Geoeconomics as the Most Important Arena of Great Power Competition
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.
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 – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Foreign policy analysis is valid when it evaluates decisions based on the information and circumstances prevailing at the time they were made, not on the basis of outcomes that only become apparent after the crisis has ended.
SCFR Online-Opinion: Sanctions are gradually transforming from classical financial instruments into complex mechanisms for the containment of technology, data, and global supply chains.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Damascus is an attempt to redefine France’s role in Syria following the recent political developments in that country; an effort pursued within the context of great power competition and the country’s security challenges.
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 – Note: In today’s global politics, the creation of narratives has become as important as territorial control and economic management, and has turned into the main tool of great power competition.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Hamas’s handing over the civilian management in Gaza is assessed as an attempt to reduce political pressures, facilitate reconstruction, and preserve the status of resistance in the future equations of Palestine.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A regional affairs expert stated that the remarks by Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, about holding general elections with the participation of Palestinians, while Gaza and the West Bank are facing the most severe attacks and threats, are a theatrical move aimed at legitimizing Mahmoud Abbas. This comes while Mahmoud Abbas suffers from severe illegitimacy among Palestinians, which is precisely why he raises such proposals.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A senior analyst on Palestinian issues said: The occupied West Bank is once again witnessing increasing tensions. According to Anadolu News Agency, Israeli authorities prevented Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Mustafa from visiting the villages of Burqa, Deir Dabwan, Duma, and Qusra, areas that are the target of attacks by illegal settlers. At the same time, in Nablus, settlers kidnapped two Palestinian children and tied them to a tree; an incident that has sounded the alarm for the Palestinians that their lives are in danger. Since the beginning of the Gaza war, 952 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank, and more than 7,000 have been injured.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Almost eight years have passed since the last failure in establishing peace between Palestine and the Zionist regime at the United States of America initiative.
Hossein Sayyahi – Researcher of international politics
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Former director general of the Middle East and North Africa Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that the Chinese have entered the Middle East equations more seriously and are trying to repeat their successful experience mediating between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recent measure by Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Minister of Internal Security of the Zionist regime, in attacking the Al-Aqsa Mosque and desecrating the Palestinian worshipers, although met with different reactions, showed that the role of the international community and the Islamic countries in preserving the sanctity of Islamic holy places in Palestine has faded away.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Expert on Middle East affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs, saying that Abu Mazen meeting with the Israeli defense minister, would create a rift among Palestinian groups, added: The Zionists, under the current situation, are deeply concerned about the broad solidarity and unity of the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.
Strategic Council Online – An expert on Palestine affairs, commenting on the recent decision of Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority, to postpone the Palestinian elections said: The most important issue that has now led to the suspension of the Palestinian elections was the protest of the Zionists; because they do not want the elections to take place as they know that holding the elections will have serious consequences for them.
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: With the arrival of the World Quds Day, the Zionist regime has increased its destructive movements and measures in the Middle East especially against the resistance movement and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Hassan Hanizadeh—expert of Middle East issues
Strategic Council Online – According to a decree issued by Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, the Palestinian elections are scheduled to be held in three stages in 2021. According to the decree, for the Palestinian Legislative Council (Parliament) the elections will be held on May 22, for the president of the Palestinian Authority on July 31, and for the Palestinian National Council on August 31, 2021. The results of the elections for the Palestinian Legislative Assembly will be the first stage in the formation of the Palestinian National Council, which will be completed after the elections in accordance with the statute of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and national reconciliation. This is an important and effective step towards establishing unification in Palestine. Announcement of the exact date for the election has been accompanied by movements in the diplomatic arena.
Mahmoud Fazeli – Analyst of international affairs
Strategic Council Online – A faculty member of the University of Tehran on Palestinian studies, stating that Mahmoud Abbas exposed its real face by tilting towards the Zionist regime and all his previous actions were hypocritical, said: In a situation that they have raised the issue of annexation and normalization of relations and pushed it ahead, this action by the PA would make them more determined.
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 – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Foreign policy analysis is valid when it evaluates decisions based on the information and circumstances prevailing at the time they were made, not on the basis of outcomes that only become apparent after the crisis has ended.
SCFR Online-Opinion: Sanctions are gradually transforming from classical financial instruments into complex mechanisms for the containment of technology, data, and global supply chains.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Damascus is an attempt to redefine France’s role in Syria following the recent political developments in that country; an effort pursued within the context of great power competition and the country’s security challenges.
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 – Note: In today’s global politics, the creation of narratives has become as important as territorial control and economic management, and has turned into the main tool of great power competition.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Hamas’s handing over the civilian management in Gaza is assessed as an attempt to reduce political pressures, facilitate reconstruction, and preserve the status of resistance in the future equations of Palestine.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A regional affairs expert stated that the remarks by Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, about holding general elections with the participation of Palestinians, while Gaza and the West Bank are facing the most severe attacks and threats, are a theatrical move aimed at legitimizing Mahmoud Abbas. This comes while Mahmoud Abbas suffers from severe illegitimacy among Palestinians, which is precisely why he raises such proposals.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A senior analyst on Palestinian issues said: The occupied West Bank is once again witnessing increasing tensions. According to Anadolu News Agency, Israeli authorities prevented Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Mustafa from visiting the villages of Burqa, Deir Dabwan, Duma, and Qusra, areas that are the target of attacks by illegal settlers. At the same time, in Nablus, settlers kidnapped two Palestinian children and tied them to a tree; an incident that has sounded the alarm for the Palestinians that their lives are in danger. Since the beginning of the Gaza war, 952 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank, and more than 7,000 have been injured.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Almost eight years have passed since the last failure in establishing peace between Palestine and the Zionist regime at the United States of America initiative.
Hossein Sayyahi – Researcher of international politics
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Former director general of the Middle East and North Africa Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that the Chinese have entered the Middle East equations more seriously and are trying to repeat their successful experience mediating between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recent measure by Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Minister of Internal Security of the Zionist regime, in attacking the Al-Aqsa Mosque and desecrating the Palestinian worshipers, although met with different reactions, showed that the role of the international community and the Islamic countries in preserving the sanctity of Islamic holy places in Palestine has faded away.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Expert on Middle East affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs, saying that Abu Mazen meeting with the Israeli defense minister, would create a rift among Palestinian groups, added: The Zionists, under the current situation, are deeply concerned about the broad solidarity and unity of the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.
Strategic Council Online – An expert on Palestine affairs, commenting on the recent decision of Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority, to postpone the Palestinian elections said: The most important issue that has now led to the suspension of the Palestinian elections was the protest of the Zionists; because they do not want the elections to take place as they know that holding the elections will have serious consequences for them.
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: With the arrival of the World Quds Day, the Zionist regime has increased its destructive movements and measures in the Middle East especially against the resistance movement and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Hassan Hanizadeh—expert of Middle East issues
Strategic Council Online – According to a decree issued by Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, the Palestinian elections are scheduled to be held in three stages in 2021. According to the decree, for the Palestinian Legislative Council (Parliament) the elections will be held on May 22, for the president of the Palestinian Authority on July 31, and for the Palestinian National Council on August 31, 2021. The results of the elections for the Palestinian Legislative Assembly will be the first stage in the formation of the Palestinian National Council, which will be completed after the elections in accordance with the statute of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and national reconciliation. This is an important and effective step towards establishing unification in Palestine. Announcement of the exact date for the election has been accompanied by movements in the diplomatic arena.
Mahmoud Fazeli – Analyst of international affairs
Strategic Council Online – A faculty member of the University of Tehran on Palestinian studies, stating that Mahmoud Abbas exposed its real face by tilting towards the Zionist regime and all his previous actions were hypocritical, said: In a situation that they have raised the issue of annexation and normalization of relations and pushed it ahead, this action by the PA would make them more determined.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A regional affairs expert stated that the remarks by Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, about holding general elections with the participation of Palestinians, while Gaza and the West Bank are facing the most severe attacks and threats, are a theatrical move aimed at legitimizing Mahmoud Abbas. This comes while Mahmoud Abbas suffers from severe illegitimacy among Palestinians, which is precisely why he raises such proposals.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A senior analyst on Palestinian issues said: The occupied West Bank is once again witnessing increasing tensions. According to Anadolu News Agency, Israeli authorities prevented Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Mustafa from visiting the villages of Burqa, Deir Dabwan, Duma, and Qusra, areas that are the target of attacks by illegal settlers. At the same time, in Nablus, settlers kidnapped two Palestinian children and tied them to a tree; an incident that has sounded the alarm for the Palestinians that their lives are in danger. Since the beginning of the Gaza war, 952 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank, and more than 7,000 have been injured.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Almost eight years have passed since the last failure in establishing peace between Palestine and the Zionist regime at the United States of America initiative.
Hossein Sayyahi – Researcher of international politics
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Former director general of the Middle East and North Africa Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that the Chinese have entered the Middle East equations more seriously and are trying to repeat their successful experience mediating between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recent measure by Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Minister of Internal Security of the Zionist regime, in attacking the Al-Aqsa Mosque and desecrating the Palestinian worshipers, although met with different reactions, showed that the role of the international community and the Islamic countries in preserving the sanctity of Islamic holy places in Palestine has faded away.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Expert on Middle East affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs, saying that Abu Mazen meeting with the Israeli defense minister, would create a rift among Palestinian groups, added: The Zionists, under the current situation, are deeply concerned about the broad solidarity and unity of the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.
Strategic Council Online – An expert on Palestine affairs, commenting on the recent decision of Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority, to postpone the Palestinian elections said: The most important issue that has now led to the suspension of the Palestinian elections was the protest of the Zionists; because they do not want the elections to take place as they know that holding the elections will have serious consequences for them.
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: With the arrival of the World Quds Day, the Zionist regime has increased its destructive movements and measures in the Middle East especially against the resistance movement and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Hassan Hanizadeh—expert of Middle East issues
Strategic Council Online – According to a decree issued by Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, the Palestinian elections are scheduled to be held in three stages in 2021. According to the decree, for the Palestinian Legislative Council (Parliament) the elections will be held on May 22, for the president of the Palestinian Authority on July 31, and for the Palestinian National Council on August 31, 2021. The results of the elections for the Palestinian Legislative Assembly will be the first stage in the formation of the Palestinian National Council, which will be completed after the elections in accordance with the statute of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and national reconciliation. This is an important and effective step towards establishing unification in Palestine. Announcement of the exact date for the election has been accompanied by movements in the diplomatic arena.
Mahmoud Fazeli – Analyst of international affairs
Strategic Council Online – A faculty member of the University of Tehran on Palestinian studies, stating that Mahmoud Abbas exposed its real face by tilting towards the Zionist regime and all his previous actions were hypocritical, said: In a situation that they have raised the issue of annexation and normalization of relations and pushed it ahead, this action by the PA would make them more determined.
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 – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Foreign policy analysis is valid when it evaluates decisions based on the information and circumstances prevailing at the time they were made, not on the basis of outcomes that only become apparent after the crisis has ended.
SCFR Online-Opinion: Sanctions are gradually transforming from classical financial instruments into complex mechanisms for the containment of technology, data, and global supply chains.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Damascus is an attempt to redefine France’s role in Syria following the recent political developments in that country; an effort pursued within the context of great power competition and the country’s security challenges.
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 – Note: In today’s global politics, the creation of narratives has become as important as territorial control and economic management, and has turned into the main tool of great power competition.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Hamas’s handing over the civilian management in Gaza is assessed as an attempt to reduce political pressures, facilitate reconstruction, and preserve the status of resistance in the future equations of Palestine.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A regional affairs expert stated that the remarks by Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, about holding general elections with the participation of Palestinians, while Gaza and the West Bank are facing the most severe attacks and threats, are a theatrical move aimed at legitimizing Mahmoud Abbas. This comes while Mahmoud Abbas suffers from severe illegitimacy among Palestinians, which is precisely why he raises such proposals.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A senior analyst on Palestinian issues said: The occupied West Bank is once again witnessing increasing tensions. According to Anadolu News Agency, Israeli authorities prevented Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Mustafa from visiting the villages of Burqa, Deir Dabwan, Duma, and Qusra, areas that are the target of attacks by illegal settlers. At the same time, in Nablus, settlers kidnapped two Palestinian children and tied them to a tree; an incident that has sounded the alarm for the Palestinians that their lives are in danger. Since the beginning of the Gaza war, 952 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank, and more than 7,000 have been injured.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Almost eight years have passed since the last failure in establishing peace between Palestine and the Zionist regime at the United States of America initiative.
Hossein Sayyahi – Researcher of international politics
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Former director general of the Middle East and North Africa Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that the Chinese have entered the Middle East equations more seriously and are trying to repeat their successful experience mediating between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recent measure by Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Minister of Internal Security of the Zionist regime, in attacking the Al-Aqsa Mosque and desecrating the Palestinian worshipers, although met with different reactions, showed that the role of the international community and the Islamic countries in preserving the sanctity of Islamic holy places in Palestine has faded away.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Expert on Middle East affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs, saying that Abu Mazen meeting with the Israeli defense minister, would create a rift among Palestinian groups, added: The Zionists, under the current situation, are deeply concerned about the broad solidarity and unity of the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.
Strategic Council Online – An expert on Palestine affairs, commenting on the recent decision of Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority, to postpone the Palestinian elections said: The most important issue that has now led to the suspension of the Palestinian elections was the protest of the Zionists; because they do not want the elections to take place as they know that holding the elections will have serious consequences for them.
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: With the arrival of the World Quds Day, the Zionist regime has increased its destructive movements and measures in the Middle East especially against the resistance movement and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Hassan Hanizadeh—expert of Middle East issues
Strategic Council Online – According to a decree issued by Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, the Palestinian elections are scheduled to be held in three stages in 2021. According to the decree, for the Palestinian Legislative Council (Parliament) the elections will be held on May 22, for the president of the Palestinian Authority on July 31, and for the Palestinian National Council on August 31, 2021. The results of the elections for the Palestinian Legislative Assembly will be the first stage in the formation of the Palestinian National Council, which will be completed after the elections in accordance with the statute of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and national reconciliation. This is an important and effective step towards establishing unification in Palestine. Announcement of the exact date for the election has been accompanied by movements in the diplomatic arena.
Mahmoud Fazeli – Analyst of international affairs
Strategic Council Online – A faculty member of the University of Tehran on Palestinian studies, stating that Mahmoud Abbas exposed its real face by tilting towards the Zionist regime and all his previous actions were hypocritical, said: In a situation that they have raised the issue of annexation and normalization of relations and pushed it ahead, this action by the PA would make them more determined.
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 – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Foreign policy analysis is valid when it evaluates decisions based on the information and circumstances prevailing at the time they were made, not on the basis of outcomes that only become apparent after the crisis has ended.
SCFR Online-Opinion: Sanctions are gradually transforming from classical financial instruments into complex mechanisms for the containment of technology, data, and global supply chains.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Damascus is an attempt to redefine France’s role in Syria following the recent political developments in that country; an effort pursued within the context of great power competition and the country’s security challenges.
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 – Note: In today’s global politics, the creation of narratives has become as important as territorial control and economic management, and has turned into the main tool of great power competition.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Hamas’s handing over the civilian management in Gaza is assessed as an attempt to reduce political pressures, facilitate reconstruction, and preserve the status of resistance in the future equations of Palestine.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A regional affairs expert stated that the remarks by Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, about holding general elections with the participation of Palestinians, while Gaza and the West Bank are facing the most severe attacks and threats, are a theatrical move aimed at legitimizing Mahmoud Abbas. This comes while Mahmoud Abbas suffers from severe illegitimacy among Palestinians, which is precisely why he raises such proposals.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A senior analyst on Palestinian issues said: The occupied West Bank is once again witnessing increasing tensions. According to Anadolu News Agency, Israeli authorities prevented Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Mustafa from visiting the villages of Burqa, Deir Dabwan, Duma, and Qusra, areas that are the target of attacks by illegal settlers. At the same time, in Nablus, settlers kidnapped two Palestinian children and tied them to a tree; an incident that has sounded the alarm for the Palestinians that their lives are in danger. Since the beginning of the Gaza war, 952 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank, and more than 7,000 have been injured.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Almost eight years have passed since the last failure in establishing peace between Palestine and the Zionist regime at the United States of America initiative.
Hossein Sayyahi – Researcher of international politics
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Former director general of the Middle East and North Africa Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that the Chinese have entered the Middle East equations more seriously and are trying to repeat their successful experience mediating between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recent measure by Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Minister of Internal Security of the Zionist regime, in attacking the Al-Aqsa Mosque and desecrating the Palestinian worshipers, although met with different reactions, showed that the role of the international community and the Islamic countries in preserving the sanctity of Islamic holy places in Palestine has faded away.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Expert on Middle East affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs, saying that Abu Mazen meeting with the Israeli defense minister, would create a rift among Palestinian groups, added: The Zionists, under the current situation, are deeply concerned about the broad solidarity and unity of the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.
Strategic Council Online – An expert on Palestine affairs, commenting on the recent decision of Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority, to postpone the Palestinian elections said: The most important issue that has now led to the suspension of the Palestinian elections was the protest of the Zionists; because they do not want the elections to take place as they know that holding the elections will have serious consequences for them.
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: With the arrival of the World Quds Day, the Zionist regime has increased its destructive movements and measures in the Middle East especially against the resistance movement and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Hassan Hanizadeh—expert of Middle East issues
Strategic Council Online – According to a decree issued by Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, the Palestinian elections are scheduled to be held in three stages in 2021. According to the decree, for the Palestinian Legislative Council (Parliament) the elections will be held on May 22, for the president of the Palestinian Authority on July 31, and for the Palestinian National Council on August 31, 2021. The results of the elections for the Palestinian Legislative Assembly will be the first stage in the formation of the Palestinian National Council, which will be completed after the elections in accordance with the statute of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and national reconciliation. This is an important and effective step towards establishing unification in Palestine. Announcement of the exact date for the election has been accompanied by movements in the diplomatic arena.
Mahmoud Fazeli – Analyst of international affairs
Strategic Council Online – A faculty member of the University of Tehran on Palestinian studies, stating that Mahmoud Abbas exposed its real face by tilting towards the Zionist regime and all his previous actions were hypocritical, said: In a situation that they have raised the issue of annexation and normalization of relations and pushed it ahead, this action by the PA would make them more determined.
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 – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Foreign policy analysis is valid when it evaluates decisions based on the information and circumstances prevailing at the time they were made, not on the basis of outcomes that only become apparent after the crisis has ended.
SCFR Online-Opinion: Sanctions are gradually transforming from classical financial instruments into complex mechanisms for the containment of technology, data, and global supply chains.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Damascus is an attempt to redefine France’s role in Syria following the recent political developments in that country; an effort pursued within the context of great power competition and the country’s security challenges.
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 – Note: In today’s global politics, the creation of narratives has become as important as territorial control and economic management, and has turned into the main tool of great power competition.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Hamas’s handing over the civilian management in Gaza is assessed as an attempt to reduce political pressures, facilitate reconstruction, and preserve the status of resistance in the future equations of Palestine.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A regional affairs expert stated that the remarks by Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, about holding general elections with the participation of Palestinians, while Gaza and the West Bank are facing the most severe attacks and threats, are a theatrical move aimed at legitimizing Mahmoud Abbas. This comes while Mahmoud Abbas suffers from severe illegitimacy among Palestinians, which is precisely why he raises such proposals.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A senior analyst on Palestinian issues said: The occupied West Bank is once again witnessing increasing tensions. According to Anadolu News Agency, Israeli authorities prevented Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Mustafa from visiting the villages of Burqa, Deir Dabwan, Duma, and Qusra, areas that are the target of attacks by illegal settlers. At the same time, in Nablus, settlers kidnapped two Palestinian children and tied them to a tree; an incident that has sounded the alarm for the Palestinians that their lives are in danger. Since the beginning of the Gaza war, 952 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank, and more than 7,000 have been injured.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Almost eight years have passed since the last failure in establishing peace between Palestine and the Zionist regime at the United States of America initiative.
Hossein Sayyahi – Researcher of international politics
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Former director general of the Middle East and North Africa Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that the Chinese have entered the Middle East equations more seriously and are trying to repeat their successful experience mediating between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recent measure by Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Minister of Internal Security of the Zionist regime, in attacking the Al-Aqsa Mosque and desecrating the Palestinian worshipers, although met with different reactions, showed that the role of the international community and the Islamic countries in preserving the sanctity of Islamic holy places in Palestine has faded away.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Expert on Middle East affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs, saying that Abu Mazen meeting with the Israeli defense minister, would create a rift among Palestinian groups, added: The Zionists, under the current situation, are deeply concerned about the broad solidarity and unity of the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.
Strategic Council Online – An expert on Palestine affairs, commenting on the recent decision of Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority, to postpone the Palestinian elections said: The most important issue that has now led to the suspension of the Palestinian elections was the protest of the Zionists; because they do not want the elections to take place as they know that holding the elections will have serious consequences for them.
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: With the arrival of the World Quds Day, the Zionist regime has increased its destructive movements and measures in the Middle East especially against the resistance movement and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Hassan Hanizadeh—expert of Middle East issues
Strategic Council Online – According to a decree issued by Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, the Palestinian elections are scheduled to be held in three stages in 2021. According to the decree, for the Palestinian Legislative Council (Parliament) the elections will be held on May 22, for the president of the Palestinian Authority on July 31, and for the Palestinian National Council on August 31, 2021. The results of the elections for the Palestinian Legislative Assembly will be the first stage in the formation of the Palestinian National Council, which will be completed after the elections in accordance with the statute of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and national reconciliation. This is an important and effective step towards establishing unification in Palestine. Announcement of the exact date for the election has been accompanied by movements in the diplomatic arena.
Mahmoud Fazeli – Analyst of international affairs
Strategic Council Online – A faculty member of the University of Tehran on Palestinian studies, stating that Mahmoud Abbas exposed its real face by tilting towards the Zionist regime and all his previous actions were hypocritical, said: In a situation that they have raised the issue of annexation and normalization of relations and pushed it ahead, this action by the PA would make them more determined.
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 – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Foreign policy analysis is valid when it evaluates decisions based on the information and circumstances prevailing at the time they were made, not on the basis of outcomes that only become apparent after the crisis has ended.
SCFR Online-Opinion: Sanctions are gradually transforming from classical financial instruments into complex mechanisms for the containment of technology, data, and global supply chains.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Damascus is an attempt to redefine France’s role in Syria following the recent political developments in that country; an effort pursued within the context of great power competition and the country’s security challenges.
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 – Note: In today’s global politics, the creation of narratives has become as important as territorial control and economic management, and has turned into the main tool of great power competition.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Hamas’s handing over the civilian management in Gaza is assessed as an attempt to reduce political pressures, facilitate reconstruction, and preserve the status of resistance in the future equations of Palestine.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A regional affairs expert stated that the remarks by Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, about holding general elections with the participation of Palestinians, while Gaza and the West Bank are facing the most severe attacks and threats, are a theatrical move aimed at legitimizing Mahmoud Abbas. This comes while Mahmoud Abbas suffers from severe illegitimacy among Palestinians, which is precisely why he raises such proposals.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A senior analyst on Palestinian issues said: The occupied West Bank is once again witnessing increasing tensions. According to Anadolu News Agency, Israeli authorities prevented Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Mustafa from visiting the villages of Burqa, Deir Dabwan, Duma, and Qusra, areas that are the target of attacks by illegal settlers. At the same time, in Nablus, settlers kidnapped two Palestinian children and tied them to a tree; an incident that has sounded the alarm for the Palestinians that their lives are in danger. Since the beginning of the Gaza war, 952 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank, and more than 7,000 have been injured.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Almost eight years have passed since the last failure in establishing peace between Palestine and the Zionist regime at the United States of America initiative.
Hossein Sayyahi – Researcher of international politics
Strategic Council Online – Interview: Former director general of the Middle East and North Africa Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that the Chinese have entered the Middle East equations more seriously and are trying to repeat their successful experience mediating between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The recent measure by Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Minister of Internal Security of the Zionist regime, in attacking the Al-Aqsa Mosque and desecrating the Palestinian worshipers, although met with different reactions, showed that the role of the international community and the Islamic countries in preserving the sanctity of Islamic holy places in Palestine has faded away.
Hassan Hanizadeh – Expert on Middle East affairs
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs, saying that Abu Mazen meeting with the Israeli defense minister, would create a rift among Palestinian groups, added: The Zionists, under the current situation, are deeply concerned about the broad solidarity and unity of the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.
Strategic Council Online – An expert on Palestine affairs, commenting on the recent decision of Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority, to postpone the Palestinian elections said: The most important issue that has now led to the suspension of the Palestinian elections was the protest of the Zionists; because they do not want the elections to take place as they know that holding the elections will have serious consequences for them.
Strategic Council Online—Opinion: With the arrival of the World Quds Day, the Zionist regime has increased its destructive movements and measures in the Middle East especially against the resistance movement and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Hassan Hanizadeh—expert of Middle East issues
Strategic Council Online – According to a decree issued by Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, the Palestinian elections are scheduled to be held in three stages in 2021. According to the decree, for the Palestinian Legislative Council (Parliament) the elections will be held on May 22, for the president of the Palestinian Authority on July 31, and for the Palestinian National Council on August 31, 2021. The results of the elections for the Palestinian Legislative Assembly will be the first stage in the formation of the Palestinian National Council, which will be completed after the elections in accordance with the statute of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and national reconciliation. This is an important and effective step towards establishing unification in Palestine. Announcement of the exact date for the election has been accompanied by movements in the diplomatic arena.
Mahmoud Fazeli – Analyst of international affairs
Strategic Council Online – A faculty member of the University of Tehran on Palestinian studies, stating that Mahmoud Abbas exposed its real face by tilting towards the Zionist regime and all his previous actions were hypocritical, said: In a situation that they have raised the issue of annexation and normalization of relations and pushed it ahead, this action by the PA would make them more determined.
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 – Note: By disregarding Iran’s deterrence capabilities and political economy leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has reached a strategic deadlock from which military means are unable to extricate it.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Foreign policy analysis is valid when it evaluates decisions based on the information and circumstances prevailing at the time they were made, not on the basis of outcomes that only become apparent after the crisis has ended.
SCFR Online-Opinion: Sanctions are gradually transforming from classical financial instruments into complex mechanisms for the containment of technology, data, and global supply chains.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Damascus is an attempt to redefine France’s role in Syria following the recent political developments in that country; an effort pursued within the context of great power competition and the country’s security challenges.
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 – Note: In today’s global politics, the creation of narratives has become as important as territorial control and economic management, and has turned into the main tool of great power competition.
Strategic Council Online – Note: Hamas’s handing over the civilian management in Gaza is assessed as an attempt to reduce political pressures, facilitate reconstruction, and preserve the status of resistance in the future equations of Palestine.