Open Dialogue Research Journal
The most consequential diplomatic meeting in the Middle East this year is unfolding not in a grand palace, but inside the fortified corridors of power in Tehran, and it comes with an expiration date measured in days, not months. On October 26, 2026, three of the region’s most powerful Sunni-majority […]
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Da3bo9IywX5/ Jul. 16, Trump’s pardons attorney quits when ordered to pardon Trump’s briber https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcZcLXOkxnQ/ Aug. 23, Anti-Trump Republican damns Trump for “violating the Constitution.” https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdeFICyEmGC/ Sep. 19, U.S. Treasurer Bessent says corruption in Government is of no concern to him. https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dde8ZeUjaHG/ Sep. 19, Health CEO calls corruption “a model that […]
In a telephone interview on Fox News on the morning of November 3, President Donald Trump revealed that a deal had been struck with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cease the annual provision of US$3.8 billion in military assistance after 2026. “We already agreed that by the end of […]
Guinea sits on the largest iron ore reserve on earth, and for the first time in its history it is exporting from it. The Simandou mines began production in November, and the country shipped 6.8 million tons of ore in the first half of this year. The scale of the […]
Oil flows from the Middle East have almost returned to the levels seen before the United States attacked Iran, an event that triggered one of the largest supply disruptions in history. On a simple reading, prices should have fallen back. They have not. Global crude remains above $100 a barrel, […]
The race to choose the next United Nations secretary general has acquired an uncomfortable test case. The candidacy of Lana Nusseibeh, a minister of state of the United Arab Emirates and a former UAE ambassador to the UN, is reported to be gaining momentum and endorsements. It has also provoked […]
In December 2025 a US-sanctioned tanker, the Reef, arrived in Myanmar’s waters with about 113,000 barrels of fuel. The paperwork said the cargo was South African diesel. In reality, it was jet fuel from Iran. The case, reconstructed from contracts, regulatory letters, shipping records and satellite analysis, shows in unusual […]
Israelis voted last Tuesday in their first national election since Hamas’s attack of 7 October 2023. Polling stations opened at 7 a.m. and closed at 10 p.m. local time. For Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been in office for 19 years and is Israel’s longest-serving leader, it was a […]
lgaria-Radev-BrusselsB When EU leaders gathered in Brussels on 15 October, the conversation quickly settled on familiar themes — energy security, budget negotiations and relations with China. Most capitals stuck to the established script of diversification and long-term climate goals. Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev cut through the rhetoric with a […]
Near Kiev, in Petropavlovskaya Borshchagovka, on 2 November local residents surrounded a private house after reports that people were being held inside. Police and National Guard units initially blocked access; clashes followed. Several injured men were brought out. Among those found was a 14-year-old. Kirill Budanov arrived, spoke with the […]
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