SCFR Online – Opinion: The upcoming Palestinian elections, after nearly two decades of hiatus, could affect the arrangement of political forces, the legitimacy of institutions, and the future path of Palestinian governance.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The direct war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran, disruption of nuclear inspections, and intensification of great power competition have taken the non-proliferation crisis beyond the issue of Iran’s nuclear program.
SCFR Online – Opinion: In the Iran–U.S. equation, China pursues a cautious balance between its energy and transit interests with Tehran and considerations related to sanctions and competition with Washington.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The simultaneity of pressure on the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb has turned the geography of energy and shipping into a new arena for the emergence of new risks, costs, and leverage.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed on August 7, 2026, between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, is more than an answer to geopolitical vacuums; in practice, it faces a “deterrence dilemma” and “differing threat perception.” While this pact symbolizes a transition toward regional self-reliance, its first field tests and the complexities of relations with regional actors will determine its real meaning.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The reason for Washington’s reluctance to enter directly into war with Ansarullah is military and economic limitations, electoral considerations, and concern about the expansion of the crisis at two energy chokepoints.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Ansarullah’s recent lightning-fast operation and surprise advances on Yemen’s western coast have rapidly transformed the equations of the war in that country and developments in West Asia, and have challenged the calculations of Saudi Arabia, the United States, the West, and the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The intensification of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections indicates Washington’s inability to achieve its war objectives.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs stated that in the current situation, the Zionist regime is trying to cut off the geographical continuity of the north and south of the Gaza Strip, so that in this way while intensifying the pressure on Hamas; it would forge an achievement for itself, adding: Finally, the Zionist regime will go in the direction of completely destroying the infrastructures in Gaza in such a way that there will remain no possibility for living there, and by increasing the number of casualties to the level of genocide and weakening the military power of Hamas, it will create a deterrent for itself and after that, accept the truce.
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 Asian issues stated that the Palestinians have pursued their complaint in the International Court of Justice in order to pursue the Palestinian issue more seriously at the international level and in view of the new radical and right-wing Zionist cabinet that has taken measures to annex parts of the West Bank, adding that any vote against this regime and in favor of the Palestinians in international courts can have negative consequences for Israel and raise the illegality of the continued occupation of the Zionist regime more prominently in the public opinion of the world.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The upcoming Palestinian elections, after nearly two decades of hiatus, could affect the arrangement of political forces, the legitimacy of institutions, and the future path of Palestinian governance.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The direct war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran, disruption of nuclear inspections, and intensification of great power competition have taken the non-proliferation crisis beyond the issue of Iran’s nuclear program.
SCFR Online – Opinion: In the Iran–U.S. equation, China pursues a cautious balance between its energy and transit interests with Tehran and considerations related to sanctions and competition with Washington.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The simultaneity of pressure on the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb has turned the geography of energy and shipping into a new arena for the emergence of new risks, costs, and leverage.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed on August 7, 2026, between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, is more than an answer to geopolitical vacuums; in practice, it faces a “deterrence dilemma” and “differing threat perception.” While this pact symbolizes a transition toward regional self-reliance, its first field tests and the complexities of relations with regional actors will determine its real meaning.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The reason for Washington’s reluctance to enter directly into war with Ansarullah is military and economic limitations, electoral considerations, and concern about the expansion of the crisis at two energy chokepoints.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Ansarullah’s recent lightning-fast operation and surprise advances on Yemen’s western coast have rapidly transformed the equations of the war in that country and developments in West Asia, and have challenged the calculations of Saudi Arabia, the United States, the West, and the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The intensification of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections indicates Washington’s inability to achieve its war objectives.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs stated that in the current situation, the Zionist regime is trying to cut off the geographical continuity of the north and south of the Gaza Strip, so that in this way while intensifying the pressure on Hamas; it would forge an achievement for itself, adding: Finally, the Zionist regime will go in the direction of completely destroying the infrastructures in Gaza in such a way that there will remain no possibility for living there, and by increasing the number of casualties to the level of genocide and weakening the military power of Hamas, it will create a deterrent for itself and after that, accept the truce.
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 Asian issues stated that the Palestinians have pursued their complaint in the International Court of Justice in order to pursue the Palestinian issue more seriously at the international level and in view of the new radical and right-wing Zionist cabinet that has taken measures to annex parts of the West Bank, adding that any vote against this regime and in favor of the Palestinians in international courts can have negative consequences for Israel and raise the illegality of the continued occupation of the Zionist regime more prominently in the public opinion of the world.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs stated that in the current situation, the Zionist regime is trying to cut off the geographical continuity of the north and south of the Gaza Strip, so that in this way while intensifying the pressure on Hamas; it would forge an achievement for itself, adding: Finally, the Zionist regime will go in the direction of completely destroying the infrastructures in Gaza in such a way that there will remain no possibility for living there, and by increasing the number of casualties to the level of genocide and weakening the military power of Hamas, it will create a deterrent for itself and after that, accept the truce.
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 Asian issues stated that the Palestinians have pursued their complaint in the International Court of Justice in order to pursue the Palestinian issue more seriously at the international level and in view of the new radical and right-wing Zionist cabinet that has taken measures to annex parts of the West Bank, adding that any vote against this regime and in favor of the Palestinians in international courts can have negative consequences for Israel and raise the illegality of the continued occupation of the Zionist regime more prominently in the public opinion of the world.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The upcoming Palestinian elections, after nearly two decades of hiatus, could affect the arrangement of political forces, the legitimacy of institutions, and the future path of Palestinian governance.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The direct war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran, disruption of nuclear inspections, and intensification of great power competition have taken the non-proliferation crisis beyond the issue of Iran’s nuclear program.
SCFR Online – Opinion: In the Iran–U.S. equation, China pursues a cautious balance between its energy and transit interests with Tehran and considerations related to sanctions and competition with Washington.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The simultaneity of pressure on the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb has turned the geography of energy and shipping into a new arena for the emergence of new risks, costs, and leverage.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed on August 7, 2026, between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, is more than an answer to geopolitical vacuums; in practice, it faces a “deterrence dilemma” and “differing threat perception.” While this pact symbolizes a transition toward regional self-reliance, its first field tests and the complexities of relations with regional actors will determine its real meaning.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The reason for Washington’s reluctance to enter directly into war with Ansarullah is military and economic limitations, electoral considerations, and concern about the expansion of the crisis at two energy chokepoints.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Ansarullah’s recent lightning-fast operation and surprise advances on Yemen’s western coast have rapidly transformed the equations of the war in that country and developments in West Asia, and have challenged the calculations of Saudi Arabia, the United States, the West, and the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The intensification of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections indicates Washington’s inability to achieve its war objectives.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs stated that in the current situation, the Zionist regime is trying to cut off the geographical continuity of the north and south of the Gaza Strip, so that in this way while intensifying the pressure on Hamas; it would forge an achievement for itself, adding: Finally, the Zionist regime will go in the direction of completely destroying the infrastructures in Gaza in such a way that there will remain no possibility for living there, and by increasing the number of casualties to the level of genocide and weakening the military power of Hamas, it will create a deterrent for itself and after that, accept the truce.
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 Asian issues stated that the Palestinians have pursued their complaint in the International Court of Justice in order to pursue the Palestinian issue more seriously at the international level and in view of the new radical and right-wing Zionist cabinet that has taken measures to annex parts of the West Bank, adding that any vote against this regime and in favor of the Palestinians in international courts can have negative consequences for Israel and raise the illegality of the continued occupation of the Zionist regime more prominently in the public opinion of the world.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The upcoming Palestinian elections, after nearly two decades of hiatus, could affect the arrangement of political forces, the legitimacy of institutions, and the future path of Palestinian governance.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The direct war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran, disruption of nuclear inspections, and intensification of great power competition have taken the non-proliferation crisis beyond the issue of Iran’s nuclear program.
SCFR Online – Opinion: In the Iran–U.S. equation, China pursues a cautious balance between its energy and transit interests with Tehran and considerations related to sanctions and competition with Washington.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The simultaneity of pressure on the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb has turned the geography of energy and shipping into a new arena for the emergence of new risks, costs, and leverage.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed on August 7, 2026, between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, is more than an answer to geopolitical vacuums; in practice, it faces a “deterrence dilemma” and “differing threat perception.” While this pact symbolizes a transition toward regional self-reliance, its first field tests and the complexities of relations with regional actors will determine its real meaning.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The reason for Washington’s reluctance to enter directly into war with Ansarullah is military and economic limitations, electoral considerations, and concern about the expansion of the crisis at two energy chokepoints.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Ansarullah’s recent lightning-fast operation and surprise advances on Yemen’s western coast have rapidly transformed the equations of the war in that country and developments in West Asia, and have challenged the calculations of Saudi Arabia, the United States, the West, and the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The intensification of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections indicates Washington’s inability to achieve its war objectives.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs stated that in the current situation, the Zionist regime is trying to cut off the geographical continuity of the north and south of the Gaza Strip, so that in this way while intensifying the pressure on Hamas; it would forge an achievement for itself, adding: Finally, the Zionist regime will go in the direction of completely destroying the infrastructures in Gaza in such a way that there will remain no possibility for living there, and by increasing the number of casualties to the level of genocide and weakening the military power of Hamas, it will create a deterrent for itself and after that, accept the truce.
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 Asian issues stated that the Palestinians have pursued their complaint in the International Court of Justice in order to pursue the Palestinian issue more seriously at the international level and in view of the new radical and right-wing Zionist cabinet that has taken measures to annex parts of the West Bank, adding that any vote against this regime and in favor of the Palestinians in international courts can have negative consequences for Israel and raise the illegality of the continued occupation of the Zionist regime more prominently in the public opinion of the world.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The upcoming Palestinian elections, after nearly two decades of hiatus, could affect the arrangement of political forces, the legitimacy of institutions, and the future path of Palestinian governance.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The direct war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran, disruption of nuclear inspections, and intensification of great power competition have taken the non-proliferation crisis beyond the issue of Iran’s nuclear program.
SCFR Online – Opinion: In the Iran–U.S. equation, China pursues a cautious balance between its energy and transit interests with Tehran and considerations related to sanctions and competition with Washington.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The simultaneity of pressure on the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb has turned the geography of energy and shipping into a new arena for the emergence of new risks, costs, and leverage.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed on August 7, 2026, between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, is more than an answer to geopolitical vacuums; in practice, it faces a “deterrence dilemma” and “differing threat perception.” While this pact symbolizes a transition toward regional self-reliance, its first field tests and the complexities of relations with regional actors will determine its real meaning.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The reason for Washington’s reluctance to enter directly into war with Ansarullah is military and economic limitations, electoral considerations, and concern about the expansion of the crisis at two energy chokepoints.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Ansarullah’s recent lightning-fast operation and surprise advances on Yemen’s western coast have rapidly transformed the equations of the war in that country and developments in West Asia, and have challenged the calculations of Saudi Arabia, the United States, the West, and the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The intensification of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections indicates Washington’s inability to achieve its war objectives.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs stated that in the current situation, the Zionist regime is trying to cut off the geographical continuity of the north and south of the Gaza Strip, so that in this way while intensifying the pressure on Hamas; it would forge an achievement for itself, adding: Finally, the Zionist regime will go in the direction of completely destroying the infrastructures in Gaza in such a way that there will remain no possibility for living there, and by increasing the number of casualties to the level of genocide and weakening the military power of Hamas, it will create a deterrent for itself and after that, accept the truce.
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 Asian issues stated that the Palestinians have pursued their complaint in the International Court of Justice in order to pursue the Palestinian issue more seriously at the international level and in view of the new radical and right-wing Zionist cabinet that has taken measures to annex parts of the West Bank, adding that any vote against this regime and in favor of the Palestinians in international courts can have negative consequences for Israel and raise the illegality of the continued occupation of the Zionist regime more prominently in the public opinion of the world.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The upcoming Palestinian elections, after nearly two decades of hiatus, could affect the arrangement of political forces, the legitimacy of institutions, and the future path of Palestinian governance.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The direct war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran, disruption of nuclear inspections, and intensification of great power competition have taken the non-proliferation crisis beyond the issue of Iran’s nuclear program.
SCFR Online – Opinion: In the Iran–U.S. equation, China pursues a cautious balance between its energy and transit interests with Tehran and considerations related to sanctions and competition with Washington.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The simultaneity of pressure on the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb has turned the geography of energy and shipping into a new arena for the emergence of new risks, costs, and leverage.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed on August 7, 2026, between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, is more than an answer to geopolitical vacuums; in practice, it faces a “deterrence dilemma” and “differing threat perception.” While this pact symbolizes a transition toward regional self-reliance, its first field tests and the complexities of relations with regional actors will determine its real meaning.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The reason for Washington’s reluctance to enter directly into war with Ansarullah is military and economic limitations, electoral considerations, and concern about the expansion of the crisis at two energy chokepoints.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Ansarullah’s recent lightning-fast operation and surprise advances on Yemen’s western coast have rapidly transformed the equations of the war in that country and developments in West Asia, and have challenged the calculations of Saudi Arabia, the United States, the West, and the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The intensification of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections indicates Washington’s inability to achieve its war objectives.
Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asia affairs stated that in the current situation, the Zionist regime is trying to cut off the geographical continuity of the north and south of the Gaza Strip, so that in this way while intensifying the pressure on Hamas; it would forge an achievement for itself, adding: Finally, the Zionist regime will go in the direction of completely destroying the infrastructures in Gaza in such a way that there will remain no possibility for living there, and by increasing the number of casualties to the level of genocide and weakening the military power of Hamas, it will create a deterrent for itself and after that, accept the truce.
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 Asian issues stated that the Palestinians have pursued their complaint in the International Court of Justice in order to pursue the Palestinian issue more seriously at the international level and in view of the new radical and right-wing Zionist cabinet that has taken measures to annex parts of the West Bank, adding that any vote against this regime and in favor of the Palestinians in international courts can have negative consequences for Israel and raise the illegality of the continued occupation of the Zionist regime more prominently in the public opinion of the world.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The upcoming Palestinian elections, after nearly two decades of hiatus, could affect the arrangement of political forces, the legitimacy of institutions, and the future path of Palestinian governance.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The direct war of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran, disruption of nuclear inspections, and intensification of great power competition have taken the non-proliferation crisis beyond the issue of Iran’s nuclear program.
SCFR Online – Opinion: In the Iran–U.S. equation, China pursues a cautious balance between its energy and transit interests with Tehran and considerations related to sanctions and competition with Washington.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The simultaneity of pressure on the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb has turned the geography of energy and shipping into a new arena for the emergence of new risks, costs, and leverage.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The Makkah Pact, signed on August 7, 2026, between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, is more than an answer to geopolitical vacuums; in practice, it faces a “deterrence dilemma” and “differing threat perception.” While this pact symbolizes a transition toward regional self-reliance, its first field tests and the complexities of relations with regional actors will determine its real meaning.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The reason for Washington’s reluctance to enter directly into war with Ansarullah is military and economic limitations, electoral considerations, and concern about the expansion of the crisis at two energy chokepoints.
SCFR Online – Opinion: Ansarullah’s recent lightning-fast operation and surprise advances on Yemen’s western coast have rapidly transformed the equations of the war in that country and developments in West Asia, and have challenged the calculations of Saudi Arabia, the United States, the West, and the Israeli regime.
SCFR Online – Opinion: The intensification of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections indicates Washington’s inability to achieve its war objectives.