جدیدترین مطالب

New Regional Order and the Requirement of Pathology of Iran’s Strategy

2025/04/17

Strategic Council Online – Guest Note: After the developments in Syria and the challenges that the Axis of Resistance has faced, policymakers and analysts have decided to present a new representation of the Middle East regional order and consider new dimensions in their decision-making. The change and new combination of cooperation and alliances indicate an understanding of changes in the regional order. As a result, we are witnessing a change in strategies, which also requires changing their type of action and approach.

Tariff War and Escalation of Tension in China-US Relations

2025/04/13

Strategic Council Online – Interview: The Secretary-General of the Iran-China Strategic Studies Institute believes that following the tariff war between China and the US, relations between Washington and Beijing face a turbulent outlook during the Trump era.

Consequences of the Trump Administration’s Trade War

2025/04/13

Strategic Council Online – Opinion: The consequences of Trump’s trade war, which is unprecedented and new and has apparently been implemented to ” support domestic production” in the United States and “balance global trade,” are gradually becoming apparent.

Analysis: Egypt’s Approach to the Gaza Crisis

2025/04/12

Strategic Council Online Opinion: Egypt’s foreign policy towards West Asia, especially in matters related to Gaza, is influenced by complex strategic factors that include national security, relations with global powers, and the country’s role in regional developments.

Analysis of the China-US Tariff War

2025/04/11

Strategic Council Online – Opinion: China expects the “Made in China 2025” strategy to be completed and realized this year. On the other hand, the United States sees its supposed hegemony in danger and is trying to maintain its position.
In this situation and as one of the means of confrontation, the trade war has intensified again, as was the experience of the 2016-2020 period, and in the most recent action, China and the United States have increased tariffs on each other’s agricultural products; China by 15 percent and the United States by 20 percent. Will this ping-pong lead to a trade agreement, or will the trade war intensify?

Prospects for US Attacks on Ansar Allah

2025/04/11

strategic Council Online – Opinion: After more than three weeks of military aggression and unprecedented and widespread bombing of various cities in Yemen, the US government has not yet gained significant and strategic achievements in line with its declared goals.

Trump’s Dream of Annexing Greenland and Russia’s Supportive Approach in Confrontation with Europe

2025/04/09

Strategic Council Online – Interview: An international affairs expert said that Putin’s support for Trump’s decision to annex Greenland to the US should be analyzed in the context of Russia’s long-term goals. This stance is merely a tactic to gain more significant concessions in the future.

President of SCFR: Iran Has Not Closed All Doors, but is Ready for Indirect Negotiations to Evaluate the Other Side, Put Its Conditions, and Make Appropriate Decisions Accordingly.

2025/03/27

Strategic Council Online – Dr. Seyed Kamal Kharazi, the President of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations (SCFR), analyzed the U.S. negotiation strategy and Iran’s lack of enthusiasm for it. Dr. Kharazi, in his interview with our correspondent, stated that: “What we currently observe from the U.S. administration is a psychological war aimed at promoting the policy of ‘either war or negotiation.’ This is carried out through contradictory messages from U.S. officials.”

The Second Karabakh War

Unacceptable Zangezur Corridor Plan from Intl. Law Perspective

2023/07/05

Strategic Council Online – Opinion: Zangezur Corridor is one of the aspirations of the government of the Republic of Azerbaijani in the region, for the advancement and realization of which it is exerting utmost efforts. In fact, after the second Karabakh war (2020), this inapplicable plan has been raised more due to Azerbaijan’s “arbitrary interpretation” of the Baku-Yerevan-Moscow tripartite agreement and Armenia’s “weak position” in the region.
Hamid Khoshayand – Expert on regional affairs

Importance, Consequences of Joint Armenia-Azerbaijan Boundary Commission

2021/12/18

Strategic Council Online – Interview: Senior researcher on Central Asia and Caucasus affairs, saying that approvals of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Boundary Commission should not be a prelude to changing the geographical borders in the region, noted: Iran can assist the peace talks in Karabakh so that by stabilizing borders and establishing calm measures can be taken for the future development of the region.

Importance of 3+3 mechanism for resolving Caucasus issues, strategy of member states

2021/11/02

Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Caucasus affairs explaining the conflicting approaches between the countries of the Caucasus region and stressing the need for joint steps to resolve the region’s problems within the framework of the 3 + 3 mechanism, said: This plan can be a factor in ensuring prevention of new hostilities in the region.

Dangers of Geopolitical Change in Caucasus; Importance of 3+3 Joint Consultations

2021/10/19

Strategic Council Online – Interview: A senior researcher at the Presidential Center for Strategic Studies saying that the Russians do not have a similar Iranian perception of the level of threat that would lead to fundamental geopolitical change in the Caucasus, noted: If the corridor sought by Turkey and the Republic of Azerbaijan is created by military action or threat, the balance of power in the region as a whole will change, and Russia will certainly suffer greatly.

Implications of Armenia’s Complaint against Republic of Azerbaijan At Intl. Court Of Justice

2021/10/03

Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Caucasus and Turkey affairs, referring to the reports that Armenia has filed a complaint with the International Court of Justice, accusing the Republic of Azerbaijan of putting Armenians under racial discrimination “for decades” and this is contrary to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which both countries have signed and said: This move by Armenia will not be of much benefit to the country in the short term. This is because the procedure in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is such that after a complaint is filed by Armenia, the Court must approve its jurisdiction by a majority of votes, and if no such majority is formed, the Court will refuse to continue the proceedings.

Strategic dimensions of the recent tension in relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan

2021/08/27

Strategic Council Online—Interview: An analyst of the Caucasus issues says the recent border tension between Armenia and Azerbaijan took place in line with imposing pressure upon Armenia with the goal of accepting to establish the Zangezur corridor, emphasizing that this corridor is not compatible with any of the present geopolitical and historical realities of the region and cannot be established and these pressures cannot force Armenia to accept it.