Strategic Council Online – Interview: Amid a report by the International Energy Agency that the global oil market will face a significant surplus at the end of this decade, Iran’s former representative in OPEC said: The IEA report does not apply to all countries and regions, but only some countries, especially the Europeans.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Iraq issues said: As Turkey gets closer to the central government of Iraq, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) should overlook many of its claims about its autonomy in the future and will become more dependent on the central government.
Strategic Council Online: An expert on international affairs says, however, Moscow has managed a significant portion of the sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union under the influence of the Ukraine war; the costs incurred so far to curb the economic problems in this war will have long-term effects on the Russian economy; in other words, Russia has a tough choice ahead in the future.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of international affairs considered the competition between the UAE and Saudi Arabia regarding mediation to solve the Ukraine crisis as part of the competitive strategy of the two countries in different political, economic, and geopolitical fields with the aim of expanding influence and creating soft power in the region and the world, especially in the centers of international power, and said: Saudi Arabia has more weight and leverage to play such a role in this framework.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: A faculty member of the Institute of Strategic Studies says there has been a change in the global energy transmission lines after the Ukraine war began. He noted: With the continued shift in the oil trade routes of Russia, India and China have become strategic business partners for Moscow. This development has taken place in the shadow of the decline of the US influence among its key allies in the Middle East.