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.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The upcoming Palestinian elections, after nearly two decades of hiatus, could affect the arrangement of political forces, the legitimacy of institutions, and the future path of Palestinian governance.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The direct war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran, disruption of nuclear inspections, and intensification of great power competition have taken the non-proliferation crisis beyond the issue of Iran’s nuclear program.
SCFR Online – Opinion: In the Iran–U.S. equation, China pursues a cautious balance between its energy and transit interests with Tehran and considerations related to sanctions and competition with Washington.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The simultaneity of pressure on the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb has turned the geography of energy and shipping into a new arena for the emergence of new risks, costs, and leverage.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: A geological studies expert stated: While global competition over rare minerals has intensified, Iran can, by relying on regional cooperation from Chabahar to Central Asia, achieve a strategic position in the global rare minerals supply chain.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A senior health-sector analyst stated that for Iran to become the regional pharmaceutical hub, it must shift the playing field in its favor. Iran’s strategy should be built on three pillars: speed, leveraging indigenous intelligence, and positive strategic dependence, to transform from a commodity seller into the architect and guarantor of regional health security.
Strategic Council Online– Opinion: One of the most significant impacts of the competition between China and the U.S. on Iran, which is considered an advantage, is that the issue of new technologies has shifted from a monopoly to a bipolar monopoly.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: An analyst of subcontinent affairs stated: Chabahar has become the focal point of the intersection of India and America’s competition and cooperation; a place where diplomacy, economy, and geopolitics intertwine.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: An international affairs expert said, “By utilizing multilateral capacities and regional diplomacy, Iran is trying to establish geopolitical balance against the water policies of its neighbors while safeguarding its historical water rights.”
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An Egyptian affairs expert stated that Cairo has recently established a direct role in mediating the reduction of regional tensions, as well as in reducing or managing tensions between Iran and the West and with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An East Asia affairs expert said, “By dominating the extraction and processing chain of rare minerals, Beijing has turned its industrial advantage into a geopolitical tool to redefine the balance of power in the global economy and technology.”
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An economic affairs expert said, “Chabahar is Iran’s only port in the Indian Ocean that can create a new geostrategic balance in the region and solidify Iran’s position as a central player in the regional economy.”
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: 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.
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.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The upcoming Palestinian elections, after nearly two decades of hiatus, could affect the arrangement of political forces, the legitimacy of institutions, and the future path of Palestinian governance.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The direct war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran, disruption of nuclear inspections, and intensification of great power competition have taken the non-proliferation crisis beyond the issue of Iran’s nuclear program.
SCFR Online – Opinion: In the Iran–U.S. equation, China pursues a cautious balance between its energy and transit interests with Tehran and considerations related to sanctions and competition with Washington.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The simultaneity of pressure on the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb has turned the geography of energy and shipping into a new arena for the emergence of new risks, costs, and leverage.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: A geological studies expert stated: While global competition over rare minerals has intensified, Iran can, by relying on regional cooperation from Chabahar to Central Asia, achieve a strategic position in the global rare minerals supply chain.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A senior health-sector analyst stated that for Iran to become the regional pharmaceutical hub, it must shift the playing field in its favor. Iran’s strategy should be built on three pillars: speed, leveraging indigenous intelligence, and positive strategic dependence, to transform from a commodity seller into the architect and guarantor of regional health security.
Strategic Council Online– Opinion: One of the most significant impacts of the competition between China and the U.S. on Iran, which is considered an advantage, is that the issue of new technologies has shifted from a monopoly to a bipolar monopoly.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: An analyst of subcontinent affairs stated: Chabahar has become the focal point of the intersection of India and America’s competition and cooperation; a place where diplomacy, economy, and geopolitics intertwine.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: An international affairs expert said, “By utilizing multilateral capacities and regional diplomacy, Iran is trying to establish geopolitical balance against the water policies of its neighbors while safeguarding its historical water rights.”
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An Egyptian affairs expert stated that Cairo has recently established a direct role in mediating the reduction of regional tensions, as well as in reducing or managing tensions between Iran and the West and with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An East Asia affairs expert said, “By dominating the extraction and processing chain of rare minerals, Beijing has turned its industrial advantage into a geopolitical tool to redefine the balance of power in the global economy and technology.”
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An economic affairs expert said, “Chabahar is Iran’s only port in the Indian Ocean that can create a new geostrategic balance in the region and solidify Iran’s position as a central player in the regional economy.”
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: 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: A geological studies expert stated: While global competition over rare minerals has intensified, Iran can, by relying on regional cooperation from Chabahar to Central Asia, achieve a strategic position in the global rare minerals supply chain.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A senior health-sector analyst stated that for Iran to become the regional pharmaceutical hub, it must shift the playing field in its favor. Iran’s strategy should be built on three pillars: speed, leveraging indigenous intelligence, and positive strategic dependence, to transform from a commodity seller into the architect and guarantor of regional health security.
Strategic Council Online– Opinion: One of the most significant impacts of the competition between China and the U.S. on Iran, which is considered an advantage, is that the issue of new technologies has shifted from a monopoly to a bipolar monopoly.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: An analyst of subcontinent affairs stated: Chabahar has become the focal point of the intersection of India and America’s competition and cooperation; a place where diplomacy, economy, and geopolitics intertwine.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: An international affairs expert said, “By utilizing multilateral capacities and regional diplomacy, Iran is trying to establish geopolitical balance against the water policies of its neighbors while safeguarding its historical water rights.”
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An Egyptian affairs expert stated that Cairo has recently established a direct role in mediating the reduction of regional tensions, as well as in reducing or managing tensions between Iran and the West and with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An East Asia affairs expert said, “By dominating the extraction and processing chain of rare minerals, Beijing has turned its industrial advantage into a geopolitical tool to redefine the balance of power in the global economy and technology.”
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An economic affairs expert said, “Chabahar is Iran’s only port in the Indian Ocean that can create a new geostrategic balance in the region and solidify Iran’s position as a central player in the regional economy.”
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: 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.
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.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The upcoming Palestinian elections, after nearly two decades of hiatus, could affect the arrangement of political forces, the legitimacy of institutions, and the future path of Palestinian governance.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The direct war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran, disruption of nuclear inspections, and intensification of great power competition have taken the non-proliferation crisis beyond the issue of Iran’s nuclear program.
SCFR Online – Opinion: In the Iran–U.S. equation, China pursues a cautious balance between its energy and transit interests with Tehran and considerations related to sanctions and competition with Washington.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The simultaneity of pressure on the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb has turned the geography of energy and shipping into a new arena for the emergence of new risks, costs, and leverage.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: A geological studies expert stated: While global competition over rare minerals has intensified, Iran can, by relying on regional cooperation from Chabahar to Central Asia, achieve a strategic position in the global rare minerals supply chain.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A senior health-sector analyst stated that for Iran to become the regional pharmaceutical hub, it must shift the playing field in its favor. Iran’s strategy should be built on three pillars: speed, leveraging indigenous intelligence, and positive strategic dependence, to transform from a commodity seller into the architect and guarantor of regional health security.
Strategic Council Online– Opinion: One of the most significant impacts of the competition between China and the U.S. on Iran, which is considered an advantage, is that the issue of new technologies has shifted from a monopoly to a bipolar monopoly.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: An analyst of subcontinent affairs stated: Chabahar has become the focal point of the intersection of India and America’s competition and cooperation; a place where diplomacy, economy, and geopolitics intertwine.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: An international affairs expert said, “By utilizing multilateral capacities and regional diplomacy, Iran is trying to establish geopolitical balance against the water policies of its neighbors while safeguarding its historical water rights.”
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An Egyptian affairs expert stated that Cairo has recently established a direct role in mediating the reduction of regional tensions, as well as in reducing or managing tensions between Iran and the West and with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An East Asia affairs expert said, “By dominating the extraction and processing chain of rare minerals, Beijing has turned its industrial advantage into a geopolitical tool to redefine the balance of power in the global economy and technology.”
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An economic affairs expert said, “Chabahar is Iran’s only port in the Indian Ocean that can create a new geostrategic balance in the region and solidify Iran’s position as a central player in the regional economy.”
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: 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.
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.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The upcoming Palestinian elections, after nearly two decades of hiatus, could affect the arrangement of political forces, the legitimacy of institutions, and the future path of Palestinian governance.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The direct war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran, disruption of nuclear inspections, and intensification of great power competition have taken the non-proliferation crisis beyond the issue of Iran’s nuclear program.
SCFR Online – Opinion: In the Iran–U.S. equation, China pursues a cautious balance between its energy and transit interests with Tehran and considerations related to sanctions and competition with Washington.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The simultaneity of pressure on the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb has turned the geography of energy and shipping into a new arena for the emergence of new risks, costs, and leverage.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: A geological studies expert stated: While global competition over rare minerals has intensified, Iran can, by relying on regional cooperation from Chabahar to Central Asia, achieve a strategic position in the global rare minerals supply chain.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A senior health-sector analyst stated that for Iran to become the regional pharmaceutical hub, it must shift the playing field in its favor. Iran’s strategy should be built on three pillars: speed, leveraging indigenous intelligence, and positive strategic dependence, to transform from a commodity seller into the architect and guarantor of regional health security.
Strategic Council Online– Opinion: One of the most significant impacts of the competition between China and the U.S. on Iran, which is considered an advantage, is that the issue of new technologies has shifted from a monopoly to a bipolar monopoly.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: An analyst of subcontinent affairs stated: Chabahar has become the focal point of the intersection of India and America’s competition and cooperation; a place where diplomacy, economy, and geopolitics intertwine.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: An international affairs expert said, “By utilizing multilateral capacities and regional diplomacy, Iran is trying to establish geopolitical balance against the water policies of its neighbors while safeguarding its historical water rights.”
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An Egyptian affairs expert stated that Cairo has recently established a direct role in mediating the reduction of regional tensions, as well as in reducing or managing tensions between Iran and the West and with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An East Asia affairs expert said, “By dominating the extraction and processing chain of rare minerals, Beijing has turned its industrial advantage into a geopolitical tool to redefine the balance of power in the global economy and technology.”
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An economic affairs expert said, “Chabahar is Iran’s only port in the Indian Ocean that can create a new geostrategic balance in the region and solidify Iran’s position as a central player in the regional economy.”
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: 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.
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.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The upcoming Palestinian elections, after nearly two decades of hiatus, could affect the arrangement of political forces, the legitimacy of institutions, and the future path of Palestinian governance.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The direct war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran, disruption of nuclear inspections, and intensification of great power competition have taken the non-proliferation crisis beyond the issue of Iran’s nuclear program.
SCFR Online – Opinion: In the Iran–U.S. equation, China pursues a cautious balance between its energy and transit interests with Tehran and considerations related to sanctions and competition with Washington.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The simultaneity of pressure on the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb has turned the geography of energy and shipping into a new arena for the emergence of new risks, costs, and leverage.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: A geological studies expert stated: While global competition over rare minerals has intensified, Iran can, by relying on regional cooperation from Chabahar to Central Asia, achieve a strategic position in the global rare minerals supply chain.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A senior health-sector analyst stated that for Iran to become the regional pharmaceutical hub, it must shift the playing field in its favor. Iran’s strategy should be built on three pillars: speed, leveraging indigenous intelligence, and positive strategic dependence, to transform from a commodity seller into the architect and guarantor of regional health security.
Strategic Council Online– Opinion: One of the most significant impacts of the competition between China and the U.S. on Iran, which is considered an advantage, is that the issue of new technologies has shifted from a monopoly to a bipolar monopoly.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: An analyst of subcontinent affairs stated: Chabahar has become the focal point of the intersection of India and America’s competition and cooperation; a place where diplomacy, economy, and geopolitics intertwine.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: An international affairs expert said, “By utilizing multilateral capacities and regional diplomacy, Iran is trying to establish geopolitical balance against the water policies of its neighbors while safeguarding its historical water rights.”
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An Egyptian affairs expert stated that Cairo has recently established a direct role in mediating the reduction of regional tensions, as well as in reducing or managing tensions between Iran and the West and with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An East Asia affairs expert said, “By dominating the extraction and processing chain of rare minerals, Beijing has turned its industrial advantage into a geopolitical tool to redefine the balance of power in the global economy and technology.”
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An economic affairs expert said, “Chabahar is Iran’s only port in the Indian Ocean that can create a new geostrategic balance in the region and solidify Iran’s position as a central player in the regional economy.”
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: 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.
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.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The upcoming Palestinian elections, after nearly two decades of hiatus, could affect the arrangement of political forces, the legitimacy of institutions, and the future path of Palestinian governance.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The direct war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran, disruption of nuclear inspections, and intensification of great power competition have taken the non-proliferation crisis beyond the issue of Iran’s nuclear program.
SCFR Online – Opinion: In the Iran–U.S. equation, China pursues a cautious balance between its energy and transit interests with Tehran and considerations related to sanctions and competition with Washington.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The simultaneity of pressure on the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb has turned the geography of energy and shipping into a new arena for the emergence of new risks, costs, and leverage.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: A geological studies expert stated: While global competition over rare minerals has intensified, Iran can, by relying on regional cooperation from Chabahar to Central Asia, achieve a strategic position in the global rare minerals supply chain.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A senior health-sector analyst stated that for Iran to become the regional pharmaceutical hub, it must shift the playing field in its favor. Iran’s strategy should be built on three pillars: speed, leveraging indigenous intelligence, and positive strategic dependence, to transform from a commodity seller into the architect and guarantor of regional health security.
Strategic Council Online– Opinion: One of the most significant impacts of the competition between China and the U.S. on Iran, which is considered an advantage, is that the issue of new technologies has shifted from a monopoly to a bipolar monopoly.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: An analyst of subcontinent affairs stated: Chabahar has become the focal point of the intersection of India and America’s competition and cooperation; a place where diplomacy, economy, and geopolitics intertwine.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: An international affairs expert said, “By utilizing multilateral capacities and regional diplomacy, Iran is trying to establish geopolitical balance against the water policies of its neighbors while safeguarding its historical water rights.”
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An Egyptian affairs expert stated that Cairo has recently established a direct role in mediating the reduction of regional tensions, as well as in reducing or managing tensions between Iran and the West and with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An East Asia affairs expert said, “By dominating the extraction and processing chain of rare minerals, Beijing has turned its industrial advantage into a geopolitical tool to redefine the balance of power in the global economy and technology.”
Online Strategic Council – Interview: An economic affairs expert said, “Chabahar is Iran’s only port in the Indian Ocean that can create a new geostrategic balance in the region and solidify Iran’s position as a central player in the regional economy.”
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: 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.
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.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The upcoming Palestinian elections, after nearly two decades of hiatus, could affect the arrangement of political forces, the legitimacy of institutions, and the future path of Palestinian governance.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The direct war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran, disruption of nuclear inspections, and intensification of great power competition have taken the non-proliferation crisis beyond the issue of Iran’s nuclear program.
SCFR Online – Opinion: In the Iran–U.S. equation, China pursues a cautious balance between its energy and transit interests with Tehran and considerations related to sanctions and competition with Washington.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The simultaneity of pressure on the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb has turned the geography of energy and shipping into a new arena for the emergence of new risks, costs, and leverage.