جدیدترین مطالب

An Analysis on Military Confrontation between Iran and the Zionist Regime

2024/04/28

Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on West Asian issues said: In the last hours of April 14, the Islamic Republic of Iran launched a missile and drone attack against the Occupied Territories, which continued until the next morning. This was despite Iran’s prior notification to some regional and transregional countries about the certainty of our country’s response and military action; America and Israel could not prevent this attack.

The Outlook of Geopolitical Competition Among Major Powers in the Caucasus

2024/04/28

Strategic Council Online – Interview: A Caucasus affairs expert said: “If the trend of divergence among regional countries, especially Armenia and Azerbaijan, from Russia accelerates, Russians may show a more serious reaction and even prevent the traditional regional order change using force.”

Analysis of French Role in Developments of the Caucasus Region

2024/04/28

Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on European issues said that France’s relations with the Republic of Azerbaijan have become tense due to the dispute over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

Challenges Facing Modi in Indian General Election

2024/04/27

Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on East Asian affairs said: Despite the chances of victory, the number of seats that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have in the next parliament is likely to be less because it seems that Muslims and other ethnic groups would vote for parties opposed to the ruling party.

The Complexities and the Necessity of Confronting ISIS-Khorasan

2024/04/23

Strategic Council Online – Note: With the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan, the issue of ISIS-Khorasan, the conflict between these two groups, and the expansion of the scope of their security threats in the region have become more critical than ever before, as the terrorist activities of this terrorist group disrupt regional security. In addition to this, support for suicide activities and armed individuals in the region has also put the security of Iran at risk. Therefore, ISIS-Khorasan is recognized as a significant threat to the eastern security of our country.
Dr. Hossein Ebrahimnia – Regional Issues Expert

Perspective of Relations between Kurdistan Regional Government and Baghdad

2024/04/21

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.

An Analysis on Importance & Status of Measures Taken by the Hague Court Regarding the Gaza War

2024/04/21

Strategic Council Online – Interview: A former Iranian diplomat says The Court of Justice at the Hauge adopted new measures in early April, according to which the Zionist regime “given the worsening conditions of life faced by Palestinians in Gaza, in particular, the spread of famine and starvation,” shall take “all necessary and effective measures to ensure, without delay, in full cooperation with the United Nations, the unhindered provision at scale by all concerned of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance to Palestinians throughout Gaza.”

An analysis of the failure of the Zionist regime’s strategy in the Gaza war

2024/04/21

Strategic Council Online – Opinion: More than six months have passed since the war in Gaza. Although the Zionist regime was fully supported by the United States during this period and is present in the war scene with all its might, it has not been able to achieve any of its “declared” and “practical” goals.
Hamid Khoshayand –Expert of regional issues

European Union

Legal Analysis on Possible EU Calling IRGC Terrorist, Its Consequences

2023/01/29

Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Politics in general, including foreign policy, followed by political action and diplomatic measure, appears natural and is more welcomed when it can emerge from a country’s worldview and its civilizational, historical, moral, religious and political customs. Otherwise, it will not achieve much success. Compliance with the principles may sometimes cause an apparent loss to the holder in the short term, but compliance with the principles will benefit everyone in the long run.
Mohsen Baharvand – Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

Challenges and implications of China’s measures for cross-border corporate use of Yuan

2023/01/28

Strategic Council Online—Interview: A university professor stated that China’s attempt to expand the use of the Yuan has political and economic consequences, adding that the US traditional allies have begun to get closer to China and expand the volume of their trade relations with it and this affects the world economy and US superior role in determining financial policies and international trade and will have consequences on US political and international power.

Feasibility Study, Perspective of French Idea about “Made in Europe”

2023/01/22

Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Europe affairs, stating that Europe does not have its former role in the new US strategy and that the weight of the Union has decreased with the withdrawal of Britain, said: Ideas such as “Made in Europe” cannot, at least in the short term, dissolve the concerns of the Union. In the long run, it may be able to solve some challenges to some extent by creating processes, but such a transformation will not happen in the 3 to 4 year period.

Macron’s Failure in Realizing Europe’s Military Independence from US

2023/01/21

Strategic Council Online – Opinion: French President Emmanuel Macron for some time has been thinking about improving Europe’s position and role in NATO and reducing the US influence. But the political and security equations of Europe show against the wishes of the French president.
Morteza Makki – Expert on Europe affairs

Wall Extension on Border with Turkey; Continuation of Greece’s Anti-Immigration Policies

2023/01/21

Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Greek Citizen Protection Minister Teodorikakos has announced that the country has launched a project to build a fence with an aim of preventing the crossing of illegal immigrants and the decision of the Greek government to build a 140 km fence on the Oros border (land border with Turkey) is definite.
Athens will fence the entire length of its land border with Turkey and on the European border with Turkey. Construction of the first 35 kilometers of this fence will begin immediately. The government has made its decision and the Ministry of Civil Protection is obliged to implement it. The Greek Ministry of Civil Protection is currently waiting for the official approval of this project from the Ministry of Finance.
Mahmoud Fazeli – International affairs analyst

Causes of Europe’s Following with US in Failed Attempt to Disarm North Korea of its Nuclear Weapons

2023/01/21

Strategic Council Online – Interview: An analyst of international affairs commenting on the European Union’s request that North Korea should take credible and verifiable steps with an aim of complete and irreversible denuclearization of the country said: The issue that European countries, under the current situation, are trying to make comments over North Korea’s missile and nuclear weapons, is a matter of great consideration.

Alignment and obedience to the US, the only option for Europe in the face of the Ukraine crisis

2023/01/01

Strategic Council Online—Interview: An expert on European issues emphasized that what the Europeans put forward regarding the warnings concerning the end of weapons and expressing hope for the end of the war in Ukraine and the start of negotiations, is analyzed in the framework of their demands, but they do not have the ability to achieve this demand and in terms of military power are also heavily dependent on America.

G-7 Looks at China Differently; from Competitor to Threat

2022/07/08

Strategic Council online – Opinion: In its recent meeting in Germany, G-7 has introduced a new infra-structural plan which is considered, in a way, as a competitor to China’s One Belt – One Road initiative. The objective of the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII) is to allocate $ 600 billion for global infrastructural projects in countries with low and medium-income within the next five years.
Alireza Samoudi, Expert on European Affairs

Objectives of Joint Communication on Strategic Partnership between Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) & the European Union

2022/07/08

Strategic Council Online – Interview: Having stated that signing of Joint Communication on Strategic Partnership is the reflection of European leaders’ concern about expansion of ties among countries of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council with China and particularly Russia at present junction, an expert of West Asia Affairs said:” Joint Communication on Strategic Partnership may prepare a more suitable ground for increased security presence of Europeans in the Persian Gulf region in future”.

Free Trade Agreement between Europe & India in the Light of New Geopolitical Realities

2022/07/02

Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Although various questions and hypotheses have been raised about the reason why India and the European Union returned to negotiating table on Comprehensive Trade and Investment Agreement talks after a long pause, despite the importance of economic and trade issues on the foreign policy of both sides, it seems that the most important and essential impetus for New Delhi and Brussels were new geopolitical realities for the revival of negotiations and making effort to reach the Agreement.
Hossein Sayahi, Researcher of International Affaires