Open Dialogue Research Journal
Trump is traveling to Beijing in the hope of extinguishing fires that he himself has lit. At the negotiating table, Xi Jinping holds the better cards. From 13 to 15 May, Donald Trump will pay a state visit to President Xi Jinping in Beijing. Originally, the intention was to discuss the trade conflict between the […]
When the European Union and the Mercosur bloc finally began implementing their long-delayed free trade agreement, it marked the end of one of the most protracted negotiations in modern trade history – and the beginning of a new, uncertain chapter in global commerce. After 25 years of talks, the deal […]
In May 2026, the RAND Corporation organization from the USA (undesirable in Russia), released another report on the Western Hemisphere. It is called “Force Multipliers in the Americas. Harnessing Security Force Assistance to Bolster Homeland Defense and U.S. Strategic Objectives in Latin America” and contains recommendations on how Washington can […]
In the coastal city of Santa Marta, nestled between the Caribbean Sea and the towering Sierra Nevada mountains, a quiet but ambitious experiment in global climate leadership is taking shape. Here, ministers from around 50 countries have gathered with a shared goal that once seemed politically impossible: figuring out how to […]
The administration figures Cuba will be an easier nut to crack than Iran. The Trump administration has declared a two-week deadline on Cuba to release two “high-profile” prisoners, Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Maykel Castillo Pérez (aka Maykel Osorbo), described as dissident artists from the San Isidro movement (Movimiento San Isidro, MSI). Alcántara […]
Depending on which historical sources you care to consult, the Pope has been a figure of obloquy, ridicule and abomination. This mediator between the terrestrial and the divine was always set for the battering. Martin Luther’s violent Protestant split from the body of the Catholic Church was merely one aspect […]
In a move that could significantly reshape the future of mental health treatment in the United States, President Donald Trump signed an executive order designed to accelerate access to psychedelic-based therapies. The order focuses particularly on ibogaine, a psychoactive substance derived from an African shrub that some researchers and veterans’ […]
The death of Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervante, better known as El Mencho, marks the end of one of the most violent and powerful chapters in Mexico’s modern criminal history. Killed in a targeted operation by Mexican special forces, the 59-year-old former police officer had spent nearly two decades building and […]
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 […]
International law is losing ground beneath its feet. Formally, everything remains in place: the UN Charter, the courts in The Hague, treaties on the inviolability of borders and the prohibition of the use of force. But the belief that these norms apply equally to everyone is gradually fading. When the […]
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