SCFR Online – Opinion: The withdrawal of American forces from Iraq has marked the end of Washington’s direct military presence in the country; however, America’s financial, political, and security levers can still affect and cause problems for the future of this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: After months of war and economic pressure, the situation between Iran and the United States has been placed between two conflicting logics; Washington insists on intensifying pressure to gain concessions, and Tehran does not accept negotiations under pressure.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The expansion of artificial intelligence and influence operations has drawn the field of conflict from physical space to the perceptual and algorithmic environment and has turned cognitive deterrence into a strategic necessity.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Riyadh, amid the Iran war, Yemeni pressure, and ambiguous Washington guarantees, has turned to flexible balancing in order to both preserve its security and increase its bargaining power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: London’s decision to provide military support to Saudi Arabia in the Yemen file, beyond a limited aerial mission, could confront Britain with broad legal, security, economic, and strategic consequences.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The acceleration of AI competition has shattered the boundaries of economic, military, intelligence, and cognitive power, turning this technology into a strategic component of national power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The three-day visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington and his meeting with Donald Trump on September 24 and 25, 2026, accompanied by a ceremonial welcome at Andrews Air Force Base, was more a diplomatic display for managing the level of tensions than an indication of a breakthrough achievement in relations between the two powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Developments in the South Caucasus and Central Asia indicate that transit competition has become an arena for a new staging of influence among Iran, Turkey, Russia, and China.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A senior energy expert considered the increase in gas extraction from the joint field with Iran to be in line with Qatar’s maximum exploitation of hydrocarbon resources and greater connection to international markets.
Strategic Council Online – Guest Opinion: Although some observers view the QUAD Security Dialogue as a fledgling military alliance focused solely on China’s growing regional influence and the rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific region, its four members, the United States, India, Australia, and Japan, have stated their goal to deepen economic, diplomatic, and military ties among the four countries.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: According to what the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia authorities officially announce these days, the two South Caucasus countries are taking the last steps to reach a peace treaty.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: A former Iranian diplomat said, “While Europe, especially France, is very willing to promote the European Union as a power independent from America and NATO, it should be seen to what extent the Europeans can get united and maintain their position and power with Trump’s return.”
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Saudi Arabia last Wednesday hosted the first meeting of a global alliance to push for a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. An expert on regional issues called the Saudi move an attempt to justify and compensate for the country’s weak position regarding the developments in Gaza.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: BRICS, within the framework of “positive” and not “negative” policies, without violating or opposing the principles and order-building components based on the United Nations Charter, is looking for new arrangements that govern political and economic paradigms, security, etc., has challenged America and the liberal system in today’s world.
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: Operation True Promise-2, whose targets included the safest places of the Zionist regime, caused a lot of damage, while the number of ballistic missiles fired, which is the largest number in one day in history, is unprecedented in the lifetime of the Zionist regime.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Ukraine’s attack on the Kursk region and seizing part of Russian territory is a turning point in the two-and-a-half-year war between Russia and Ukraine. In a full-scale psychological war, the United States and some European governments claimed that Iran was sending ballistic missiles to Russia. The claim aimed at putting pressure on Tehran and, in the meantime, justify arming Ukraine with long-range missiles from the United States and Europe. This is even though the Islamic Republic of Iran has clearly stated that it has not provided Russia with any missiles.
Strategic Council Online, Interview: An expert on international issues said: The type of portrayal of the West and the United States regarding the issue of Iran’s alleged sale and delivery of ballistic missiles to Russia is dangerous and should be prevented with active diplomacy.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The withdrawal of American forces from Iraq has marked the end of Washington’s direct military presence in the country; however, America’s financial, political, and security levers can still affect and cause problems for the future of this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: After months of war and economic pressure, the situation between Iran and the United States has been placed between two conflicting logics; Washington insists on intensifying pressure to gain concessions, and Tehran does not accept negotiations under pressure.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The expansion of artificial intelligence and influence operations has drawn the field of conflict from physical space to the perceptual and algorithmic environment and has turned cognitive deterrence into a strategic necessity.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Riyadh, amid the Iran war, Yemeni pressure, and ambiguous Washington guarantees, has turned to flexible balancing in order to both preserve its security and increase its bargaining power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: London’s decision to provide military support to Saudi Arabia in the Yemen file, beyond a limited aerial mission, could confront Britain with broad legal, security, economic, and strategic consequences.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The acceleration of AI competition has shattered the boundaries of economic, military, intelligence, and cognitive power, turning this technology into a strategic component of national power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The three-day visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington and his meeting with Donald Trump on September 24 and 25, 2026, accompanied by a ceremonial welcome at Andrews Air Force Base, was more a diplomatic display for managing the level of tensions than an indication of a breakthrough achievement in relations between the two powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Developments in the South Caucasus and Central Asia indicate that transit competition has become an arena for a new staging of influence among Iran, Turkey, Russia, and China.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A senior energy expert considered the increase in gas extraction from the joint field with Iran to be in line with Qatar’s maximum exploitation of hydrocarbon resources and greater connection to international markets.
Strategic Council Online – Guest Opinion: Although some observers view the QUAD Security Dialogue as a fledgling military alliance focused solely on China’s growing regional influence and the rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific region, its four members, the United States, India, Australia, and Japan, have stated their goal to deepen economic, diplomatic, and military ties among the four countries.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: According to what the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia authorities officially announce these days, the two South Caucasus countries are taking the last steps to reach a peace treaty.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: A former Iranian diplomat said, “While Europe, especially France, is very willing to promote the European Union as a power independent from America and NATO, it should be seen to what extent the Europeans can get united and maintain their position and power with Trump’s return.”
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Saudi Arabia last Wednesday hosted the first meeting of a global alliance to push for a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. An expert on regional issues called the Saudi move an attempt to justify and compensate for the country’s weak position regarding the developments in Gaza.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: BRICS, within the framework of “positive” and not “negative” policies, without violating or opposing the principles and order-building components based on the United Nations Charter, is looking for new arrangements that govern political and economic paradigms, security, etc., has challenged America and the liberal system in today’s world.
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: Operation True Promise-2, whose targets included the safest places of the Zionist regime, caused a lot of damage, while the number of ballistic missiles fired, which is the largest number in one day in history, is unprecedented in the lifetime of the Zionist regime.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Ukraine’s attack on the Kursk region and seizing part of Russian territory is a turning point in the two-and-a-half-year war between Russia and Ukraine. In a full-scale psychological war, the United States and some European governments claimed that Iran was sending ballistic missiles to Russia. The claim aimed at putting pressure on Tehran and, in the meantime, justify arming Ukraine with long-range missiles from the United States and Europe. This is even though the Islamic Republic of Iran has clearly stated that it has not provided Russia with any missiles.
Strategic Council Online, Interview: An expert on international issues said: The type of portrayal of the West and the United States regarding the issue of Iran’s alleged sale and delivery of ballistic missiles to Russia is dangerous and should be prevented with active diplomacy.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A senior energy expert considered the increase in gas extraction from the joint field with Iran to be in line with Qatar’s maximum exploitation of hydrocarbon resources and greater connection to international markets.
Strategic Council Online – Guest Opinion: Although some observers view the QUAD Security Dialogue as a fledgling military alliance focused solely on China’s growing regional influence and the rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific region, its four members, the United States, India, Australia, and Japan, have stated their goal to deepen economic, diplomatic, and military ties among the four countries.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: According to what the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia authorities officially announce these days, the two South Caucasus countries are taking the last steps to reach a peace treaty.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: A former Iranian diplomat said, “While Europe, especially France, is very willing to promote the European Union as a power independent from America and NATO, it should be seen to what extent the Europeans can get united and maintain their position and power with Trump’s return.”
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Saudi Arabia last Wednesday hosted the first meeting of a global alliance to push for a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. An expert on regional issues called the Saudi move an attempt to justify and compensate for the country’s weak position regarding the developments in Gaza.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: BRICS, within the framework of “positive” and not “negative” policies, without violating or opposing the principles and order-building components based on the United Nations Charter, is looking for new arrangements that govern political and economic paradigms, security, etc., has challenged America and the liberal system in today’s world.
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: Operation True Promise-2, whose targets included the safest places of the Zionist regime, caused a lot of damage, while the number of ballistic missiles fired, which is the largest number in one day in history, is unprecedented in the lifetime of the Zionist regime.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Ukraine’s attack on the Kursk region and seizing part of Russian territory is a turning point in the two-and-a-half-year war between Russia and Ukraine. In a full-scale psychological war, the United States and some European governments claimed that Iran was sending ballistic missiles to Russia. The claim aimed at putting pressure on Tehran and, in the meantime, justify arming Ukraine with long-range missiles from the United States and Europe. This is even though the Islamic Republic of Iran has clearly stated that it has not provided Russia with any missiles.
Strategic Council Online, Interview: An expert on international issues said: The type of portrayal of the West and the United States regarding the issue of Iran’s alleged sale and delivery of ballistic missiles to Russia is dangerous and should be prevented with active diplomacy.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The withdrawal of American forces from Iraq has marked the end of Washington’s direct military presence in the country; however, America’s financial, political, and security levers can still affect and cause problems for the future of this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: After months of war and economic pressure, the situation between Iran and the United States has been placed between two conflicting logics; Washington insists on intensifying pressure to gain concessions, and Tehran does not accept negotiations under pressure.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The expansion of artificial intelligence and influence operations has drawn the field of conflict from physical space to the perceptual and algorithmic environment and has turned cognitive deterrence into a strategic necessity.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Riyadh, amid the Iran war, Yemeni pressure, and ambiguous Washington guarantees, has turned to flexible balancing in order to both preserve its security and increase its bargaining power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: London’s decision to provide military support to Saudi Arabia in the Yemen file, beyond a limited aerial mission, could confront Britain with broad legal, security, economic, and strategic consequences.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The acceleration of AI competition has shattered the boundaries of economic, military, intelligence, and cognitive power, turning this technology into a strategic component of national power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The three-day visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington and his meeting with Donald Trump on September 24 and 25, 2026, accompanied by a ceremonial welcome at Andrews Air Force Base, was more a diplomatic display for managing the level of tensions than an indication of a breakthrough achievement in relations between the two powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Developments in the South Caucasus and Central Asia indicate that transit competition has become an arena for a new staging of influence among Iran, Turkey, Russia, and China.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A senior energy expert considered the increase in gas extraction from the joint field with Iran to be in line with Qatar’s maximum exploitation of hydrocarbon resources and greater connection to international markets.
Strategic Council Online – Guest Opinion: Although some observers view the QUAD Security Dialogue as a fledgling military alliance focused solely on China’s growing regional influence and the rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific region, its four members, the United States, India, Australia, and Japan, have stated their goal to deepen economic, diplomatic, and military ties among the four countries.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: According to what the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia authorities officially announce these days, the two South Caucasus countries are taking the last steps to reach a peace treaty.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: A former Iranian diplomat said, “While Europe, especially France, is very willing to promote the European Union as a power independent from America and NATO, it should be seen to what extent the Europeans can get united and maintain their position and power with Trump’s return.”
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Saudi Arabia last Wednesday hosted the first meeting of a global alliance to push for a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. An expert on regional issues called the Saudi move an attempt to justify and compensate for the country’s weak position regarding the developments in Gaza.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: BRICS, within the framework of “positive” and not “negative” policies, without violating or opposing the principles and order-building components based on the United Nations Charter, is looking for new arrangements that govern political and economic paradigms, security, etc., has challenged America and the liberal system in today’s world.
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: Operation True Promise-2, whose targets included the safest places of the Zionist regime, caused a lot of damage, while the number of ballistic missiles fired, which is the largest number in one day in history, is unprecedented in the lifetime of the Zionist regime.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Ukraine’s attack on the Kursk region and seizing part of Russian territory is a turning point in the two-and-a-half-year war between Russia and Ukraine. In a full-scale psychological war, the United States and some European governments claimed that Iran was sending ballistic missiles to Russia. The claim aimed at putting pressure on Tehran and, in the meantime, justify arming Ukraine with long-range missiles from the United States and Europe. This is even though the Islamic Republic of Iran has clearly stated that it has not provided Russia with any missiles.
Strategic Council Online, Interview: An expert on international issues said: The type of portrayal of the West and the United States regarding the issue of Iran’s alleged sale and delivery of ballistic missiles to Russia is dangerous and should be prevented with active diplomacy.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The withdrawal of American forces from Iraq has marked the end of Washington’s direct military presence in the country; however, America’s financial, political, and security levers can still affect and cause problems for the future of this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: After months of war and economic pressure, the situation between Iran and the United States has been placed between two conflicting logics; Washington insists on intensifying pressure to gain concessions, and Tehran does not accept negotiations under pressure.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The expansion of artificial intelligence and influence operations has drawn the field of conflict from physical space to the perceptual and algorithmic environment and has turned cognitive deterrence into a strategic necessity.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Riyadh, amid the Iran war, Yemeni pressure, and ambiguous Washington guarantees, has turned to flexible balancing in order to both preserve its security and increase its bargaining power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: London’s decision to provide military support to Saudi Arabia in the Yemen file, beyond a limited aerial mission, could confront Britain with broad legal, security, economic, and strategic consequences.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The acceleration of AI competition has shattered the boundaries of economic, military, intelligence, and cognitive power, turning this technology into a strategic component of national power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The three-day visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington and his meeting with Donald Trump on September 24 and 25, 2026, accompanied by a ceremonial welcome at Andrews Air Force Base, was more a diplomatic display for managing the level of tensions than an indication of a breakthrough achievement in relations between the two powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Developments in the South Caucasus and Central Asia indicate that transit competition has become an arena for a new staging of influence among Iran, Turkey, Russia, and China.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A senior energy expert considered the increase in gas extraction from the joint field with Iran to be in line with Qatar’s maximum exploitation of hydrocarbon resources and greater connection to international markets.
Strategic Council Online – Guest Opinion: Although some observers view the QUAD Security Dialogue as a fledgling military alliance focused solely on China’s growing regional influence and the rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific region, its four members, the United States, India, Australia, and Japan, have stated their goal to deepen economic, diplomatic, and military ties among the four countries.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: According to what the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia authorities officially announce these days, the two South Caucasus countries are taking the last steps to reach a peace treaty.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: A former Iranian diplomat said, “While Europe, especially France, is very willing to promote the European Union as a power independent from America and NATO, it should be seen to what extent the Europeans can get united and maintain their position and power with Trump’s return.”
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Saudi Arabia last Wednesday hosted the first meeting of a global alliance to push for a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. An expert on regional issues called the Saudi move an attempt to justify and compensate for the country’s weak position regarding the developments in Gaza.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: BRICS, within the framework of “positive” and not “negative” policies, without violating or opposing the principles and order-building components based on the United Nations Charter, is looking for new arrangements that govern political and economic paradigms, security, etc., has challenged America and the liberal system in today’s world.
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: Operation True Promise-2, whose targets included the safest places of the Zionist regime, caused a lot of damage, while the number of ballistic missiles fired, which is the largest number in one day in history, is unprecedented in the lifetime of the Zionist regime.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Ukraine’s attack on the Kursk region and seizing part of Russian territory is a turning point in the two-and-a-half-year war between Russia and Ukraine. In a full-scale psychological war, the United States and some European governments claimed that Iran was sending ballistic missiles to Russia. The claim aimed at putting pressure on Tehran and, in the meantime, justify arming Ukraine with long-range missiles from the United States and Europe. This is even though the Islamic Republic of Iran has clearly stated that it has not provided Russia with any missiles.
Strategic Council Online, Interview: An expert on international issues said: The type of portrayal of the West and the United States regarding the issue of Iran’s alleged sale and delivery of ballistic missiles to Russia is dangerous and should be prevented with active diplomacy.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The withdrawal of American forces from Iraq has marked the end of Washington’s direct military presence in the country; however, America’s financial, political, and security levers can still affect and cause problems for the future of this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: After months of war and economic pressure, the situation between Iran and the United States has been placed between two conflicting logics; Washington insists on intensifying pressure to gain concessions, and Tehran does not accept negotiations under pressure.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The expansion of artificial intelligence and influence operations has drawn the field of conflict from physical space to the perceptual and algorithmic environment and has turned cognitive deterrence into a strategic necessity.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Riyadh, amid the Iran war, Yemeni pressure, and ambiguous Washington guarantees, has turned to flexible balancing in order to both preserve its security and increase its bargaining power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: London’s decision to provide military support to Saudi Arabia in the Yemen file, beyond a limited aerial mission, could confront Britain with broad legal, security, economic, and strategic consequences.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The acceleration of AI competition has shattered the boundaries of economic, military, intelligence, and cognitive power, turning this technology into a strategic component of national power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The three-day visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington and his meeting with Donald Trump on September 24 and 25, 2026, accompanied by a ceremonial welcome at Andrews Air Force Base, was more a diplomatic display for managing the level of tensions than an indication of a breakthrough achievement in relations between the two powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Developments in the South Caucasus and Central Asia indicate that transit competition has become an arena for a new staging of influence among Iran, Turkey, Russia, and China.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A senior energy expert considered the increase in gas extraction from the joint field with Iran to be in line with Qatar’s maximum exploitation of hydrocarbon resources and greater connection to international markets.
Strategic Council Online – Guest Opinion: Although some observers view the QUAD Security Dialogue as a fledgling military alliance focused solely on China’s growing regional influence and the rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific region, its four members, the United States, India, Australia, and Japan, have stated their goal to deepen economic, diplomatic, and military ties among the four countries.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: According to what the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia authorities officially announce these days, the two South Caucasus countries are taking the last steps to reach a peace treaty.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: A former Iranian diplomat said, “While Europe, especially France, is very willing to promote the European Union as a power independent from America and NATO, it should be seen to what extent the Europeans can get united and maintain their position and power with Trump’s return.”
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Saudi Arabia last Wednesday hosted the first meeting of a global alliance to push for a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. An expert on regional issues called the Saudi move an attempt to justify and compensate for the country’s weak position regarding the developments in Gaza.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: BRICS, within the framework of “positive” and not “negative” policies, without violating or opposing the principles and order-building components based on the United Nations Charter, is looking for new arrangements that govern political and economic paradigms, security, etc., has challenged America and the liberal system in today’s world.
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: Operation True Promise-2, whose targets included the safest places of the Zionist regime, caused a lot of damage, while the number of ballistic missiles fired, which is the largest number in one day in history, is unprecedented in the lifetime of the Zionist regime.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Ukraine’s attack on the Kursk region and seizing part of Russian territory is a turning point in the two-and-a-half-year war between Russia and Ukraine. In a full-scale psychological war, the United States and some European governments claimed that Iran was sending ballistic missiles to Russia. The claim aimed at putting pressure on Tehran and, in the meantime, justify arming Ukraine with long-range missiles from the United States and Europe. This is even though the Islamic Republic of Iran has clearly stated that it has not provided Russia with any missiles.
Strategic Council Online, Interview: An expert on international issues said: The type of portrayal of the West and the United States regarding the issue of Iran’s alleged sale and delivery of ballistic missiles to Russia is dangerous and should be prevented with active diplomacy.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The withdrawal of American forces from Iraq has marked the end of Washington’s direct military presence in the country; however, America’s financial, political, and security levers can still affect and cause problems for the future of this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: After months of war and economic pressure, the situation between Iran and the United States has been placed between two conflicting logics; Washington insists on intensifying pressure to gain concessions, and Tehran does not accept negotiations under pressure.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The expansion of artificial intelligence and influence operations has drawn the field of conflict from physical space to the perceptual and algorithmic environment and has turned cognitive deterrence into a strategic necessity.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Riyadh, amid the Iran war, Yemeni pressure, and ambiguous Washington guarantees, has turned to flexible balancing in order to both preserve its security and increase its bargaining power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: London’s decision to provide military support to Saudi Arabia in the Yemen file, beyond a limited aerial mission, could confront Britain with broad legal, security, economic, and strategic consequences.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The acceleration of AI competition has shattered the boundaries of economic, military, intelligence, and cognitive power, turning this technology into a strategic component of national power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The three-day visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington and his meeting with Donald Trump on September 24 and 25, 2026, accompanied by a ceremonial welcome at Andrews Air Force Base, was more a diplomatic display for managing the level of tensions than an indication of a breakthrough achievement in relations between the two powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Developments in the South Caucasus and Central Asia indicate that transit competition has become an arena for a new staging of influence among Iran, Turkey, Russia, and China.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A senior energy expert considered the increase in gas extraction from the joint field with Iran to be in line with Qatar’s maximum exploitation of hydrocarbon resources and greater connection to international markets.
Strategic Council Online – Guest Opinion: Although some observers view the QUAD Security Dialogue as a fledgling military alliance focused solely on China’s growing regional influence and the rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific region, its four members, the United States, India, Australia, and Japan, have stated their goal to deepen economic, diplomatic, and military ties among the four countries.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: According to what the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia authorities officially announce these days, the two South Caucasus countries are taking the last steps to reach a peace treaty.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: A former Iranian diplomat said, “While Europe, especially France, is very willing to promote the European Union as a power independent from America and NATO, it should be seen to what extent the Europeans can get united and maintain their position and power with Trump’s return.”
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Saudi Arabia last Wednesday hosted the first meeting of a global alliance to push for a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. An expert on regional issues called the Saudi move an attempt to justify and compensate for the country’s weak position regarding the developments in Gaza.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: BRICS, within the framework of “positive” and not “negative” policies, without violating or opposing the principles and order-building components based on the United Nations Charter, is looking for new arrangements that govern political and economic paradigms, security, etc., has challenged America and the liberal system in today’s world.
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: Operation True Promise-2, whose targets included the safest places of the Zionist regime, caused a lot of damage, while the number of ballistic missiles fired, which is the largest number in one day in history, is unprecedented in the lifetime of the Zionist regime.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Ukraine’s attack on the Kursk region and seizing part of Russian territory is a turning point in the two-and-a-half-year war between Russia and Ukraine. In a full-scale psychological war, the United States and some European governments claimed that Iran was sending ballistic missiles to Russia. The claim aimed at putting pressure on Tehran and, in the meantime, justify arming Ukraine with long-range missiles from the United States and Europe. This is even though the Islamic Republic of Iran has clearly stated that it has not provided Russia with any missiles.
Strategic Council Online, Interview: An expert on international issues said: The type of portrayal of the West and the United States regarding the issue of Iran’s alleged sale and delivery of ballistic missiles to Russia is dangerous and should be prevented with active diplomacy.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The withdrawal of American forces from Iraq has marked the end of Washington’s direct military presence in the country; however, America’s financial, political, and security levers can still affect and cause problems for the future of this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: After months of war and economic pressure, the situation between Iran and the United States has been placed between two conflicting logics; Washington insists on intensifying pressure to gain concessions, and Tehran does not accept negotiations under pressure.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The expansion of artificial intelligence and influence operations has drawn the field of conflict from physical space to the perceptual and algorithmic environment and has turned cognitive deterrence into a strategic necessity.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Riyadh, amid the Iran war, Yemeni pressure, and ambiguous Washington guarantees, has turned to flexible balancing in order to both preserve its security and increase its bargaining power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: London’s decision to provide military support to Saudi Arabia in the Yemen file, beyond a limited aerial mission, could confront Britain with broad legal, security, economic, and strategic consequences.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The acceleration of AI competition has shattered the boundaries of economic, military, intelligence, and cognitive power, turning this technology into a strategic component of national power.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The three-day visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington and his meeting with Donald Trump on September 24 and 25, 2026, accompanied by a ceremonial welcome at Andrews Air Force Base, was more a diplomatic display for managing the level of tensions than an indication of a breakthrough achievement in relations between the two powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Developments in the South Caucasus and Central Asia indicate that transit competition has become an arena for a new staging of influence among Iran, Turkey, Russia, and China.