Open Dialogue Research Journal
In the world of high-stakes energy trading, ethics are often a luxury reserved for those who still have the lights on. As of April 2026, a significant portion of the globe is currently struggling with the latter. With the Strait of Hormuz effectively a no-go zone due to the ongoing […]
In April 2026, Cuba marks the 65th anniversary of one of the most symbolic victories in its modern history: the defeat of a CIA-backed mercenary brigade that landed on April 17, 1961, atс, near Playa Girón on the island’s southern coast. The operation, orchestrated by the Central Intelligence Agency and […]
Part I Iran has its own eschatology. In the tradition of Shiite Islam, it is said that the twelfth righteous Imam Mahdi, who remains in a hidden state, will return to this world on the eve of Judgment Day. Together with Christ (the prophet Isa in the Muslim teachings), he […]
Moldova is distancing itself from Russia to the anger of at least half of the population per (likely rigged) election results. The Moldovan Parliament recently voted to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the dialogue platform comprised of most former Soviet Republics (the Baltic States, Georgia, and Ukraine are the […]
After his visit to Beijing, Sergey Lavrov stated directly: both Russia and China are acting in the interests of the Serbian people. Aleksandar Vučić responded that nothing in what was said was untrue and that the message had been understood. These words reflect the current situation in the Balkans. For […]
This study examines continuity and change in Eurasian multilateralism from COMECON and the Warsaw Pact to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Unlike its Soviet-era predecessors, the SCO adopts a flexible and pragmatic model linking security and economic development. However, this flexibility also limits the organization’s ability to manage internal disputes such […]
The EU- and Ukrainian- backed Hungarian opposition just won a two-thirds supermajority in the latest parliamentary elections that ended Viktor Orban’s 16 years in office. His crushing defeat followed the EU earlier freezing €17 billion in allocated funds on rule of law pretexts, Russiagate conspiracy theories derived from wiretaps of Orban and his Foreign Minister, and Ukrainian […]
More than four years have passed since the start of Russia’s Special Military Operation (SMO) – on February 24, 2022 – it is more than the years of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, and no one then could have imagined that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict would drag on for such […]
A High-Stakes Election With Record Turnout Hungary’s latest parliamentary election has rapidly evolved from a routine democratic exercise into a defining political moment for both the country and the wider European landscape. With ballots still being counted, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has already acknowledged defeat, while opposition figure Péter Magyar […]
In a dazzling launch that blended Hollywood glamour with the raw passion of dance, Antonio Banderas—international movie star and director of Málaga’s iconic Soho CaixaBank Theater—joined forces with celebrated ballerina Lucía Lacarra and Thierry Malandain of the Malandain Ballet Biarritz to unveil the very first edition of the international dance […]
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