Strategic Council Online – Note: Middle powers such as India, Turkey, Australia, and some Persian Gulf countries are no longer marginal actors, but are redefining global power equations through balancing diplomacy.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The United States’ 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS 2025) is not merely a revision of Washington’s foreign policy, but an official declaration redefining its interests, sphere of influence, and the framework of international relations. This change could shake the foundations of the post-Cold War order and place Europe and NATO in a difficult position.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on Russian affairs said, “The Russian President’s talk of a “new world order” means that the Russians are disappointed in the achievement of a world order based on “multilateralism.” Therefore, they will pursue their desired order with the support of many other countries.
Strategic Council Online—Interview: An international affairs expert stated that the Chinese used Blinken’s trip to Beijing as an opportunity to announce their positions and warn the US, adding that the frank, demanding, and critical tone of the Chinese officials in the meetings with the US Secretary of State were evident. The party that insisted on making this trip was the US, and the Chinese basically did not want to do it.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Russian affairs says the Chinese statement lacked a specific proposal to exchange concessions between the two parties involved in the Ukraine war and open a passage for peace and only demanded to start negotiations. He added: During the Ukraine war, China, by buying cheap energy from Russia and increasing its energy reserves, has not only become an energy exporter for the first time but also gained more bargaining power against other energy exporters to China.