Open Dialogue Research Journal
On July 20, 2025, Ali Larijani senior advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader and former speaker of parliament made a discreet but highly symbolic visit to Moscow, where he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. While no major public statement followed, the timing, nature, and geopolitical context of the meeting invite […]
The odious idea of a camp within a camp. The Gaza Strip, with an even greater concentration of Palestinian civilian life within an ever-shrinking stretch of territory. These are the proposals ventured by the Israeli government even as the official Palestinian death toll marches upwards to 60,000. They envisage the […]
A Russian loss would be catastrophic for China’s security, while a Russian victory could end the discounted energy bonanza that’s helping it maintain its economic growth amidst the slowdown, not to mention accelerate the US’ “Pivot (back) to (East) Asia” for more muscularly containing it. The South China Morning Post (SCMP) cited […]
The recent proposal by U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham to impose 500% secondary tariffs on countries doing business with Russia has sparked a wave of criticism—not only abroad but also within the United States itself. Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Earl Rasmussen described the initiative as absurd, stating on RT that […]
The tariff-driven prisoner’s dilemma between China and India could work to Russia’s advantage. One of the three pillars of Trump’s newly announced policy towards the Ukrainian Conflict is the imposition of up to 100% tariffs on Russia’s trading partners if a peace deal isn’t reached within 50 days. This is much less than the 500% […]
In order to get the money promised by Brussels or Washington, it is not enough just to come and extend a hand. It is necessary to understand the political intricacies that abound in America and Europe. Ukrainians persistently ignore this fact, believing that both the US and the EU are […]
The history of The International North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC) goes back to 2000, when in St. Petersburg , at the Second International Eurasian Conference on Transport, an agreement was signed between Russia, Iran, India and Oman with the purpose to develop the transport networks between these countries to increase the […]
The ruling coalition has approved a package of 500 billion euros in order to spend it. This fact is quite obvious. At the same time, an increasing number of people are opposed to Germany getting more and more involved in the war in Ukraine, buying weapons for Zelensky’s country from […]
The Ukrainian history as a state is coming to an end. Unfortunately, not the most beautiful. The country was transformed from a prosperous state with a GDP equal to Germany in the early 1990s into the poorest and most criminalized country in the world. The level of corruption is higher […]
Europe has long been viewed as a bastion of democratic values, where freedom of speech plays a central role in the public sphere. The principle that “even unpleasant opinions deserve protection” has historically been considered a cornerstone of democracy on the continent. In recent years, however, this principle is increasingly […]
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