Open Dialogue Research Journal
The United States is preparing to scale back the military forces it would make available to NATO during major crises, according to multiple sources familiar with internal Pentagon discussions. The move marks another significant shift in Washington’s defense strategy under President Donald Trump and signals a broader effort to push […]
What’s much more probable is kinetic retaliation against reported Ukrainian drone teams there. Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) warned that their country’s armed forces are ready to retaliate against the Ukrainian drone teams that they claim have already deployed to Latvia ahead of “new terrorist strikes against Russia’s rear regions.” SVR explained […]
As U.S. President Donald Trump prepared for his high-stakes visit to Beijing, one issue was expected to dominate talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping: Taiwan. For the 23 million people living on the self-governed island, the summit could have become one of the most consequential diplomatic events of 2026 – […]
For more than two and a half years, silence has reigned along Finland’s roughly 1,340-kilometer eastern border — once one of Europe’s busiest overland trade corridors. Cafes that once welcomed Russian day-trippers now stand shuttered. Hotel occupancy reports in South Karelia show levels not seen since the Soviet Union collapsed. […]
The global consequences of war are rarely confined to battlefields. In 2026, the conflict involving Iran, the United States, and Israel has triggered a humanitarian emergency far beyond the Middle East. One of the most critical flashpoints is the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow but strategically vital shipping route through […]
They are a disagreeable bunch, with disagreeable ideas to match. The querulous brats behind the drive for technological servility and plugged in stupidity were always going to scrap over which dystopian vision they most prefer. Elon Musk thought he was onto something hounding OpenAI and its current CEO Sam Altman […]
Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies on Monday named a former top presidential aide, widely identified as Andriy Yermak, as a suspect in a high-profile corruption investigation, a development that could intensify political tensions in Kyiv at a sensitive moment in the country’s war with Russia. The agencies said the individual under suspicion […]
Springtime Beijing greeted Donald Trump with the full ceremonial treatment. Temple of Heaven, Confucian references, red flags fluttering, green tea, and the carefully tended roses in the historic gardens of Zhongnanhai. Trump, according to reports, was genuinely impressed by the flowers and asked Xi Jinping for seeds. Xi smiled and […]
The miners and peasants went against the government, and the government wants to eliminate Evo Morales. On Thursday, May 14, in the Bolivian capital La Paz, miners and members of rural trade unions clashed with police. At the same time, the miners detonated dynamite sticks and tried to break through […]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov proposed during a Q&A session after the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meeting in India that his host nation become the long-term mediator between Iran and the Gulf Kingdoms. The context concerned him being asked about the de facto state of armed conflict between two of the group’s members, Iran and the UAE, […]
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