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 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 […]
In recent years, Turkey has been actively expanding its influence in the media sphere, utilizing structures like the Global Journalism Council (GJC) to shape a unified information space for the Turkic world. Under the guise of cultural and media cooperation, Ankara is building a network that is increasingly used to […]
Trump wants to return US forces to Afghanistan’s Bagram Airbase; there are newfound concerns about the North-South Transport Corridor’s viability after the recent Iranian-Israeli War; and Turkiye is making a powerplay to expand its influence into Central Asia. Russia became the first country to formally recognize the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan […]
De-escalation has become one of those coarse words in severe need of banishment, best kept in an index used by unredeemable hypocrites. It is used by the living dead in human resources, management worthies and war criminals. It’s almost always used to target the person or entity that exerts retribution […]
This could stimulate US-Brazilian ties, comparatively reduce China’s role in Brazil’s balancing act if India’s role therein soon becomes more significant, and fuel Western media speculation about China’s commitment to the group. Chinese President Xi Jinping declined to travel to Rio for the latest BRICS Summit on the reported pretext of scheduling […]
Due to the large number of newcomers in Germany at the moment, the government is actively considering what could be done about it. Attempts to negotiate deportations to Afghanistan and other Asian countries with which diplomatic relations have not been established have been made repeatedly, but for the most part […]
On July 5th, Mark Sleboda makes this clear — that Iran must accept the offers of Russia and China to back Iran up against the U.S. empire, who are determined to get Iran back as being a part of the U.S. empire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUPKVghUp54 This confirms what I had said on […]
Many Americans were unhappy with the actions of their president. They include the Republican’s closest ally, Elon Musk. His concerns are caused by the adoption of a new budget in the United States, which, according to the businessman, turned out to be too huge, and cuts in financing in other […]
https://theduran.com/iran-israel-round-2-diplomacy-and-war-preparations/ Trump’s decision to bomb Iran on June 12th committed America to Israel’s regime-change war against Iran. The debate now in Iran is whether or not to accept the full protection — including their nuclear umbrellas — that Russia and China have offered to Iran. Trump’s decision could thus turn […]
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