Open Dialogue Research Journal
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. […]
Ceasefires in the Middle East seem especially susceptible to revision, alteration and contradiction. Missiles still get fired; airstrikes initiated. Destruction to infrastructure, and death, follows. Yet despite the misunderstandings, the sniping and the harrying, these odd understandings are often described by those funny political coves as “holding”. In the case […]
Vice President JD Vance is encountering growing resistance from some of the Republican Party’s most influential pro-Israel voices following his central role in negotiating an end to the recent conflict with Iran. Yet despite criticism from conservative commentators and foreign policy hawks, many evangelical voters – one of the GOP’s […]
On June 29th, the Times of Israel headlined “Hezbollah-allied Lebanese parliament speaker says deal with Israel ‘will not pass’”, and this is like if John Thune the Senate Majority Leader were to announce that a treaty which had been negotiated by the U.S., President would not pass in the U.S. Congress (specifically in […]
“Trump made a deal out of “desperation.”” – Iranian Supreme Leader Did President Trump really make a deal or rather betray the public at large again – for the umpteenth time? Such treason is only possible because nobody reads the details. He knows it. The mainstream knows it. The Big […]
The latest escalation between Iran and Israel has pushed the Middle East into another period of dangerous uncertainty, raising a critical question for regional observers and international diplomats alike: can negotiations survive when military confrontation appears to offer some factions greater leverage than diplomacy? Recent developments suggest that the answer […]
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