Open Dialogue Research Journal
The complex and often volatile dynamics of Middle Eastern geopolitics place Syria as a critical focal point, particularly concerning the regional power struggle between Israel and Iran. Iran’s military presence and influence in Syria pose a significant security challenge for Israel, which is committed to minimizing Tehran’s foothold near its […]
“Trump’s pick for UN ambassador says Israel has ‘biblical right’ to West Bank” Guardian News, Jan 21, 2025 WASHINGTON New York representative Elise Stefanik endorsed Israeli claims of biblical rights to the entire West Bank during a Senate confirmation hearing. Trump nominated Stefanik to be his UN ambassador. —— .PS: […]
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 […]
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