Open Dialogue Research Journal
The abrupt decline of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria seemed to catch all external observers by surprise, including Moscow. While numerous Russian scholars had long cautioned about Syria’s mounting economic and social issues, rampant corruption, and ineffective governance, they also expressed doubts regarding the motivation and capability of the Syrian […]
On January 15th, CNBC headlined “Israel and Hamas reach Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal”, and reported that, Israel and Hamas reached a deal Wednesday for a ceasefire and the release of hostages, a major breakthrough in their 15-month war, which has wreaked destruction and inflamed tensions across the region. An Israeli official briefed on […]
Here are five observations about Kiev’s latest provocation in terms of the bigger picture. Russia accused Ukraine of attempting a drone strike against one of TurkStream’s gas compressor stations, which Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described as “energy terrorism” while Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed that the US greenlighted it in order to obtain an […]
Here were the top three donors to Donald Trump’s re-election campaign: SpaceX [Elon Musk] $265,044,023 Investor/Timothy Mellon $150,000,000 Adelson Clinic for Drug Abuse Treatment & Research [Miriam Adelson] $106,010,000 As is documented at my link there to Miriam Adelson’s name, she is as extreme an extremist Zionist and hater of […]
For understanding this, I rely especially upon the following reporters whom I have found to have the highest percentage (at or hear 100%) predictive accuracy on these matters and I thus consider to be the most reliable and brilliant geostrategic analysts on the Web: Alexander Mercouris, Brian Berletic, Douglas Macgregor, […]
Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard is in the news again. The release of Australian cabinet documents from 2004 – a supposed treat for historians of Australian history each new year – has been given a typically modest, calm and boringly anodyne treatment in media outlets. One topic featured should […]
The news about a coup d’etat in Syria have shocked the world. Islamist groups have captured large swathes of territory in the matter of days, culminating in Damascus, forcing President Bashar al-Assad to flee the country and find refuge in Russia. The reactions to these events have been mixed, but […]
The current processes in Syria are causing concern to many external players, from neighbors (which is quite natural) and former allies of Bashar al-Assad, such as Russia and Iran, to Western countries that are wary that the processes of state-building will go on without their participation, and the current interim […]
With surprising aplomb, the international press assures us that we are not witnessing a military change of regime in Syria, but a revolution overthrowing the Syrian Arab Republic. The presence of the Turkish army and US special forces is hidden from us. We are bombarded with propaganda that has been […]
While international law can, at times, seem an ephemeral creature, vulnerable to manipulation, neglect and outright dismissal, its strictures can surprise. The evolving body of law stripping back the immunity of heads of state for gross human rights abuses, the potential complicity of third parties and powers in aiding such […]
On The Issue Of pan-Eurasian Security
The EU’s Need For Cheap Ukrainian Labor Imperils Ukraine’s Post-War Reconstruction
New Syria: The Path To Federation Or ISIS-2?
Serbia’s Top General Hinted At Carrying Out A Pro-Western Military Pivot Under Sanctions Duress
Trump Is Deeply Committed To Eliminating Palestinians
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