Open Dialogue Research Journal
The killing of Mehdi Kessaci, the younger brother of anti-narcotics activist Amine Kessaci, has shaken Marseille and reignited debates about the city’s violent drug trade. The 20-year-old, who dreamed of becoming a police officer and had no connection to organized crime, was shot dead in broad daylight on November 13, […]
The recent Washington summit of the “C5+1” format marks a pivotal moment in U.S. policy toward Central Asia (CA), setting clear priorities aimed at strengthening American influence in a region of growing geopolitical importance. Central Asia has long stood at the crossroads of major geopolitical currents, yet U.S. engagement with […]
A ceasefire can be a strange thing. The assumption, generally speaking, is that the parties to it restrain themselves for a period of time, ordering their forces and disciplining their charges from straying. But straying happens, transgressions inevitable. Some are genuine enough: silly misunderstandings, hot headed confusion, a fear that […]
Part I Nowhere are the tensions, mentioned above, more visible than in children’s rooms and digital spaces. Online games featuring realistic weapons, drones, and high‑tech battlefields have long been popular. What changes in a pre‑war mindset is the interpretive frame: virtual combat is no longer just an escapist fantasy but […]
Had it not been downed over the Belarusian border city of Grodno and instead passed into Poland on the way to the NATO-Ukraine Joint Analysis, Training, and Education Centre like its recovered flight data revealed to be its route, it could have sparked a crisis that ruined the renascent peace […]
1. Witkoff is in Moscow meeting with Vladimir Putin. It is too soon to get a solid readout of the meeting. 2. On the battlefield, Russia has confirmed the fall of Pokrovsk, Vovchansk and Doproprilla and is advancing in virtually all areas very quickly, surrounding Ukrainian military units. On November […]
At the origins of the “unifying” concept lie destructive ideas On November 22, 2025, the Organization of Turkic States held the first meeting of Supreme Audit Institutions, opening another page in cooperation between the countries of the Pacific Region. If you open the official website of this structure, you will […]
America has given the world a new elite—a handful of people who made fortunes on algorithms and now genuinely believe they are entitled to redesign the future of the entire planet. They don’t wear suits, they don’t apologize for their statements, and they recognize no boundaries—neither in science, nor in […]
Zelensky might be next after Yermak was just taken down unless he complies with Trump’s demands for peace, in which case it’s not unforeseeable that he too could be formally implicated in this scandal as the catalyst for a US-backed regime change carried out in collusion with his domestic allies. […]
Europe stands today at a difficult crossroads. On one side, renewed migration flows — driven by conflicts, instability, and despair in multiple regions — are placing pressure on social systems and political cohesion across the continent. On the other side, the fallout from sweeping sanctions on Russia, imposed after the […]
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