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Ansarullah

Ansarullah

A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite

Shiite

represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance

Resistance

Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban

Taliban

Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
  Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds

Kurds

Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening

Islamic Awakening

Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Where’s US Foreign Policy Heading under Erratic Trump?
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Where’s US Foreign Policy Heading under Erratic Trump?

Saturday 19 April 2025
unipolar to multipolar. But can Washington reshuffle the current order to its own advantage?  Filling the US void Nicholas Bakulin, an expert at Yale Law School and former director of Amnesty International in Asia and the Pacific, has raised the question in a piece published by Foreign Policy ...
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Iran and Arab Monarchies in Trump’s Eyes: What’s the True Development?
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Iran and Arab Monarchies in Trump’s Eyes: What’s the True Development?

Sunday 18 May 2025 ،
unipolar order is moving to multipolar order. On the other hand, the world's economic and financial system is moving out of the Western monopoly and the Eastern powers are seeing a boost of their global role. In these circumstances, where emerging alliances such as BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation ...
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Moscow Security Meeting: New Architecture of International Security with Eastern Vision
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Moscow Security Meeting: New Architecture of International Security with Eastern Vision

Saturday 31 May 2025 ،
unipolar world order has reached a dead end and is collapsing. Multipolarity is now a reality.  Boosting Iran-Russia security cooperation Moscow event stresses on the common view of Russia and Iran for creating a balanced framework in global security and highlights multilateral dialogue and i ...
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From Defense to War: Why’s Trump Renamed Pentagon?
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From Defense to War: Why’s Trump Renamed Pentagon?

Monday 8 September 2025 ،
unipolar system.  In a statement supporting this position, Ryan Zinke, a pro-Trump Republican congressman from Montana, said, The world is unstable. We have bad actors—Putin, North Korea, and Iran are probably the top three. The United States needs to show strength. Home reactions  ...
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Trump’s Doctrine: An Analysis of US Hegemonic Decline
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Trump’s Doctrine: An Analysis of US Hegemonic Decline

Wednesday 10 December 2025 ،
unipolar moment. Strategically, however, the document lacks a comprehensive blueprint for managing this multi-layered competition, primarily resorting to punitive economic tools and episodic displays of hard power. This approach neither guarantees the containment of ascendant rivals nor solidifies A ...
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A Review of Newly Published US National Security Document
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A Review of Newly Published US National Security Document

Monday 29 December 2025 ،
unipolarity to multipolarity. It implicitly acknowledges the status of Russia and China as major global powers, a paradigmatic shift signaling a new understanding of the limits of American power. According to Mr Zarean, this document in a way a satisfaction of Trump’s psychological and spirit ...
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As Western-dominated Order Erodes, Many Question MSC Influence
Analysis

As Western-dominated Order Erodes, Many Question MSC Influence

Sunday 15 February 2026 ،
unipolar order to new poles  The post-1945 international order was built on the foundation of Western political, economic, and military superiority. Its institutions, rules, and security mechanisms were a direct reflection of this balance of power. In the aftermath of the Soviet downfall, the ...
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Why’s not NATO Standing by US in Iran War?
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Why’s not NATO Standing by US in Iran War?

Wednesday 15 April 2026 ،
unipolar order, became a tool of US military intervention. But the global order is now shifting. New global and regional powers outside NATO have increasingly risen; powers such as China, whose economic and technological heft rivals that of the US and upon which Europeans have become dependent in v ...
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Tehran Expresses Readiness to Share Its Experience of Defying the US with SCO Allies
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Tehran Expresses Readiness to Share Its Experience of Defying the US with SCO Allies

Tuesday 28 April 2026 ،
unipolar system toward a multipolar world order. In separate meetings with defense ministers from key SCO members—including Russia, Pakistan, Belarus, and Kyrgyzstan—Talaei-Nik declared that the United States can no longer dictate its policies to independent nations, a reality made clea ...
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From Hegemony to Hormuz: The US Decline and Rise of Multipolar World Order
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From Hegemony to Hormuz: The US Decline and Rise of Multipolar World Order

Monday 18 May 2026 ،
unipolar world order that took shape after the Soviet Union with the US at its center has gradually lost its functionality. Earlier in this century, the the US with invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and then Iraq in 2003 intended to consolidate its hegemony in the world. Such politicians as Condoleez ...

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Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.