{"id":8816,"date":"2021-02-22T13:27:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T10:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/?p=8816"},"modified":"2021-03-08T11:10:21","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T08:10:21","slug":"rasanahs-annual-strategic-report-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/news\/rasanahs-annual-strategic-report-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Rasanah\u2019s Annual Strategic Report 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/Annual-Strategic-Report-2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Download-and-read.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7815\" width=\"167\" height=\"37\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rasanah\u2019s Annual Strategic Report 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rpZxqVqNMpQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The International Institute for Iranian Studies (Rasanah) has published its <em>Annual Strategic Report 2020 <\/em>which provides in-depth data analysis on the \u00a0interactions and developments in Iran last year. The report provides a clear picture of Iranian affairs and interactions, most prominently \u00a0in the context of \u00a0the emergence of a new\u00a0 international environment against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic\u2014China has maintained its strong presence in the international arena in the post-COVID world.\u00a0 Despite the recent divisions generated by the departure of former US President Donald Trump from the White House, the report affirms that US policy is not solely crafted by Republicans and Democrats, but by US national institutions\u00a0 and national security interests. The report provides clarity on the phenomena\u00a0 of political Islam as local factions and organizations aspire to usurp\u00a0 power in many Arab and Islamic countries. This has become a serious concern for several countries; both in the East and the West.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/Rasanahs-Annual-Strategic-Report-2020-1-1016x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8819\" width=\"635\" height=\"640\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By studying Iran\u2019s intertwined files, its consecutive interactions and ramifications, the report reviews Iran\u2019s internal affairs as follows: ideologically, Iranian clerics have faced scathing public criticism amid rising political tensions. The deterioration of the economic and political situation at home has greatly exacerbated the most severe social problems. &nbsp;<em>The Economic File<\/em> unveils the most important variables that have made the Iranian economy deteriorate further: US sanctions, the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the government\u2019s continued adherence to the policy of the \u201cresistance economy.\u201d &nbsp;In <em>Arab Affairs<\/em>, the report discusses the renewed cooperation between the&nbsp; &nbsp;Gulf states and and their diplomatic efforts to highlight the risks of Iran\u2019s behavior in the region and the threat Iran poses to &nbsp;international security and peace. &nbsp;It also reviews the escalation of the Houthis in Yemen by launching missile and drone attacks targeting neighboring countries and international maritime navigation; how &nbsp;Iraq has turned into a battlefield for confrontation between Iran and the United States; and the enrichment of Iranian influence in Syria; the continuous suffering of the Lebanese people from Hezbollah\u2019s hegemony on Lebanon\u2019s political life. In <em>International Affairs,<\/em> the report argues that international interactions still affect Iran at all levels due to the US maximum pressure campaign and the ramifications&nbsp; of the nuclear file on Iran\u2019s international relations. The report also discusses the steady economic cooperation between Iran and Russia and mainly focuses on Iran-Europe relations in regard to the nuclear file, Iran\u2019s human rights record; and the countermeasures to address the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report touches upon China\u2019s support towards Iran against the US move to extend the UN arms embargo imposed on Tehran, reviewing the long-term comprehensive agreement concluded between the two countries. It also discusses how Iran\u2019s relations with India and Pakistan are affected by the US position. This is in addition to discussing how Iran and Afghanistan kept their relations active. The report discusses Iran-Turkey relations in relation to the Syrian crisis and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and their mutual&nbsp; political, military and economic convergences. Further, it states that Iran\u2019s relations with the Central Asian states are politically and economically stable. The report concludes that Iran in 2020 was mainly keen to pursue appeasement and rely on the \u201cwait and see\u201d policy, i.e., betting on time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report forecasts that Iran in 2021 is likely to face deeper internal crises and more intense interactions with the new US administration, growing divergence with the Europeans and the loss of its influence in Syria and Iraq.&nbsp; It does not forecast a potential breakthrough between Iran and the Gulf states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, the report concludes that the Gulf states have realized the risks and looming threats of Iran and the need for better political understandings and to integrate their defense capabilities to curb Iran\u2019s potential threats in addition to cooperate with their strategic allies across the world.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/Annual-Strategic-Report-2020.pdf\">Click here to read the full report<\/a><br data-rich-text-line-break=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/Summary-of-Annual-Strategic-Report-2020..pdf\">Click here to read the&nbsp;summary<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Institute for Iranian Studies (Rasanah) has published its Annual Strategic Report 2020 which provides in-depth data analysis on the  interactions and developments in Iran last year. The report provides a clear picture of Iranian affairs and interactions, most prominently  in the context of  the emergence of a new  international environment against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic\u2014China has maintained its strong presence in the international arena in the post-COVID world.  Despite the recent divisions generated by the departure of former US President Donald Trump from the White House, the report affirms that US policy is not solely crafted by Republicans and Democrats, but by US national institutions  and national security interests. The report provides clarity on the phenomena  of political Islam as local factions and organizations aspire to usurp  power in many Arab and Islamic countries. This has become a serious concern for several countries; both in the East and the West.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":8817,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2452,1],"tags":[5743,4390,12,5744,1625],"class_list":["post-8816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-annual-strategic-reports","category-news","tag-annual-report","tag-annual-strategic-report","tag-iran","tag-rasanahs-annual-strategic-report-2020","tag-report"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8816"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8852,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8816\/revisions\/8852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}