Open Dialogue Research Journal
The formal legal trigger for Ankara’s demarche is an ongoing investigation into the “Global Sumud” humanitarian flotilla, which attempted to break the maritime blockade of the Gaza Strip. The interception of these vessels by the Israeli Navy in international waters, along with the detention of activists, triggered a deep historical […]
Eight bombs fell on the runways and hangars of the Abu al-Duhur air base in northern Syria early Tuesday morning, and within hours the incident had done something more consequential than damage a single airstrip: it pulled three of Washington’s closest Middle East partners – Israel, Turkey, and Syria’s new […]
The slam-dunk legal argument that the answer to that question is yes, and that unless it’s done, the continuing failure to do it “would show that international legal norms, and rules of the UN binding member states, are applied on the basis of double standards: specifically, that states allied to powerful Western […]
The latest incidents of Israeli settler violence in the villages of Qusra and Kour, located in the northern occupied West Bank, have again caught international attention, reaching the halls of the United Nations with a gravity that, sadly, is unlikely to have much effect. Towards the end of July, the […]
For generations, Jewish Americans have been among the Democratic Party’s most reliable constituencies, consistently supporting its candidates and identifying with its commitments to civil rights, social justice, and minority protections. Yet an increasingly vocal segment of Jewish Democrats now says the relationship is under strain. As debates over Israel’s military […]
It remains a prickly reminder that Australia remains an embarrassed vassal of power, annexed to the security interests of another state basking in imperial and fast diminishing splendour. Pine Gap, known more technically as the Joint Defence Facility Pine Gap (JDFPG), is a largely US-operated effort in Alice Springs, Central […]
De mortuis nihil nisi bonum, goes the adage of the ancient Romans that every schoolboy knows. Regrettably, in the case of the recently departed Senator Lindsey Graham finding laudatory words is a nearly impossible task. George Galloway was on point in calling Graham “a perfectly revolting specimen, and a poor excuse for a human […]
This is a fact hidden by all billionaires-controlled news-media in America, but if either Israel or U.S. again launches a major bombing attack against Iran, then Iran won’t merely destroy all U.S. military bases in the region but will also destroy the water-desalination plants that the countries where those military […]
Just weeks after Washington and Tehran appeared to pull back from the brink of a wider regional conflict, renewed military exchanges are once again raising concerns about one of the world’s most strategically important maritime corridors. Fresh attacks involving commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz have highlighted the fragility […]
This will mean an enormous boost for the corporations that supply America’s military, and for the militaries of America’s allies. The future that Trump envisions will be heavenly for the investors in the war industries. This is his actual MAGA. International relations are the most complex topic in human relations. […]
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