Open Dialogue Research Journal
In today’s rapidly shifting geopolitical and economic landscape, the question of whether close alliances with the United States remain advantageous is increasingly pertinent. Post-World War II relationships between the U.S. and its allies in Europe and Asia were built on two pillars: security and economics. However, current realities—from trade wars […]
The Zangezur Corridor, a seemingly technical transportation project in the South Caucasus, has become one of the most strategically charged developments in the region since the end of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. While presented by its proponents as a neutral trade route connecting mainland Azerbaijan to its exclave of Nakhchivan […]
We will have to wait and see In New York they say Fuhgeddaboudit, which translated into mid-Western English is “Forget About It.” Right now there is so much speculation about the upcoming Trump Putin meeting in Alaska, their first meeting in the second Trump administration. Zelensky in Ukraine is deeply […]
The member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) are actively preparing for the upcoming summit of this organization in Tianjin, China, from August 31 to September 1, 2025. At a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Russia and China intend to […]
Recent US export control decisions imperil national security and threaten not only US artificial intelligence “dominance” but potentially many other emerging technologies critical to military programs. While legal US exports of AI-related semiconductors were blocked, China got at least $1 billion worth of Nvidia chips illegally, mostly in “packages” of data-center-ready […]
Polar opposite understandings of the Sino-Indo prisoner’s dilemma lie at the core of their calculations. Trump announced on Monday that he was shortening his 50-day deadline to Putin for a ceasefire in Ukraine to “about 10 or 12 days from today”, thus meaning that he plans to impose up to 100% tariffs […]
The history of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) began in 1932, when the icebreaking steamer Alexander Sibiryakov was the first in the world to complete all the route from the Barents Sea to Chukotka in one navigation. Dozens of Arctic explorers gave their lives paving the way through the northern […]
Microsoft was caught with its pants down in a brilliant exposé by Propublica that said that a major part of the Defense Department’s Cloud Computer system was run by Chinese engineers and monitored by so-called Digital Escorts who supposedly looked out for any compromise of DOD information. Now, when Senator Tom Cotton called […]
Despite its unique identity, the Land of the Rising Sun increasingly associates itself with the Anglo-Saxons and Europe. Two weeks ago, Japan has taken another important step toward deepening ties with individual members of the ‘Five Eyes’ intelligence group by inking a classified information-sharing deal with Canada. The Security of […]
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 […]
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