SCFR Online – Opinion: Two contrasting narratives of Trump’s foreign policy – one “crisis as doctrine” and the other a “coherent doctrine” – present a complex picture of America’s attempt to redefine its role in the international system.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey under the motto “an attack on one is an attack on all,” is viewed by some analysts less as a full-fledged military coalition and more as an attempt to reduce security dependence on an external power and to establish a regional security mechanism.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US-Saudi nuclear agreement, despite legal and political ambiguities, could alter previous non-proliferation standards in West Asia and intensify nuclear competition, ushering it into a new phase.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Recent developments in Syria indicate an intensification of strategic rivalry between Turkey and the Israeli regime, but mutual considerations and the role of the United States have limited the likelihood of direct war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The future of the so-called Trump peace plan for Gaza, despite claims of an agreement on Hamas’s disarmament, remains shrouded in ambiguity due to structural deficiencies and opposition from key actors.
SCFR Online – Opinion: An examination of the mechanisms of the Israeli regime’s influence in the United States depicts a complex picture of shared interests, strategic dependencies, and the limitations of this relationship.
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.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Saudi affairs called Riyadh’s efforts to get closer and cooperate with BRICS as a continuation of the strategy of distancing itself from the US and the West and said: Riyadh does not like to give substantial free money to countries like Pakistan, Jordan, and Sudan, Egypt and other countries like in the past. The era of blank checks signed by Saudi Arabia is over for them, and in case there is going to help, it wants it to come back with a return on investment.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs says that China has increased its military and warfare power in the military and security fields rather than looking for alliances and coalitions. She added that: Establishment of a NATO mission in Japan creates the grounds for serious information and management cooperation in that region and conveys the message that NATO is closely monitoring regional trends and long-term plans for East Asia are being formed.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on the issues of the Indian subcontinent, while referring to the rule of the military in Myanmar in the past two years after a coup, said that “after the military coup in Myanmar and the army coming to power in this country, the conditions inside Myanmar have also undergone extensive changes and Myanmar faced differences compared to the past regionally and internationally.
Strategic Council Online-Interview: A researcher of international issues said about the latest confrontation between the West and China in Taiwan that” in recent years, significantly since the end of Donald Trump’s administration, the level of tension between the United States and China over the Taiwan issue has intensified, which has caused Western countries, led by the United States, to take measures to strengthen Taiwan and deter it against China.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Europe affairs considered the harsh positions of Britain against China in line with the old policy of using political levers for exerting pressure to obtain commercial and economic concessions and said: In the current situation, Britain is no longer able to influence power relations at the global level in the domestic and international arenas, and for this reason, it is trying to prevent further decline in its global position by maintaining its strategic alliance with the United States of America.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A faculty member of Allameh Tabataba’i University stated that in relations with Central Asia, China has considered a pragmatic policy centered on the economy and has put this economy in interaction with politics, and for this reason, concerning political and security issues has not been indifferent, adding: the agreements reached in the recent meeting of the heads of states of China and Central Asian countries, entails stabilization and intensification of Beijing’s presence and influence in that region, and as a result, an increase of Beijing’s playing capability in those countries.
Strategic Council Online – Guest Opinion: Normalization of Iran-Saudi relations with China’s mediation, which is an indication of Beijing’s more significant influence and role in new regional trends in the Middle East, increased speculations about the possibility of changes in the geostrategy of other powers.
Abbas Aslani – Expert on international relations
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of international affairs called the provision of various types of US military-armament aid to Taiwan one of the foundations of Washington’ towards that island and said: The Chinese have intelligently realized that the US measures must be accompanied by proportionate reactions to make them fully understand that Beijing will not sit idly by the expansion of US-Taiwan relations and the increasing dispatch of US weapons to Taiwan.
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: The confrontation between Americanization and the Chineseization of the world has created a new acting field. While the Chinese side’s efforts to reduce the international power of the dollar and increase the global acceptance of the yuan have an increasing trend, it is not possible to correctly analyze and scenarioize the possible futures of this confrontation and the new arena of acting by relying on emotional and exaggerated reactions, and of course far from scientific neutrality.
Reza Majidzadeh—Researcher of economics
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on Asian issues considered the tripartite meeting in Islamabad regarding Afghanistan as another Chinese initiative to establish peace and stability in the region by using economic tools, adding that this meeting arose from the security concerns of Pakistan and China concerning the realization of their political and economic interests in Afghanistan.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Two contrasting narratives of Trump’s foreign policy – one “crisis as doctrine” and the other a “coherent doctrine” – present a complex picture of America’s attempt to redefine its role in the international system.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey under the motto “an attack on one is an attack on all,” is viewed by some analysts less as a full-fledged military coalition and more as an attempt to reduce security dependence on an external power and to establish a regional security mechanism.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US-Saudi nuclear agreement, despite legal and political ambiguities, could alter previous non-proliferation standards in West Asia and intensify nuclear competition, ushering it into a new phase.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Recent developments in Syria indicate an intensification of strategic rivalry between Turkey and the Israeli regime, but mutual considerations and the role of the United States have limited the likelihood of direct war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The future of the so-called Trump peace plan for Gaza, despite claims of an agreement on Hamas’s disarmament, remains shrouded in ambiguity due to structural deficiencies and opposition from key actors.
SCFR Online – Opinion: An examination of the mechanisms of the Israeli regime’s influence in the United States depicts a complex picture of shared interests, strategic dependencies, and the limitations of this relationship.
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.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Saudi affairs called Riyadh’s efforts to get closer and cooperate with BRICS as a continuation of the strategy of distancing itself from the US and the West and said: Riyadh does not like to give substantial free money to countries like Pakistan, Jordan, and Sudan, Egypt and other countries like in the past. The era of blank checks signed by Saudi Arabia is over for them, and in case there is going to help, it wants it to come back with a return on investment.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs says that China has increased its military and warfare power in the military and security fields rather than looking for alliances and coalitions. She added that: Establishment of a NATO mission in Japan creates the grounds for serious information and management cooperation in that region and conveys the message that NATO is closely monitoring regional trends and long-term plans for East Asia are being formed.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on the issues of the Indian subcontinent, while referring to the rule of the military in Myanmar in the past two years after a coup, said that “after the military coup in Myanmar and the army coming to power in this country, the conditions inside Myanmar have also undergone extensive changes and Myanmar faced differences compared to the past regionally and internationally.
Strategic Council Online-Interview: A researcher of international issues said about the latest confrontation between the West and China in Taiwan that” in recent years, significantly since the end of Donald Trump’s administration, the level of tension between the United States and China over the Taiwan issue has intensified, which has caused Western countries, led by the United States, to take measures to strengthen Taiwan and deter it against China.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Europe affairs considered the harsh positions of Britain against China in line with the old policy of using political levers for exerting pressure to obtain commercial and economic concessions and said: In the current situation, Britain is no longer able to influence power relations at the global level in the domestic and international arenas, and for this reason, it is trying to prevent further decline in its global position by maintaining its strategic alliance with the United States of America.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A faculty member of Allameh Tabataba’i University stated that in relations with Central Asia, China has considered a pragmatic policy centered on the economy and has put this economy in interaction with politics, and for this reason, concerning political and security issues has not been indifferent, adding: the agreements reached in the recent meeting of the heads of states of China and Central Asian countries, entails stabilization and intensification of Beijing’s presence and influence in that region, and as a result, an increase of Beijing’s playing capability in those countries.
Strategic Council Online – Guest Opinion: Normalization of Iran-Saudi relations with China’s mediation, which is an indication of Beijing’s more significant influence and role in new regional trends in the Middle East, increased speculations about the possibility of changes in the geostrategy of other powers.
Abbas Aslani – Expert on international relations
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of international affairs called the provision of various types of US military-armament aid to Taiwan one of the foundations of Washington’ towards that island and said: The Chinese have intelligently realized that the US measures must be accompanied by proportionate reactions to make them fully understand that Beijing will not sit idly by the expansion of US-Taiwan relations and the increasing dispatch of US weapons to Taiwan.
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: The confrontation between Americanization and the Chineseization of the world has created a new acting field. While the Chinese side’s efforts to reduce the international power of the dollar and increase the global acceptance of the yuan have an increasing trend, it is not possible to correctly analyze and scenarioize the possible futures of this confrontation and the new arena of acting by relying on emotional and exaggerated reactions, and of course far from scientific neutrality.
Reza Majidzadeh—Researcher of economics
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on Asian issues considered the tripartite meeting in Islamabad regarding Afghanistan as another Chinese initiative to establish peace and stability in the region by using economic tools, adding that this meeting arose from the security concerns of Pakistan and China concerning the realization of their political and economic interests in Afghanistan.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Saudi affairs called Riyadh’s efforts to get closer and cooperate with BRICS as a continuation of the strategy of distancing itself from the US and the West and said: Riyadh does not like to give substantial free money to countries like Pakistan, Jordan, and Sudan, Egypt and other countries like in the past. The era of blank checks signed by Saudi Arabia is over for them, and in case there is going to help, it wants it to come back with a return on investment.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs says that China has increased its military and warfare power in the military and security fields rather than looking for alliances and coalitions. She added that: Establishment of a NATO mission in Japan creates the grounds for serious information and management cooperation in that region and conveys the message that NATO is closely monitoring regional trends and long-term plans for East Asia are being formed.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on the issues of the Indian subcontinent, while referring to the rule of the military in Myanmar in the past two years after a coup, said that “after the military coup in Myanmar and the army coming to power in this country, the conditions inside Myanmar have also undergone extensive changes and Myanmar faced differences compared to the past regionally and internationally.
Strategic Council Online-Interview: A researcher of international issues said about the latest confrontation between the West and China in Taiwan that” in recent years, significantly since the end of Donald Trump’s administration, the level of tension between the United States and China over the Taiwan issue has intensified, which has caused Western countries, led by the United States, to take measures to strengthen Taiwan and deter it against China.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Europe affairs considered the harsh positions of Britain against China in line with the old policy of using political levers for exerting pressure to obtain commercial and economic concessions and said: In the current situation, Britain is no longer able to influence power relations at the global level in the domestic and international arenas, and for this reason, it is trying to prevent further decline in its global position by maintaining its strategic alliance with the United States of America.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A faculty member of Allameh Tabataba’i University stated that in relations with Central Asia, China has considered a pragmatic policy centered on the economy and has put this economy in interaction with politics, and for this reason, concerning political and security issues has not been indifferent, adding: the agreements reached in the recent meeting of the heads of states of China and Central Asian countries, entails stabilization and intensification of Beijing’s presence and influence in that region, and as a result, an increase of Beijing’s playing capability in those countries.
Strategic Council Online – Guest Opinion: Normalization of Iran-Saudi relations with China’s mediation, which is an indication of Beijing’s more significant influence and role in new regional trends in the Middle East, increased speculations about the possibility of changes in the geostrategy of other powers.
Abbas Aslani – Expert on international relations
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of international affairs called the provision of various types of US military-armament aid to Taiwan one of the foundations of Washington’ towards that island and said: The Chinese have intelligently realized that the US measures must be accompanied by proportionate reactions to make them fully understand that Beijing will not sit idly by the expansion of US-Taiwan relations and the increasing dispatch of US weapons to Taiwan.
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: The confrontation between Americanization and the Chineseization of the world has created a new acting field. While the Chinese side’s efforts to reduce the international power of the dollar and increase the global acceptance of the yuan have an increasing trend, it is not possible to correctly analyze and scenarioize the possible futures of this confrontation and the new arena of acting by relying on emotional and exaggerated reactions, and of course far from scientific neutrality.
Reza Majidzadeh—Researcher of economics
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on Asian issues considered the tripartite meeting in Islamabad regarding Afghanistan as another Chinese initiative to establish peace and stability in the region by using economic tools, adding that this meeting arose from the security concerns of Pakistan and China concerning the realization of their political and economic interests in Afghanistan.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Two contrasting narratives of Trump’s foreign policy – one “crisis as doctrine” and the other a “coherent doctrine” – present a complex picture of America’s attempt to redefine its role in the international system.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey under the motto “an attack on one is an attack on all,” is viewed by some analysts less as a full-fledged military coalition and more as an attempt to reduce security dependence on an external power and to establish a regional security mechanism.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US-Saudi nuclear agreement, despite legal and political ambiguities, could alter previous non-proliferation standards in West Asia and intensify nuclear competition, ushering it into a new phase.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Recent developments in Syria indicate an intensification of strategic rivalry between Turkey and the Israeli regime, but mutual considerations and the role of the United States have limited the likelihood of direct war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The future of the so-called Trump peace plan for Gaza, despite claims of an agreement on Hamas’s disarmament, remains shrouded in ambiguity due to structural deficiencies and opposition from key actors.
SCFR Online – Opinion: An examination of the mechanisms of the Israeli regime’s influence in the United States depicts a complex picture of shared interests, strategic dependencies, and the limitations of this relationship.
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.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Saudi affairs called Riyadh’s efforts to get closer and cooperate with BRICS as a continuation of the strategy of distancing itself from the US and the West and said: Riyadh does not like to give substantial free money to countries like Pakistan, Jordan, and Sudan, Egypt and other countries like in the past. The era of blank checks signed by Saudi Arabia is over for them, and in case there is going to help, it wants it to come back with a return on investment.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs says that China has increased its military and warfare power in the military and security fields rather than looking for alliances and coalitions. She added that: Establishment of a NATO mission in Japan creates the grounds for serious information and management cooperation in that region and conveys the message that NATO is closely monitoring regional trends and long-term plans for East Asia are being formed.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on the issues of the Indian subcontinent, while referring to the rule of the military in Myanmar in the past two years after a coup, said that “after the military coup in Myanmar and the army coming to power in this country, the conditions inside Myanmar have also undergone extensive changes and Myanmar faced differences compared to the past regionally and internationally.
Strategic Council Online-Interview: A researcher of international issues said about the latest confrontation between the West and China in Taiwan that” in recent years, significantly since the end of Donald Trump’s administration, the level of tension between the United States and China over the Taiwan issue has intensified, which has caused Western countries, led by the United States, to take measures to strengthen Taiwan and deter it against China.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Europe affairs considered the harsh positions of Britain against China in line with the old policy of using political levers for exerting pressure to obtain commercial and economic concessions and said: In the current situation, Britain is no longer able to influence power relations at the global level in the domestic and international arenas, and for this reason, it is trying to prevent further decline in its global position by maintaining its strategic alliance with the United States of America.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A faculty member of Allameh Tabataba’i University stated that in relations with Central Asia, China has considered a pragmatic policy centered on the economy and has put this economy in interaction with politics, and for this reason, concerning political and security issues has not been indifferent, adding: the agreements reached in the recent meeting of the heads of states of China and Central Asian countries, entails stabilization and intensification of Beijing’s presence and influence in that region, and as a result, an increase of Beijing’s playing capability in those countries.
Strategic Council Online – Guest Opinion: Normalization of Iran-Saudi relations with China’s mediation, which is an indication of Beijing’s more significant influence and role in new regional trends in the Middle East, increased speculations about the possibility of changes in the geostrategy of other powers.
Abbas Aslani – Expert on international relations
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of international affairs called the provision of various types of US military-armament aid to Taiwan one of the foundations of Washington’ towards that island and said: The Chinese have intelligently realized that the US measures must be accompanied by proportionate reactions to make them fully understand that Beijing will not sit idly by the expansion of US-Taiwan relations and the increasing dispatch of US weapons to Taiwan.
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: The confrontation between Americanization and the Chineseization of the world has created a new acting field. While the Chinese side’s efforts to reduce the international power of the dollar and increase the global acceptance of the yuan have an increasing trend, it is not possible to correctly analyze and scenarioize the possible futures of this confrontation and the new arena of acting by relying on emotional and exaggerated reactions, and of course far from scientific neutrality.
Reza Majidzadeh—Researcher of economics
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on Asian issues considered the tripartite meeting in Islamabad regarding Afghanistan as another Chinese initiative to establish peace and stability in the region by using economic tools, adding that this meeting arose from the security concerns of Pakistan and China concerning the realization of their political and economic interests in Afghanistan.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Two contrasting narratives of Trump’s foreign policy – one “crisis as doctrine” and the other a “coherent doctrine” – present a complex picture of America’s attempt to redefine its role in the international system.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey under the motto “an attack on one is an attack on all,” is viewed by some analysts less as a full-fledged military coalition and more as an attempt to reduce security dependence on an external power and to establish a regional security mechanism.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US-Saudi nuclear agreement, despite legal and political ambiguities, could alter previous non-proliferation standards in West Asia and intensify nuclear competition, ushering it into a new phase.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Recent developments in Syria indicate an intensification of strategic rivalry between Turkey and the Israeli regime, but mutual considerations and the role of the United States have limited the likelihood of direct war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The future of the so-called Trump peace plan for Gaza, despite claims of an agreement on Hamas’s disarmament, remains shrouded in ambiguity due to structural deficiencies and opposition from key actors.
SCFR Online – Opinion: An examination of the mechanisms of the Israeli regime’s influence in the United States depicts a complex picture of shared interests, strategic dependencies, and the limitations of this relationship.
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.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Saudi affairs called Riyadh’s efforts to get closer and cooperate with BRICS as a continuation of the strategy of distancing itself from the US and the West and said: Riyadh does not like to give substantial free money to countries like Pakistan, Jordan, and Sudan, Egypt and other countries like in the past. The era of blank checks signed by Saudi Arabia is over for them, and in case there is going to help, it wants it to come back with a return on investment.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs says that China has increased its military and warfare power in the military and security fields rather than looking for alliances and coalitions. She added that: Establishment of a NATO mission in Japan creates the grounds for serious information and management cooperation in that region and conveys the message that NATO is closely monitoring regional trends and long-term plans for East Asia are being formed.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on the issues of the Indian subcontinent, while referring to the rule of the military in Myanmar in the past two years after a coup, said that “after the military coup in Myanmar and the army coming to power in this country, the conditions inside Myanmar have also undergone extensive changes and Myanmar faced differences compared to the past regionally and internationally.
Strategic Council Online-Interview: A researcher of international issues said about the latest confrontation between the West and China in Taiwan that” in recent years, significantly since the end of Donald Trump’s administration, the level of tension between the United States and China over the Taiwan issue has intensified, which has caused Western countries, led by the United States, to take measures to strengthen Taiwan and deter it against China.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Europe affairs considered the harsh positions of Britain against China in line with the old policy of using political levers for exerting pressure to obtain commercial and economic concessions and said: In the current situation, Britain is no longer able to influence power relations at the global level in the domestic and international arenas, and for this reason, it is trying to prevent further decline in its global position by maintaining its strategic alliance with the United States of America.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A faculty member of Allameh Tabataba’i University stated that in relations with Central Asia, China has considered a pragmatic policy centered on the economy and has put this economy in interaction with politics, and for this reason, concerning political and security issues has not been indifferent, adding: the agreements reached in the recent meeting of the heads of states of China and Central Asian countries, entails stabilization and intensification of Beijing’s presence and influence in that region, and as a result, an increase of Beijing’s playing capability in those countries.
Strategic Council Online – Guest Opinion: Normalization of Iran-Saudi relations with China’s mediation, which is an indication of Beijing’s more significant influence and role in new regional trends in the Middle East, increased speculations about the possibility of changes in the geostrategy of other powers.
Abbas Aslani – Expert on international relations
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of international affairs called the provision of various types of US military-armament aid to Taiwan one of the foundations of Washington’ towards that island and said: The Chinese have intelligently realized that the US measures must be accompanied by proportionate reactions to make them fully understand that Beijing will not sit idly by the expansion of US-Taiwan relations and the increasing dispatch of US weapons to Taiwan.
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: The confrontation between Americanization and the Chineseization of the world has created a new acting field. While the Chinese side’s efforts to reduce the international power of the dollar and increase the global acceptance of the yuan have an increasing trend, it is not possible to correctly analyze and scenarioize the possible futures of this confrontation and the new arena of acting by relying on emotional and exaggerated reactions, and of course far from scientific neutrality.
Reza Majidzadeh—Researcher of economics
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on Asian issues considered the tripartite meeting in Islamabad regarding Afghanistan as another Chinese initiative to establish peace and stability in the region by using economic tools, adding that this meeting arose from the security concerns of Pakistan and China concerning the realization of their political and economic interests in Afghanistan.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Two contrasting narratives of Trump’s foreign policy – one “crisis as doctrine” and the other a “coherent doctrine” – present a complex picture of America’s attempt to redefine its role in the international system.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey under the motto “an attack on one is an attack on all,” is viewed by some analysts less as a full-fledged military coalition and more as an attempt to reduce security dependence on an external power and to establish a regional security mechanism.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US-Saudi nuclear agreement, despite legal and political ambiguities, could alter previous non-proliferation standards in West Asia and intensify nuclear competition, ushering it into a new phase.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Recent developments in Syria indicate an intensification of strategic rivalry between Turkey and the Israeli regime, but mutual considerations and the role of the United States have limited the likelihood of direct war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The future of the so-called Trump peace plan for Gaza, despite claims of an agreement on Hamas’s disarmament, remains shrouded in ambiguity due to structural deficiencies and opposition from key actors.
SCFR Online – Opinion: An examination of the mechanisms of the Israeli regime’s influence in the United States depicts a complex picture of shared interests, strategic dependencies, and the limitations of this relationship.
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.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Saudi affairs called Riyadh’s efforts to get closer and cooperate with BRICS as a continuation of the strategy of distancing itself from the US and the West and said: Riyadh does not like to give substantial free money to countries like Pakistan, Jordan, and Sudan, Egypt and other countries like in the past. The era of blank checks signed by Saudi Arabia is over for them, and in case there is going to help, it wants it to come back with a return on investment.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs says that China has increased its military and warfare power in the military and security fields rather than looking for alliances and coalitions. She added that: Establishment of a NATO mission in Japan creates the grounds for serious information and management cooperation in that region and conveys the message that NATO is closely monitoring regional trends and long-term plans for East Asia are being formed.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on the issues of the Indian subcontinent, while referring to the rule of the military in Myanmar in the past two years after a coup, said that “after the military coup in Myanmar and the army coming to power in this country, the conditions inside Myanmar have also undergone extensive changes and Myanmar faced differences compared to the past regionally and internationally.
Strategic Council Online-Interview: A researcher of international issues said about the latest confrontation between the West and China in Taiwan that” in recent years, significantly since the end of Donald Trump’s administration, the level of tension between the United States and China over the Taiwan issue has intensified, which has caused Western countries, led by the United States, to take measures to strengthen Taiwan and deter it against China.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Europe affairs considered the harsh positions of Britain against China in line with the old policy of using political levers for exerting pressure to obtain commercial and economic concessions and said: In the current situation, Britain is no longer able to influence power relations at the global level in the domestic and international arenas, and for this reason, it is trying to prevent further decline in its global position by maintaining its strategic alliance with the United States of America.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A faculty member of Allameh Tabataba’i University stated that in relations with Central Asia, China has considered a pragmatic policy centered on the economy and has put this economy in interaction with politics, and for this reason, concerning political and security issues has not been indifferent, adding: the agreements reached in the recent meeting of the heads of states of China and Central Asian countries, entails stabilization and intensification of Beijing’s presence and influence in that region, and as a result, an increase of Beijing’s playing capability in those countries.
Strategic Council Online – Guest Opinion: Normalization of Iran-Saudi relations with China’s mediation, which is an indication of Beijing’s more significant influence and role in new regional trends in the Middle East, increased speculations about the possibility of changes in the geostrategy of other powers.
Abbas Aslani – Expert on international relations
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of international affairs called the provision of various types of US military-armament aid to Taiwan one of the foundations of Washington’ towards that island and said: The Chinese have intelligently realized that the US measures must be accompanied by proportionate reactions to make them fully understand that Beijing will not sit idly by the expansion of US-Taiwan relations and the increasing dispatch of US weapons to Taiwan.
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: The confrontation between Americanization and the Chineseization of the world has created a new acting field. While the Chinese side’s efforts to reduce the international power of the dollar and increase the global acceptance of the yuan have an increasing trend, it is not possible to correctly analyze and scenarioize the possible futures of this confrontation and the new arena of acting by relying on emotional and exaggerated reactions, and of course far from scientific neutrality.
Reza Majidzadeh—Researcher of economics
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on Asian issues considered the tripartite meeting in Islamabad regarding Afghanistan as another Chinese initiative to establish peace and stability in the region by using economic tools, adding that this meeting arose from the security concerns of Pakistan and China concerning the realization of their political and economic interests in Afghanistan.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Two contrasting narratives of Trump’s foreign policy – one “crisis as doctrine” and the other a “coherent doctrine” – present a complex picture of America’s attempt to redefine its role in the international system.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey under the motto “an attack on one is an attack on all,” is viewed by some analysts less as a full-fledged military coalition and more as an attempt to reduce security dependence on an external power and to establish a regional security mechanism.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US-Saudi nuclear agreement, despite legal and political ambiguities, could alter previous non-proliferation standards in West Asia and intensify nuclear competition, ushering it into a new phase.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Recent developments in Syria indicate an intensification of strategic rivalry between Turkey and the Israeli regime, but mutual considerations and the role of the United States have limited the likelihood of direct war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The future of the so-called Trump peace plan for Gaza, despite claims of an agreement on Hamas’s disarmament, remains shrouded in ambiguity due to structural deficiencies and opposition from key actors.
SCFR Online – Opinion: An examination of the mechanisms of the Israeli regime’s influence in the United States depicts a complex picture of shared interests, strategic dependencies, and the limitations of this relationship.
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.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Saudi affairs called Riyadh’s efforts to get closer and cooperate with BRICS as a continuation of the strategy of distancing itself from the US and the West and said: Riyadh does not like to give substantial free money to countries like Pakistan, Jordan, and Sudan, Egypt and other countries like in the past. The era of blank checks signed by Saudi Arabia is over for them, and in case there is going to help, it wants it to come back with a return on investment.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs says that China has increased its military and warfare power in the military and security fields rather than looking for alliances and coalitions. She added that: Establishment of a NATO mission in Japan creates the grounds for serious information and management cooperation in that region and conveys the message that NATO is closely monitoring regional trends and long-term plans for East Asia are being formed.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on the issues of the Indian subcontinent, while referring to the rule of the military in Myanmar in the past two years after a coup, said that “after the military coup in Myanmar and the army coming to power in this country, the conditions inside Myanmar have also undergone extensive changes and Myanmar faced differences compared to the past regionally and internationally.
Strategic Council Online-Interview: A researcher of international issues said about the latest confrontation between the West and China in Taiwan that” in recent years, significantly since the end of Donald Trump’s administration, the level of tension between the United States and China over the Taiwan issue has intensified, which has caused Western countries, led by the United States, to take measures to strengthen Taiwan and deter it against China.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Europe affairs considered the harsh positions of Britain against China in line with the old policy of using political levers for exerting pressure to obtain commercial and economic concessions and said: In the current situation, Britain is no longer able to influence power relations at the global level in the domestic and international arenas, and for this reason, it is trying to prevent further decline in its global position by maintaining its strategic alliance with the United States of America.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A faculty member of Allameh Tabataba’i University stated that in relations with Central Asia, China has considered a pragmatic policy centered on the economy and has put this economy in interaction with politics, and for this reason, concerning political and security issues has not been indifferent, adding: the agreements reached in the recent meeting of the heads of states of China and Central Asian countries, entails stabilization and intensification of Beijing’s presence and influence in that region, and as a result, an increase of Beijing’s playing capability in those countries.
Strategic Council Online – Guest Opinion: Normalization of Iran-Saudi relations with China’s mediation, which is an indication of Beijing’s more significant influence and role in new regional trends in the Middle East, increased speculations about the possibility of changes in the geostrategy of other powers.
Abbas Aslani – Expert on international relations
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of international affairs called the provision of various types of US military-armament aid to Taiwan one of the foundations of Washington’ towards that island and said: The Chinese have intelligently realized that the US measures must be accompanied by proportionate reactions to make them fully understand that Beijing will not sit idly by the expansion of US-Taiwan relations and the increasing dispatch of US weapons to Taiwan.
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: The confrontation between Americanization and the Chineseization of the world has created a new acting field. While the Chinese side’s efforts to reduce the international power of the dollar and increase the global acceptance of the yuan have an increasing trend, it is not possible to correctly analyze and scenarioize the possible futures of this confrontation and the new arena of acting by relying on emotional and exaggerated reactions, and of course far from scientific neutrality.
Reza Majidzadeh—Researcher of economics
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on Asian issues considered the tripartite meeting in Islamabad regarding Afghanistan as another Chinese initiative to establish peace and stability in the region by using economic tools, adding that this meeting arose from the security concerns of Pakistan and China concerning the realization of their political and economic interests in Afghanistan.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Two contrasting narratives of Trump’s foreign policy – one “crisis as doctrine” and the other a “coherent doctrine” – present a complex picture of America’s attempt to redefine its role in the international system.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey under the motto “an attack on one is an attack on all,” is viewed by some analysts less as a full-fledged military coalition and more as an attempt to reduce security dependence on an external power and to establish a regional security mechanism.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The new US-Saudi nuclear agreement, despite legal and political ambiguities, could alter previous non-proliferation standards in West Asia and intensify nuclear competition, ushering it into a new phase.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Recent developments in Syria indicate an intensification of strategic rivalry between Turkey and the Israeli regime, but mutual considerations and the role of the United States have limited the likelihood of direct war.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The future of the so-called Trump peace plan for Gaza, despite claims of an agreement on Hamas’s disarmament, remains shrouded in ambiguity due to structural deficiencies and opposition from key actors.
SCFR Online – Opinion: An examination of the mechanisms of the Israeli regime’s influence in the United States depicts a complex picture of shared interests, strategic dependencies, and the limitations of this relationship.
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.