Strategy & Policy

Iran and the US soft power crisis
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Feb
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Iran and the US soft power crisis

BY: Dr. Yosouf Seifi* PEJOURNAL - Post-Trump America is facing a soft power crisis in the field of foreign policy. The crisis has weakened US power in the world and has noticeably questioned the legitimacy of the country's international policies and actions. This is a serious issue for Washington, and the need to overcome it is simply harvestable from Biden's positions and his promise to return "Good America." The role of the United States and the JCPOA in the future of Washington's policy of promoting its soft power raises the question of whether Iran should accompany the United States to…
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Will Russia-US relations improve?
27
Jan
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Will Russia-US relations improve?

BY: Danieal Ranjbar PEJOURNAL - Although the Kremlin has stated that Russia will establish relations with any government in the United States on an equal and fair basis, analysts believe that the future of relations between Moscow and Washington will improve due to the great differences between the two Sides. Regardless of who becomes president of the White House, differences between the United States and Russia have grown so much in recent years that there is little hope that relations between the two countries will improve, as Russian President Vladimir Putin says about bilateral relations. "Relations between Moscow and Washington…
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Negotiation in the style of science and technology diplomats
20
Jan
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Negotiation in the style of science and technology diplomats

BY: Sayed Alireza Behbahani PEJOURNAL - According to the Oxford Glossary, science means intellectual and practical activities, including the systematic study of structure and behavior in the physical and natural world through observation and experimentation, and diplomacy, according to the Glossary of Diplomacy, the main means of communication between states and empowering them in relationships. During the last one or two centuries, very drastic changes have taken place in human life and most of them have been related to the birth of a technology, such as steam engine revolution, communication revolution, globalization, electricity, space conquest, polio vaccine, penicillin and etc.…
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The Impact of Biden’s Victory on the Middle East Economy
29
Dec
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The Impact of Biden’s Victory on the Middle East Economy

PEJOURNAL - With Biden elected president of the United States, some Middle Eastern countries have been locked up. Israel-U.S. relations, which were influenced by the warm relations between Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, will no longer continue under Biden, and Saudi Arabia is likely to face increased congressional oversight of the country's human rights issues. Leaders of Middle Eastern countries also know very well that Biden's vision does not necessarily have in common with their approaches. But regardless of the political consequences, the Middle East must wait for the economic gains from Biden's victory," Amjad…
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NATO-Russia confrontation in the Black Sea
26
Dec
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NATO-Russia confrontation in the Black Sea

PEJOURNAL - Recent NATO military exercises in the Black Sea, with the active participation of an advanced destroyer as well as US anti-submarine aircraft, have once again raised the issue of NATO-Russia confrontation in Eastern Europe in the media. The recent military exercise focused on "air defense and intelligence cooperation."  The history of this confrontation dates back to July 2016, when a joint NATO-Ukraine maneuver was carried out with the presence of American missile destroyers, as well as the participation of Bulgaria, France, Georgia, Norway, Romania, Spain and Turkey. Russia warned of the security consequences of the maneuver, and immediately…
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Rand Institute Roadmap for Negotiations with North Korea
24
Dec
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Rand Institute Roadmap for Negotiations with North Korea

PEJOURNAL - The continuing North Korean nuclear arms crisis in various US governments has made it a complex issue. The Rand Institute has tried to find a way to solve this crisis In 1946, the US Air Force commissioned Douglas Air Industries to build a test aircraft with worldwide flying capability. In 1947, the company held a symposium to hire experts to provide broader analysis and research to the US military, which led to the founding of the Rand Institute in 1948. Rand has been instrumental in shaping US military strategy since the 1950s, and one of his most famous…
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Hamas military future in the context of national reconciliation talks
20
Dec
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Hamas military future in the context of national reconciliation talks

PEJOURNAL - The fate of Hamas' military wing has always been controversial in the Palestinian National Reconciliation talks. This dispute over Hamas' military future has been a major reason for the failure of efforts to reconcile the Palestinian Authority and Hamas. Mahmoud Abbas wants the PA to take full control of all weapons and security in Gaza, but Hamas does not accept the surrender of weapons and considers it its red line. On the other hand, there have always been initiatives by some Palestinian groups for reconciliation and national unity, and with Trump's actions in recent years in unilaterally supporting…
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Arab-Hebrew railway project
20
Dec
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Arab-Hebrew railway project

PEJOURNAL - The Peace Railway is a deliberate plan to normalize Arab-Hebrew relations by opening up economic channels and extending them to political relations that seek to marginalize the Palestinian cause. To this day, the Arab-Hebrew Strategic Alliance has been a dream come true for the region, but it seems that today, after sowing the seeds of relations with Arab countries, the Zionist regime is on the verge of celebrating unity. It is economically, security-wise, and strategically aligned with the Arabs, and has significantly advanced in the area of ​​improving political relations. The Zionist regime is gradually unveiling its most…
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“Combating Terrorism Center”; The think tank’s assessment in the scope of the Resistance Front’s influence
13
Dec
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“Combating Terrorism Center”; The think tank’s assessment in the scope of the Resistance Front’s influence

Women wave a Lebanese national flag and Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah flags in front of portraits of Iran's supreme leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, PEJOURNAL - The U.S. West Point-based think tank, " Combating Terrorism Center " was founded after the September 9/11 and with the support of Vincent Viola, the former president of the New York Stock Exchange in February 2003. The institute aims to produce scientific content on countering terrorist threats against the United States. Now Breen Doodle, an expert in security studies from Georgetown University, manages the think tank. According to the…
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The interests of Russia, Turkey and Iran in Karabakh crisis
06
Dec
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The interests of Russia, Turkey and Iran in Karabakh crisis

PEJOURNAL - The fire of the Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia flared up again in the autumn of 2020. This time, Turkey has more openly supported Azerbaijan than ever before, and this has led to a more serious stance by Russia and Iran. Due to its geopolitical importance in the Caucasus region, Karabakh Conflict-Strategic Thought Institute has facilitated the presence and influence of regional and trans-regional actors. Under the pretext of the opposition of some Armenians to the Karabakh region to belong to Azerbaijan (Karabakh), the region was occupied by Armenia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The…
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