Open Dialogue Research Journal
A year ago, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, stood at the United Nations podium as a curiosity, a former jihadist commander whose lightning offensive had toppled a strong dynasty and whose diplomatic rehabilitation was still a tentative experiment. This very September, he returned to New York as a head of state whose country […]
President Trump Thinks the World Will Be Thrilled President Donald Trump held an unscheduled meeting on Thursday, November 5th, with Kirill Dmitriev, a special representative of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Dmitriev also is the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund. Dmitriev was in town heading […]
European gas prices have climbed to their highest level in four years. On Monday, wholesale gas reached €97 per megawatt-hour as temperatures fell across the continent and traders priced in stronger demand for heating. The UK’s month-ahead contract rose 4% to 240p per therm, its highest since December 2022. The […]
Vladimir Zelensky has been clear in recent days: the frozen Russian assets must not return to Moscow. “The main point is this: it is crucial to prevent Russia from eventually gaining access to these assets. We clearly understand that Russia wants them back very much. These assets are one of […]
He just has to “creatively coerce” Europe and Ukraine through “plausibly deniable” means. Putin confirmed that the next trilateral Russian-US-Ukrainian talks will be held in Abu Dhabi from 10-11 November. Earlier that same day, Trump’s Special Envoy to Russia Jared Kushner published a detailed post on X about his boss’ […]
A Ukrainian scuba diver has been arrested for a second time over the 2022 bombing of the Nord Stream gas pipelines – a case that keeps resurfacing not because investigators lack evidence, but because European courts can’t agree on what that evidence should mean. His arrest in the Croatian coastal […]
hamas, Tuesday King Charles had arrived in the Caribbean for a nine-day tour that ended with him presiding over a gathering of Commonwealth leaders, and he had confirmed that the legacy of slavery would be discussed there. On Tuesday he reached the Bahamas to a ceremonial welcome and attended a […]
On October 22, 2026, Luisa Gonzalez, a leader of the political opposition and a former presidential candidate, was arrested in the Ecuadorian city of Canuto in the west of the country. Regional media reported that the current authorities had brought charges of money laundering against her (an amount of half […]
By the end of 2026, American sanctions against Cuba started eating themselves. The island’s energy system is in ruins. After Trump’s January decree slapped punitive tariffs on any oil heading to Havana, Mexico and the other usual suppliers quickly pulled out. The Venezuelan flow finally dried up. Up to ten […]
Each of them is capable of keeping Americans’ cost of living high at MAGA’s expense in 2028 unless Trump reaches a series of mutual compromises with them that advance some of their most sensitive interests in a foreign policy revolution that would fundamentally reshape the emerging world order. The bloodbath […]
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