To include or not include? China-led SCO weighs Iranian membership
The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan may help Iran reduce its international isolation. At least, that’s what the Islamic Republic hopes when leaders of the...
Can Israeli Nuclear Threats Protect Against Non-Nuclear Attacks?
Abstract: It is widely assumed that a state’s nuclear weapons and strategy are irrelevant to non-nuclear threats. A contrary argument is advanced by Louis...
Concerns over rapidly changing geopolitics
Ben Wallace, Britain’s defense secretary, suggested the US could no longer be considered a superpower in an interview where he also contrasted his department’s...
20 years of Shanghai Cooperation Organization: A view from Azerbaijan
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was established as a multilateral association to ensure security across the vast Eurasian region and promote good-neighborly and friendly...
Indo-Russian S-400 Deal in Light of the US’ Afghanistan Predicament
For four years now, the Indo-Russian deal for five regiments of the S-400 anti-aircraft missile system has constantly made the news. The deal, worth...
As Exercise Malabar turns 25, the Quad edge makes it sharper today
The 2021 Malabar naval exercise marks the second consecutive year in which the navies of all the Quad countries are coming together. The annual...
Building the Community of Mankind for Shared Future More Urgent than Ever Before
During the month of August 2021, the global community is witnessing at least four large military exercises with scale and frequency rarely seen in...
Comments on the Brussels Summit Communique
The document reveals deep concern about the current security environment, which is assessed as “increasingly complex”, as “pervasive instability” and in general threating to...
Iran to join Shanghai Cooperation Organization
The Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev made a phone call with his Iranian counterpart, Admiral Ali Shamkhani, discussing...
Escalating Lebanon-Israel aggressions provoking ‘very dangerous situation’
The UN Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, said on Friday that escalating hostilities over the past two days involving Lebanese and Israeli forces have created “a very dangerous situation” in the volatile border region.
In a statement, the...