Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The four-point proposal announced by Xi Jinping, President of China, can be described as a new strategic framework for “peace and stability in West Asia and the Persian Gulf.”
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Despite the rivalries and the negative, hostile relations between the United States and Iran over the past nearly five decades, the past year was the most tense period in relations between the two countries.
Strategic Council Online: Before the illegitimate attack by the Israeli and American regimes on our country’s nuclear and military centers, Iran’s diplomatic apparatus had adopted an active and multilateral regional policy. This policy aimed to gain and maintain the trust and cooperation of important and influential regional countries, including Saudi Arabia, by keeping them informed about the progress and process of nuclear negotiations with the United States. This policy has proven to be effective. Unlike in previous instances when it was highly likely that these countries would remain silent or even cooperate with attacks on our nuclear facilities, we recently observed a unanimous condemnation of the Israeli regime’s attack on our nation by the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The second round of the Iran-Saudi-China trilateral meeting, hosted by Riyadh, signals the development of relations in an atmosphere of increasing regional and international tensions and uncertainties. The meeting also confirmed China’s role beyond facilitating the revived relations between Tehran and Riyadh and related to China’s political economy perspective in the Middle East, which has significant implications for the Beijing-Washington macro-rivalry.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Russian affairs stated that despite some challenges and uncertainties, the relationship between Moscow and Beijing has somehow insured the Russian economy; at the same time, she said that the West has a long-term plan to weaken Russia through sanctions.