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The United Nations at a Crossroads: Legitimacy and Power in an Emerging Multipolar Order Delegation of the Institute for Iran &Eurasia Studies Visited RIAC The Strong Developmental State: A Review of Seyfodini’s Theory of Iranian Statecraft Bagram Airfield: Central Asian Security Dynamics and Great Power Rivalry Iranian Studies in Armenia: Challenges and Future Prospects

SCO’s impact on economic relations amidst sanctions, with emphasis on Russia and Iran

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Strategic factors behind China’s (US rival) tendency towards the Persian Gulf region

Strategic Council Online—Opinion: In the recent visit of the President of China to Saudi Arabia and the unacceptable association of this country with the anti-Iranian statements of the Saudi authorities and also the members of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council, while provoking public anger in Iran, has raised various ideas and analyses surrounding why this happened and the reasons for China’s closeness to the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf; But in this news-analytical frenzy, what has been neglected or at least less addressed is the examination and analysis of the variables and factors that caused China to be attracted to the Persian Gulf region as a competing power of the United States and its eagerness to enter into strategic agreements with various countries in this region. Mohammad Mehdi Mazaheri—University professor

International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and New Diplomacies

Faculty of World Studies, Tehran, Iran

Ukraine war: Russia denies it plans to declare war on 9 May

Russia has dismissed speculation that it will declare all-out war in Ukraine in the coming days as "nonsense".

The United Nations at a Crossroads: Legitimacy and Power in an Emerging Multipolar Order

UN reform has long been debated but is now urgent amid the erosion of collective security

Why the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Was Absent in Kazakhstan

While each organization has an important role to play, the Collective Security Treaty Organization was much better suited to respond to upheaval in Kazakhstan. It was always likely to play a central role in the protests.

Iran and Uzbekistan sign anti- money laundering MoU

The MoU was signed on Friday in Tajikistan’s capital of Dushanbe on the sidelines of a meeting of the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (EAG).

An Analysis of Armenia Not Welcoming Tripartite Negotiations

Strategic Council Online – Interview: An expert on Caucasus affairs said: Armenia is angry with Russia over its failure to give a quick and decisive response regarding the lifting of the blockage of the Lachin Corridor, and by not welcoming tripartite negotiations, it intends to show its dissatisfaction, but this action will not help to improve the situation and enables the Republic of Azerbaijan to find the possibility for more movement.

Russia Not Hindering A Good Deal in Vienna: Iranian Spokesman

Russia has raised its demands in a completely clear and official manner at the JCPOA Joint Commission, the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson said, noting that Moscow has made it clear that it would not block any good deal in the Vienna talks.

Trump’s Middle East Policy Will Be Destructive

U.S. policy ultimately will be defined by Israel. With Donald Trump in the White House, the Middle East will become even more vulnerable, and the security situation may erode. Saudi Arabia may not get the security guarantees it wants from the United States, and Iran will continue to be in the picture

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UK promises more military aid for Ukraine

Abrahamian; Armenian who wrote Iran’s history

Taiwan reveals why it sanctioned Russia

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Russia’s Attack on Ukraine Raises Stakes For Iran Nuclear Talks

Foreign fighters seek ‘adventure’ in Ukraine – captured colonel

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Islamic State claims rockets fired from Afghanistan into Tajikistan

Pakistan Secures $8 Billion Saudi “Package” During Shehbaz Sharif Visit

The United Nations at a Crossroads: Legitimacy and Power in an Emerging Multipolar Order

Parsa Akhlaghi, PhD Candidate in Russian Studies, Department of European Studies, Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran (IRAN)

Delegation of the Institute for Iran &Eurasia Studies Visited RIAC

The Strong Developmental State: A Review of Seyfodini’s Theory of Iranian Statecraft

Bagram Airfield: Central Asian Security Dynamics and Great Power Rivalry

Vida Yaghouti

Iranian Studies in Armenia: Challenges and Future Prospects

IRAS Editorial Board

The European Snapback Mechanism Against Iran and the US-Israeli Acts of Aggression: An Analysis Under International Law and Norms

Arash M. Akbari

Russo–Indian 2030 Trade Vision: Patterns of a Time-tested “Partnership”

By: Ebrahim Daryaee Motlagh, PhD candidate of Russian History at Chechen State Pedagogical University

Russia–Ukraine crisis shows no sign of ending soon

Mahmoud Shouri

Iran’s legal standing in the Zangezur question

Salar Seyfodini

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Two Castles with the Same Name in Two Countries

The Atash Behram in India: A Symbol of the Eternal Faith of Zoroastrians

international conference on the “New World Order Geometry”

What has the Ukraine war for citizens

Karabakh conflict 2020; a war with huge burden for ordinary people

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Bagram Airfield: Central Asian Security Dynamics and Great Power Rivalry

Recapturing Bagram for Washington would serve not merely as a territorial achievement, but as a signal of the return of capacity demonstrating influence in Asia—a message sent to rivals such as China and Russia, as well as to regional neighbors Pakistan and Iran. Image Credits: Reuters