the West’s costs will increase.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asian issues said Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar Assad recently met and conferred in the Kremlin Palace. In a part of this meeting, Putin said he had not met with Assad for a long time and had many issues to discuss. Apparently, in this meeting, the parties discussed commercial and economic relations and upcoming developments. According to the presidents of Russia and Syria, this meeting was of special importance.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international issues said: the challenge between the West and Russia will remain strong, unless the American and European elections go in such a way that with Trump and the right-wing coming to power, the approaches to the war in Ukraine will somehow change so that the war would end by preserving Russia’s dignity. But if political changes do not occur at this level, the challenge between the West and Russia will continue due to the developments that have occurred, including the extension of European and American sanctions against Russia, as well as the increase of Western support for Ukraine.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international lawyer and senior expert on international affairs said: The abstention and negative votes to the resolution of the Board of Governors regarding Iran should not overshadow the importance of the resolution’s content. In the past, there had been resolutions that were adopted with a similar voting ratio but that, nevertheless, ultimately left a negative impact on the nuclear dossier by shifting the course towards an unfavorable direction.