SCFR Online – Opinion: Following military failure, Trump has announced the implementation of sanctions and old economic pressures under the new label of “unprecedented economic operation” against Iran; however, Tehran can neutralize this blockade through four specific strategies.
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?
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs emphasized that the interventionist meeting in Paris about Lebanon could not reach a conclusion due to the many contradictions in the point of view of members participating in the meeting, adding: Transregional countries are unable to solve the political crisis in Lebanon, but they refuse to admit it.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An international affairs expert stated that London’s move in sending advanced combat tanks to Ukraine is considered a turning point in the field of Western arms aid to Ukraine, adding that for the US and UK, the continuation of the war in Ukraine and turning it into a war of attrition, considering the weakening of power and influence of Russia and the convergence of Europe with the strategies of these two countries, provide many opportunities.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs saying that the West is seeking to supply more arms to Ukraine in order to ensure its stronger position at the negotiation table with Russia to end the war.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: French President Emmanuel Macron for some time has been thinking about improving Europe’s position and role in NATO and reducing the US influence. But the political and security equations of Europe show against the wishes of the French president.
Morteza Makki – Expert on Europe affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Almost a year has passed since the outbreak of war in Ukraine. At the beginning of the Russian military attack, a few people thought that Ukraine would be able to stand against the powerful Russian army.
Hossein Sayyahi – Researcher on international politics
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: The war in Ukraine is going against the goals, interests and perspectives of the foreign policy of the United States, NATO and European allies. In the past ten months, the Americans have taken several actions in the form of military-intelligence assistance, political, diplomatic and international movements, economic sanctions, etc., with “tactical goals” based on defeating, weakening or grounding Russia, but they have not achieved desirable and real results in this field.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional issues
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on European issues emphasized that what the Europeans put forward regarding the warnings concerning the end of weapons and expressing hope for the end of the war in Ukraine and the start of negotiations, is analyzed in the framework of their demands, but they do not have the ability to achieve this demand and in terms of military power are also heavily dependent on America.
Strategic Council Online-Interview: “Even if European countries put the issue of sanctions on Russia’s oil on the agenda seriously, they do not seem to be able to put it into practice such sanctions,” said a professor of political economy.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Europe affairs, believes that Emmanuel Macron has not had a successful economic record in the past five years, noting that if he can lead Europe to an independent defense-security arrangement, he will use it in the election campaign; but despite Europe’s numerous challenges, the EU does not seem to be able to easily achieve its security goals on the basis of an independent defense policy.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A member of Scientific Board affiliated to the Research Center for Strategic Studies mentioned the lack of pragmatic political will as the most important impediment for realization of the EU Strategic Compass and said:” EU is facing a number of challenges in the process of the realization of the strategy that make its realization doubtful in mid-term and add it to the list of inapplicable aspirations of the Union”.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Following military failure, Trump has announced the implementation of sanctions and old economic pressures under the new label of “unprecedented economic operation” against Iran; however, Tehran can neutralize this blockade through four specific strategies.
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?
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs emphasized that the interventionist meeting in Paris about Lebanon could not reach a conclusion due to the many contradictions in the point of view of members participating in the meeting, adding: Transregional countries are unable to solve the political crisis in Lebanon, but they refuse to admit it.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An international affairs expert stated that London’s move in sending advanced combat tanks to Ukraine is considered a turning point in the field of Western arms aid to Ukraine, adding that for the US and UK, the continuation of the war in Ukraine and turning it into a war of attrition, considering the weakening of power and influence of Russia and the convergence of Europe with the strategies of these two countries, provide many opportunities.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs saying that the West is seeking to supply more arms to Ukraine in order to ensure its stronger position at the negotiation table with Russia to end the war.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: French President Emmanuel Macron for some time has been thinking about improving Europe’s position and role in NATO and reducing the US influence. But the political and security equations of Europe show against the wishes of the French president.
Morteza Makki – Expert on Europe affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Almost a year has passed since the outbreak of war in Ukraine. At the beginning of the Russian military attack, a few people thought that Ukraine would be able to stand against the powerful Russian army.
Hossein Sayyahi – Researcher on international politics
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: The war in Ukraine is going against the goals, interests and perspectives of the foreign policy of the United States, NATO and European allies. In the past ten months, the Americans have taken several actions in the form of military-intelligence assistance, political, diplomatic and international movements, economic sanctions, etc., with “tactical goals” based on defeating, weakening or grounding Russia, but they have not achieved desirable and real results in this field.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional issues
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on European issues emphasized that what the Europeans put forward regarding the warnings concerning the end of weapons and expressing hope for the end of the war in Ukraine and the start of negotiations, is analyzed in the framework of their demands, but they do not have the ability to achieve this demand and in terms of military power are also heavily dependent on America.
Strategic Council Online-Interview: “Even if European countries put the issue of sanctions on Russia’s oil on the agenda seriously, they do not seem to be able to put it into practice such sanctions,” said a professor of political economy.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Europe affairs, believes that Emmanuel Macron has not had a successful economic record in the past five years, noting that if he can lead Europe to an independent defense-security arrangement, he will use it in the election campaign; but despite Europe’s numerous challenges, the EU does not seem to be able to easily achieve its security goals on the basis of an independent defense policy.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A member of Scientific Board affiliated to the Research Center for Strategic Studies mentioned the lack of pragmatic political will as the most important impediment for realization of the EU Strategic Compass and said:” EU is facing a number of challenges in the process of the realization of the strategy that make its realization doubtful in mid-term and add it to the list of inapplicable aspirations of the Union”.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs emphasized that the interventionist meeting in Paris about Lebanon could not reach a conclusion due to the many contradictions in the point of view of members participating in the meeting, adding: Transregional countries are unable to solve the political crisis in Lebanon, but they refuse to admit it.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An international affairs expert stated that London’s move in sending advanced combat tanks to Ukraine is considered a turning point in the field of Western arms aid to Ukraine, adding that for the US and UK, the continuation of the war in Ukraine and turning it into a war of attrition, considering the weakening of power and influence of Russia and the convergence of Europe with the strategies of these two countries, provide many opportunities.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs saying that the West is seeking to supply more arms to Ukraine in order to ensure its stronger position at the negotiation table with Russia to end the war.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: French President Emmanuel Macron for some time has been thinking about improving Europe’s position and role in NATO and reducing the US influence. But the political and security equations of Europe show against the wishes of the French president.
Morteza Makki – Expert on Europe affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Almost a year has passed since the outbreak of war in Ukraine. At the beginning of the Russian military attack, a few people thought that Ukraine would be able to stand against the powerful Russian army.
Hossein Sayyahi – Researcher on international politics
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: The war in Ukraine is going against the goals, interests and perspectives of the foreign policy of the United States, NATO and European allies. In the past ten months, the Americans have taken several actions in the form of military-intelligence assistance, political, diplomatic and international movements, economic sanctions, etc., with “tactical goals” based on defeating, weakening or grounding Russia, but they have not achieved desirable and real results in this field.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional issues
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on European issues emphasized that what the Europeans put forward regarding the warnings concerning the end of weapons and expressing hope for the end of the war in Ukraine and the start of negotiations, is analyzed in the framework of their demands, but they do not have the ability to achieve this demand and in terms of military power are also heavily dependent on America.
Strategic Council Online-Interview: “Even if European countries put the issue of sanctions on Russia’s oil on the agenda seriously, they do not seem to be able to put it into practice such sanctions,” said a professor of political economy.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Europe affairs, believes that Emmanuel Macron has not had a successful economic record in the past five years, noting that if he can lead Europe to an independent defense-security arrangement, he will use it in the election campaign; but despite Europe’s numerous challenges, the EU does not seem to be able to easily achieve its security goals on the basis of an independent defense policy.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A member of Scientific Board affiliated to the Research Center for Strategic Studies mentioned the lack of pragmatic political will as the most important impediment for realization of the EU Strategic Compass and said:” EU is facing a number of challenges in the process of the realization of the strategy that make its realization doubtful in mid-term and add it to the list of inapplicable aspirations of the Union”.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Following military failure, Trump has announced the implementation of sanctions and old economic pressures under the new label of “unprecedented economic operation” against Iran; however, Tehran can neutralize this blockade through four specific strategies.
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?
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs emphasized that the interventionist meeting in Paris about Lebanon could not reach a conclusion due to the many contradictions in the point of view of members participating in the meeting, adding: Transregional countries are unable to solve the political crisis in Lebanon, but they refuse to admit it.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An international affairs expert stated that London’s move in sending advanced combat tanks to Ukraine is considered a turning point in the field of Western arms aid to Ukraine, adding that for the US and UK, the continuation of the war in Ukraine and turning it into a war of attrition, considering the weakening of power and influence of Russia and the convergence of Europe with the strategies of these two countries, provide many opportunities.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs saying that the West is seeking to supply more arms to Ukraine in order to ensure its stronger position at the negotiation table with Russia to end the war.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: French President Emmanuel Macron for some time has been thinking about improving Europe’s position and role in NATO and reducing the US influence. But the political and security equations of Europe show against the wishes of the French president.
Morteza Makki – Expert on Europe affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Almost a year has passed since the outbreak of war in Ukraine. At the beginning of the Russian military attack, a few people thought that Ukraine would be able to stand against the powerful Russian army.
Hossein Sayyahi – Researcher on international politics
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: The war in Ukraine is going against the goals, interests and perspectives of the foreign policy of the United States, NATO and European allies. In the past ten months, the Americans have taken several actions in the form of military-intelligence assistance, political, diplomatic and international movements, economic sanctions, etc., with “tactical goals” based on defeating, weakening or grounding Russia, but they have not achieved desirable and real results in this field.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional issues
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on European issues emphasized that what the Europeans put forward regarding the warnings concerning the end of weapons and expressing hope for the end of the war in Ukraine and the start of negotiations, is analyzed in the framework of their demands, but they do not have the ability to achieve this demand and in terms of military power are also heavily dependent on America.
Strategic Council Online-Interview: “Even if European countries put the issue of sanctions on Russia’s oil on the agenda seriously, they do not seem to be able to put it into practice such sanctions,” said a professor of political economy.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Europe affairs, believes that Emmanuel Macron has not had a successful economic record in the past five years, noting that if he can lead Europe to an independent defense-security arrangement, he will use it in the election campaign; but despite Europe’s numerous challenges, the EU does not seem to be able to easily achieve its security goals on the basis of an independent defense policy.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A member of Scientific Board affiliated to the Research Center for Strategic Studies mentioned the lack of pragmatic political will as the most important impediment for realization of the EU Strategic Compass and said:” EU is facing a number of challenges in the process of the realization of the strategy that make its realization doubtful in mid-term and add it to the list of inapplicable aspirations of the Union”.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Following military failure, Trump has announced the implementation of sanctions and old economic pressures under the new label of “unprecedented economic operation” against Iran; however, Tehran can neutralize this blockade through four specific strategies.
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?
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs emphasized that the interventionist meeting in Paris about Lebanon could not reach a conclusion due to the many contradictions in the point of view of members participating in the meeting, adding: Transregional countries are unable to solve the political crisis in Lebanon, but they refuse to admit it.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An international affairs expert stated that London’s move in sending advanced combat tanks to Ukraine is considered a turning point in the field of Western arms aid to Ukraine, adding that for the US and UK, the continuation of the war in Ukraine and turning it into a war of attrition, considering the weakening of power and influence of Russia and the convergence of Europe with the strategies of these two countries, provide many opportunities.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs saying that the West is seeking to supply more arms to Ukraine in order to ensure its stronger position at the negotiation table with Russia to end the war.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: French President Emmanuel Macron for some time has been thinking about improving Europe’s position and role in NATO and reducing the US influence. But the political and security equations of Europe show against the wishes of the French president.
Morteza Makki – Expert on Europe affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Almost a year has passed since the outbreak of war in Ukraine. At the beginning of the Russian military attack, a few people thought that Ukraine would be able to stand against the powerful Russian army.
Hossein Sayyahi – Researcher on international politics
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: The war in Ukraine is going against the goals, interests and perspectives of the foreign policy of the United States, NATO and European allies. In the past ten months, the Americans have taken several actions in the form of military-intelligence assistance, political, diplomatic and international movements, economic sanctions, etc., with “tactical goals” based on defeating, weakening or grounding Russia, but they have not achieved desirable and real results in this field.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional issues
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on European issues emphasized that what the Europeans put forward regarding the warnings concerning the end of weapons and expressing hope for the end of the war in Ukraine and the start of negotiations, is analyzed in the framework of their demands, but they do not have the ability to achieve this demand and in terms of military power are also heavily dependent on America.
Strategic Council Online-Interview: “Even if European countries put the issue of sanctions on Russia’s oil on the agenda seriously, they do not seem to be able to put it into practice such sanctions,” said a professor of political economy.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Europe affairs, believes that Emmanuel Macron has not had a successful economic record in the past five years, noting that if he can lead Europe to an independent defense-security arrangement, he will use it in the election campaign; but despite Europe’s numerous challenges, the EU does not seem to be able to easily achieve its security goals on the basis of an independent defense policy.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A member of Scientific Board affiliated to the Research Center for Strategic Studies mentioned the lack of pragmatic political will as the most important impediment for realization of the EU Strategic Compass and said:” EU is facing a number of challenges in the process of the realization of the strategy that make its realization doubtful in mid-term and add it to the list of inapplicable aspirations of the Union”.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Following military failure, Trump has announced the implementation of sanctions and old economic pressures under the new label of “unprecedented economic operation” against Iran; however, Tehran can neutralize this blockade through four specific strategies.
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?
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs emphasized that the interventionist meeting in Paris about Lebanon could not reach a conclusion due to the many contradictions in the point of view of members participating in the meeting, adding: Transregional countries are unable to solve the political crisis in Lebanon, but they refuse to admit it.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An international affairs expert stated that London’s move in sending advanced combat tanks to Ukraine is considered a turning point in the field of Western arms aid to Ukraine, adding that for the US and UK, the continuation of the war in Ukraine and turning it into a war of attrition, considering the weakening of power and influence of Russia and the convergence of Europe with the strategies of these two countries, provide many opportunities.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs saying that the West is seeking to supply more arms to Ukraine in order to ensure its stronger position at the negotiation table with Russia to end the war.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: French President Emmanuel Macron for some time has been thinking about improving Europe’s position and role in NATO and reducing the US influence. But the political and security equations of Europe show against the wishes of the French president.
Morteza Makki – Expert on Europe affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Almost a year has passed since the outbreak of war in Ukraine. At the beginning of the Russian military attack, a few people thought that Ukraine would be able to stand against the powerful Russian army.
Hossein Sayyahi – Researcher on international politics
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: The war in Ukraine is going against the goals, interests and perspectives of the foreign policy of the United States, NATO and European allies. In the past ten months, the Americans have taken several actions in the form of military-intelligence assistance, political, diplomatic and international movements, economic sanctions, etc., with “tactical goals” based on defeating, weakening or grounding Russia, but they have not achieved desirable and real results in this field.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional issues
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on European issues emphasized that what the Europeans put forward regarding the warnings concerning the end of weapons and expressing hope for the end of the war in Ukraine and the start of negotiations, is analyzed in the framework of their demands, but they do not have the ability to achieve this demand and in terms of military power are also heavily dependent on America.
Strategic Council Online-Interview: “Even if European countries put the issue of sanctions on Russia’s oil on the agenda seriously, they do not seem to be able to put it into practice such sanctions,” said a professor of political economy.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Europe affairs, believes that Emmanuel Macron has not had a successful economic record in the past five years, noting that if he can lead Europe to an independent defense-security arrangement, he will use it in the election campaign; but despite Europe’s numerous challenges, the EU does not seem to be able to easily achieve its security goals on the basis of an independent defense policy.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A member of Scientific Board affiliated to the Research Center for Strategic Studies mentioned the lack of pragmatic political will as the most important impediment for realization of the EU Strategic Compass and said:” EU is facing a number of challenges in the process of the realization of the strategy that make its realization doubtful in mid-term and add it to the list of inapplicable aspirations of the Union”.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Following military failure, Trump has announced the implementation of sanctions and old economic pressures under the new label of “unprecedented economic operation” against Iran; however, Tehran can neutralize this blockade through four specific strategies.
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?
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs emphasized that the interventionist meeting in Paris about Lebanon could not reach a conclusion due to the many contradictions in the point of view of members participating in the meeting, adding: Transregional countries are unable to solve the political crisis in Lebanon, but they refuse to admit it.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An international affairs expert stated that London’s move in sending advanced combat tanks to Ukraine is considered a turning point in the field of Western arms aid to Ukraine, adding that for the US and UK, the continuation of the war in Ukraine and turning it into a war of attrition, considering the weakening of power and influence of Russia and the convergence of Europe with the strategies of these two countries, provide many opportunities.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on international affairs saying that the West is seeking to supply more arms to Ukraine in order to ensure its stronger position at the negotiation table with Russia to end the war.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: French President Emmanuel Macron for some time has been thinking about improving Europe’s position and role in NATO and reducing the US influence. But the political and security equations of Europe show against the wishes of the French president.
Morteza Makki – Expert on Europe affairs
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Almost a year has passed since the outbreak of war in Ukraine. At the beginning of the Russian military attack, a few people thought that Ukraine would be able to stand against the powerful Russian army.
Hossein Sayyahi – Researcher on international politics
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: The war in Ukraine is going against the goals, interests and perspectives of the foreign policy of the United States, NATO and European allies. In the past ten months, the Americans have taken several actions in the form of military-intelligence assistance, political, diplomatic and international movements, economic sanctions, etc., with “tactical goals” based on defeating, weakening or grounding Russia, but they have not achieved desirable and real results in this field.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional issues
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on European issues emphasized that what the Europeans put forward regarding the warnings concerning the end of weapons and expressing hope for the end of the war in Ukraine and the start of negotiations, is analyzed in the framework of their demands, but they do not have the ability to achieve this demand and in terms of military power are also heavily dependent on America.
Strategic Council Online-Interview: “Even if European countries put the issue of sanctions on Russia’s oil on the agenda seriously, they do not seem to be able to put it into practice such sanctions,” said a professor of political economy.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of Europe affairs, believes that Emmanuel Macron has not had a successful economic record in the past five years, noting that if he can lead Europe to an independent defense-security arrangement, he will use it in the election campaign; but despite Europe’s numerous challenges, the EU does not seem to be able to easily achieve its security goals on the basis of an independent defense policy.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A member of Scientific Board affiliated to the Research Center for Strategic Studies mentioned the lack of pragmatic political will as the most important impediment for realization of the EU Strategic Compass and said:” EU is facing a number of challenges in the process of the realization of the strategy that make its realization doubtful in mid-term and add it to the list of inapplicable aspirations of the Union”.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Following military failure, Trump has announced the implementation of sanctions and old economic pressures under the new label of “unprecedented economic operation” against Iran; however, Tehran can neutralize this blockade through four specific strategies.
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?