An Analysis of the Makkah Defense Pact
SCFR Online – Opinion: On Friday, August 7, the heads of state of three countries – Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan – signed a text under the title “Makkah Joint Defense Agreement.”
SCFR Online – Opinion: On Friday, August 7, the heads of state of three countries – Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan – signed a text under the title “Makkah Joint Defense Agreement.”
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A Latin American affairs expert believes that, although the United States of America is trying to impose “new colonialism” on the Latin American region, a new form of resistance, protest, and nationwide uprisings will likely emerge.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The new U.S. National Security Strategy document, which emphasizes the slogan “America First,” indicates that Washington has moved away from many previous patterns and shifted its focus from external interventions to the preservation of domestic security and the preservation of the Western Hemisphere. This document redefines threats, priorities, and America’s global role.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: A Latin American affairs analyst stated that with the return of the “maximum pressure” policy in Trump’s second administration, Washington’s anti-Iran model is being replicated this time in Latin America against Venezuela, a country that has now become a symbol of resistance against the U.S.-centric order.
Online Strategic Council – Dialogue: A Latin American affairs expert stated that the United States has recently announced it is engaged in an “armed war” with drug cartels in Latin America, and its forces have targeted several boats belonging to Venezuela and Colombia. The President of Colombia has condemned this action and even said that Donald Trump should be prosecuted. In light of these actions, Trump is moving further away each week from his commitment that “no new wars” would be started during his second term.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A senior Latin American affairs analyst stated that the Trump administration’s view of South America is fundamentally defined by ideological pessimism and hostility towards socialist systems. Just as the United States pursued a policy of regime change in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Chile over the past decades, it is following the same approach in Venezuela.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The visit of the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran to three Latin American countries is considered one of the “very important” foreign policy events.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on international affairs
Strategic Council Online-Interview: A university professor stated that Peru has now become a symbol of the conflict between rightism and leftism in the Latin American region and this conflict is showing itself strongly, adding that “what is happening in Peru is related to the fate of the new wave of leftism that has re-emerged in the region and politicians do not allow a socialist character to come to power in this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: On Friday, August 7, the heads of state of three countries – Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan – signed a text under the title “Makkah Joint Defense Agreement.”
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A Latin American affairs expert believes that, although the United States of America is trying to impose “new colonialism” on the Latin American region, a new form of resistance, protest, and nationwide uprisings will likely emerge.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The new U.S. National Security Strategy document, which emphasizes the slogan “America First,” indicates that Washington has moved away from many previous patterns and shifted its focus from external interventions to the preservation of domestic security and the preservation of the Western Hemisphere. This document redefines threats, priorities, and America’s global role.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: A Latin American affairs analyst stated that with the return of the “maximum pressure” policy in Trump’s second administration, Washington’s anti-Iran model is being replicated this time in Latin America against Venezuela, a country that has now become a symbol of resistance against the U.S.-centric order.
Online Strategic Council – Dialogue: A Latin American affairs expert stated that the United States has recently announced it is engaged in an “armed war” with drug cartels in Latin America, and its forces have targeted several boats belonging to Venezuela and Colombia. The President of Colombia has condemned this action and even said that Donald Trump should be prosecuted. In light of these actions, Trump is moving further away each week from his commitment that “no new wars” would be started during his second term.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A senior Latin American affairs analyst stated that the Trump administration’s view of South America is fundamentally defined by ideological pessimism and hostility towards socialist systems. Just as the United States pursued a policy of regime change in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Chile over the past decades, it is following the same approach in Venezuela.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The visit of the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran to three Latin American countries is considered one of the “very important” foreign policy events.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on international affairs
Strategic Council Online-Interview: A university professor stated that Peru has now become a symbol of the conflict between rightism and leftism in the Latin American region and this conflict is showing itself strongly, adding that “what is happening in Peru is related to the fate of the new wave of leftism that has re-emerged in the region and politicians do not allow a socialist character to come to power in this country.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A Latin American affairs expert believes that, although the United States of America is trying to impose “new colonialism” on the Latin American region, a new form of resistance, protest, and nationwide uprisings will likely emerge.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The new U.S. National Security Strategy document, which emphasizes the slogan “America First,” indicates that Washington has moved away from many previous patterns and shifted its focus from external interventions to the preservation of domestic security and the preservation of the Western Hemisphere. This document redefines threats, priorities, and America’s global role.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: A Latin American affairs analyst stated that with the return of the “maximum pressure” policy in Trump’s second administration, Washington’s anti-Iran model is being replicated this time in Latin America against Venezuela, a country that has now become a symbol of resistance against the U.S.-centric order.
Online Strategic Council – Dialogue: A Latin American affairs expert stated that the United States has recently announced it is engaged in an “armed war” with drug cartels in Latin America, and its forces have targeted several boats belonging to Venezuela and Colombia. The President of Colombia has condemned this action and even said that Donald Trump should be prosecuted. In light of these actions, Trump is moving further away each week from his commitment that “no new wars” would be started during his second term.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A senior Latin American affairs analyst stated that the Trump administration’s view of South America is fundamentally defined by ideological pessimism and hostility towards socialist systems. Just as the United States pursued a policy of regime change in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Chile over the past decades, it is following the same approach in Venezuela.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The visit of the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran to three Latin American countries is considered one of the “very important” foreign policy events.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on international affairs
Strategic Council Online-Interview: A university professor stated that Peru has now become a symbol of the conflict between rightism and leftism in the Latin American region and this conflict is showing itself strongly, adding that “what is happening in Peru is related to the fate of the new wave of leftism that has re-emerged in the region and politicians do not allow a socialist character to come to power in this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: On Friday, August 7, the heads of state of three countries – Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan – signed a text under the title “Makkah Joint Defense Agreement.”
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A Latin American affairs expert believes that, although the United States of America is trying to impose “new colonialism” on the Latin American region, a new form of resistance, protest, and nationwide uprisings will likely emerge.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The new U.S. National Security Strategy document, which emphasizes the slogan “America First,” indicates that Washington has moved away from many previous patterns and shifted its focus from external interventions to the preservation of domestic security and the preservation of the Western Hemisphere. This document redefines threats, priorities, and America’s global role.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: A Latin American affairs analyst stated that with the return of the “maximum pressure” policy in Trump’s second administration, Washington’s anti-Iran model is being replicated this time in Latin America against Venezuela, a country that has now become a symbol of resistance against the U.S.-centric order.
Online Strategic Council – Dialogue: A Latin American affairs expert stated that the United States has recently announced it is engaged in an “armed war” with drug cartels in Latin America, and its forces have targeted several boats belonging to Venezuela and Colombia. The President of Colombia has condemned this action and even said that Donald Trump should be prosecuted. In light of these actions, Trump is moving further away each week from his commitment that “no new wars” would be started during his second term.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A senior Latin American affairs analyst stated that the Trump administration’s view of South America is fundamentally defined by ideological pessimism and hostility towards socialist systems. Just as the United States pursued a policy of regime change in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Chile over the past decades, it is following the same approach in Venezuela.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The visit of the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran to three Latin American countries is considered one of the “very important” foreign policy events.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on international affairs
Strategic Council Online-Interview: A university professor stated that Peru has now become a symbol of the conflict between rightism and leftism in the Latin American region and this conflict is showing itself strongly, adding that “what is happening in Peru is related to the fate of the new wave of leftism that has re-emerged in the region and politicians do not allow a socialist character to come to power in this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: On Friday, August 7, the heads of state of three countries – Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan – signed a text under the title “Makkah Joint Defense Agreement.”
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A Latin American affairs expert believes that, although the United States of America is trying to impose “new colonialism” on the Latin American region, a new form of resistance, protest, and nationwide uprisings will likely emerge.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The new U.S. National Security Strategy document, which emphasizes the slogan “America First,” indicates that Washington has moved away from many previous patterns and shifted its focus from external interventions to the preservation of domestic security and the preservation of the Western Hemisphere. This document redefines threats, priorities, and America’s global role.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: A Latin American affairs analyst stated that with the return of the “maximum pressure” policy in Trump’s second administration, Washington’s anti-Iran model is being replicated this time in Latin America against Venezuela, a country that has now become a symbol of resistance against the U.S.-centric order.
Online Strategic Council – Dialogue: A Latin American affairs expert stated that the United States has recently announced it is engaged in an “armed war” with drug cartels in Latin America, and its forces have targeted several boats belonging to Venezuela and Colombia. The President of Colombia has condemned this action and even said that Donald Trump should be prosecuted. In light of these actions, Trump is moving further away each week from his commitment that “no new wars” would be started during his second term.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A senior Latin American affairs analyst stated that the Trump administration’s view of South America is fundamentally defined by ideological pessimism and hostility towards socialist systems. Just as the United States pursued a policy of regime change in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Chile over the past decades, it is following the same approach in Venezuela.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The visit of the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran to three Latin American countries is considered one of the “very important” foreign policy events.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on international affairs
Strategic Council Online-Interview: A university professor stated that Peru has now become a symbol of the conflict between rightism and leftism in the Latin American region and this conflict is showing itself strongly, adding that “what is happening in Peru is related to the fate of the new wave of leftism that has re-emerged in the region and politicians do not allow a socialist character to come to power in this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: On Friday, August 7, the heads of state of three countries – Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan – signed a text under the title “Makkah Joint Defense Agreement.”
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A Latin American affairs expert believes that, although the United States of America is trying to impose “new colonialism” on the Latin American region, a new form of resistance, protest, and nationwide uprisings will likely emerge.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The new U.S. National Security Strategy document, which emphasizes the slogan “America First,” indicates that Washington has moved away from many previous patterns and shifted its focus from external interventions to the preservation of domestic security and the preservation of the Western Hemisphere. This document redefines threats, priorities, and America’s global role.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: A Latin American affairs analyst stated that with the return of the “maximum pressure” policy in Trump’s second administration, Washington’s anti-Iran model is being replicated this time in Latin America against Venezuela, a country that has now become a symbol of resistance against the U.S.-centric order.
Online Strategic Council – Dialogue: A Latin American affairs expert stated that the United States has recently announced it is engaged in an “armed war” with drug cartels in Latin America, and its forces have targeted several boats belonging to Venezuela and Colombia. The President of Colombia has condemned this action and even said that Donald Trump should be prosecuted. In light of these actions, Trump is moving further away each week from his commitment that “no new wars” would be started during his second term.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A senior Latin American affairs analyst stated that the Trump administration’s view of South America is fundamentally defined by ideological pessimism and hostility towards socialist systems. Just as the United States pursued a policy of regime change in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Chile over the past decades, it is following the same approach in Venezuela.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The visit of the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran to three Latin American countries is considered one of the “very important” foreign policy events.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on international affairs
Strategic Council Online-Interview: A university professor stated that Peru has now become a symbol of the conflict between rightism and leftism in the Latin American region and this conflict is showing itself strongly, adding that “what is happening in Peru is related to the fate of the new wave of leftism that has re-emerged in the region and politicians do not allow a socialist character to come to power in this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: On Friday, August 7, the heads of state of three countries – Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan – signed a text under the title “Makkah Joint Defense Agreement.”
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A Latin American affairs expert believes that, although the United States of America is trying to impose “new colonialism” on the Latin American region, a new form of resistance, protest, and nationwide uprisings will likely emerge.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The new U.S. National Security Strategy document, which emphasizes the slogan “America First,” indicates that Washington has moved away from many previous patterns and shifted its focus from external interventions to the preservation of domestic security and the preservation of the Western Hemisphere. This document redefines threats, priorities, and America’s global role.
Strategic Council Online- Interview: A Latin American affairs analyst stated that with the return of the “maximum pressure” policy in Trump’s second administration, Washington’s anti-Iran model is being replicated this time in Latin America against Venezuela, a country that has now become a symbol of resistance against the U.S.-centric order.
Online Strategic Council – Dialogue: A Latin American affairs expert stated that the United States has recently announced it is engaged in an “armed war” with drug cartels in Latin America, and its forces have targeted several boats belonging to Venezuela and Colombia. The President of Colombia has condemned this action and even said that Donald Trump should be prosecuted. In light of these actions, Trump is moving further away each week from his commitment that “no new wars” would be started during his second term.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A senior Latin American affairs analyst stated that the Trump administration’s view of South America is fundamentally defined by ideological pessimism and hostility towards socialist systems. Just as the United States pursued a policy of regime change in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Chile over the past decades, it is following the same approach in Venezuela.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The visit of the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran to three Latin American countries is considered one of the “very important” foreign policy events.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on international affairs
Strategic Council Online-Interview: A university professor stated that Peru has now become a symbol of the conflict between rightism and leftism in the Latin American region and this conflict is showing itself strongly, adding that “what is happening in Peru is related to the fate of the new wave of leftism that has re-emerged in the region and politicians do not allow a socialist character to come to power in this country.
SCFR Online – Opinion: On Friday, August 7, the heads of state of three countries – Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan – signed a text under the title “Makkah Joint Defense Agreement.”
Strategic Council Online – Note: The initiative to revive the Hejaz Railway, beyond being a transportation project, constitutes an attempt to redefine geopolitics, the economy, and Turkey’s regional position; however, its realization appears to face significant financial, security, and institutional challenges.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer merely the consequence of a military confrontation, but rather a sign of the transition from the US-centered maritime order to a new energy security structure involving the participation of emerging and influential powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Iran’s active deterrence strategy, while increasing the costs of US intervention, has increasingly exposed the hidden rifts between Washington’s interests and those of the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The escalation of verbal and strategic tensions between Turkey and the Israeli regime, although not increasing the likelihood of direct war, indicates the formation of a new order in West Asian geopolitical rivalries.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Recent developments in the political geography of West Asia, from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf to missile and drone activities in the Red Sea and the recent warning by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, regarding the threat to freedom of navigation, indicate a key pattern shift; the US-Iran war has moved beyond the scope of a regional and local confrontation and has linked two vital passageways for the global economy: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Ukraine war was not merely a European crisis, but rather the starting point for the rearrangement of the global balance of power and a shift in the strategic behavior of great powers.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Great power competition is now pursued more in trade, currency, technology, and global supply chains than on the battlefields of military confrontation.