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India and the New BRICS Architecture in 2026: Multi-Alignment Diplomacy, Sustainable Development, and Iran’s Strategic Opportunities The 18th BRICS Summit: China’s Objectives and Opportunities Ahead for Iran Europe and the BRICS Summit in New Delhi: Between Geopolitical Divergence and the Need for Dialogue with the Global South Call for Membership in IRAS Study Groups The Iran War and the New Power of Diplomatic Access

Ukraine crisis perspective in 2023

The year 2022 ended and the world welcomed 2023 with congratulatory messages and fireworks in many predominantly Christian cities and wished each other a good year. A wish that is repeated at the beginning of every year, but unfortunately, due to the desire for power of the governments, especially the big powers, it does not come true, and every year in some parts of the world, war is clear.

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

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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

Expanding Maritime Trade Between Iran and Russia in the Caspian Sea: Capacities and Challenges

During the past year, very important and positive developments have taken place in the cooperation between the two countries in the Caspian Sea, which needs to be strengthened and developed.

Friends in Times of Peace

China and Russia are undoubtedly good and useful friends in times of peace. But in a war—especially one in which the United States or Israel is involved, even if it is a war of aggression and imposition—they are unlikely to provide much help to Iran.

The Meeting on “The Mecca Pact and Collective Security in the Persian Gulf” Was Held

Report on the Iran–Russia Think Tank Meeting: “The Mecca Pact and Collective Security in the Persian Gulf”

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.

The causes and consequences of blocking the Lachin corridor

Strategic Council Online—Interview: Emphasizing that the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia should respect each other’s territorial integrity and observe international standards, an expert on international issues said that what happened with the blocking of Lachin corridor is against the standards of international law. The Republic of Azerbaijan should be demanded to cancel the restrictions and at the same time clarify the ambiguities of the Moscow Agreement, which was signed with the presence of Russia and between Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan, otherwise there is always the possibility of conflicts and disputes.

Strategic consequences of attempting unacceptable border changes in the South Caucasus

Strategic Council Online–Opinion: Baku claims based on paragraph 9 of the tripartite agreement that was clinched after the second Karabakh war on November 10, 2020, the right was given to the government of Baku to build through the territory of Armenia an exclusive “corridor” under Azerbaijan’s sovereignty to Nakhchivan. Hamid Khoshayand—Expert of regional issues

The 18th BRICS Summit: China’s Objectives and Opportunities Ahead for Iran

BRICS expansion represents both an opportunity and a challenge for China: while an enlarged membership enhances the bloc’s representative legitimacy, it simultaneously complicates consensus-building and agenda steering.

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

This being said, the extensive diplomatic efforts of India and Russia were ultimately successful

Relations between Tehran and Moscow are on the fast track

In the last few days, significant news about the expansion of cooperation between Iran and Russia has been published in the media. In the first news, new details of the oil and gas agreement between Iran and Russia were published

Iran Chamber of Commerce president urges need to resolve transit problems with Belarus

President of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture has highlighted the need for Iran and Belarus to solve transit problems and facilitate issuing banking guarantees as a prerequisite for promotion of trade between the two countries.

The Leipzig/Halle Drone Crisis and the Entry of German–Russian Relations into a New Phase

The official attribution of the Leipzig/Halle drone attack to Russia, however, did not merely intensify tensions between Berlin and Moscow; it rapidly acquired a European dimension

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

The $8 billion package for Pakistan includes a doubling of the oil financing facility, additional money either through deposits or Sukuks, and rolling over of the existing $4.2 billion facilities, reported The News International.

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Russia–Ukraine crisis shows no sign of ending soon

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

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Iranian Studies in Armenia: Challenges and Future Prospects

Iran’s legal standing in the Zangezur question

Interview with Mehdi Sanaei, Author of Orientalism in Russia

Message of Putin’s trip to UAE, Saudi Arabia: Moscow is not isolated

Iran-Israel Conflict and Its Implications on the Global Oil Market

?From Chabahar to INSTC: Is India Quietly Building a Eurasian Strategy Through I...

Appointment of Dr. Behzad Ahmadi as Executive Director of the Institute for Iran...

IMPACT OF UKRAINE CRISIS ON ENERGY MARKET, OPPORTUNITY AHEAD

Trump’s Middle East Policy Will Be Destructive

Dark Shadow of sanctions and deep concerns in Russia

INTENSIFICATION OF TERRORIST OPERATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN; DIMENSIONS AND CONSEQUEN...

India and the New BRICS Architecture in 2026: Multi-Alignment Diplomacy, Sustainable Development, and Iran’s Strategic Opportunities

South Asia and Southeast Asia Studies Group, Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies (IRAS)

The 18th BRICS Summit: China’s Objectives and Opportunities Ahead for Iran

Author: Zakieh Yazdanshenas, Faculty Member at the University of Tehran and Head of the China Studies Research Group, Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies (IRAS)