Open Dialogue Research Journal
“True to the historic commitment of my country to the Middle East, to peace between the Israelis and Palestinians, this is why I declare today, France recognises the state of Palestine.” So stated President Emmanuel Macron to more than 140 leaders in attendance at the United Nations General Assembly on […]
Human shields, collateral damage, and incidental deaths. This is the language that Israel uses to defend its assault against Hamas and the Palestinian people as legal and justified. The claim that Israel has adhered to the laws of war, however, is extremely controversial. The UN Commission of Inquiry has now […]
Sometimes a conspiracy-theory is true and the Establishment’s narrative is a lie. Apparently, the blowback from the murder of Charlie Kirk is exposing what quite possibly, if not probably, are evidences that are forming themselves into a very credible narrative — not only about that killing, but about who the […]
Ukraine’s Ambassador to Ankara, Nariman Dzhelyal, known for his provocative and sometimes outright fantastical statements, is once again attempting to capture the attention of the Turkish audience. This time, he positions Ukraine as the sole protector of the so-called “Turkic world” against a mythical Russian threat. In an interview with […]
Yet another blistering addition to the ghoulish accounts of cruelty regarding the ongoing actions of Israel in Gaza made its appearance on September 16. It came in the form of a report by the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, a lashing publication finding […]
Nearly a fifth of the world’s oil flows through Hormuz. Its fragility exposes how unipolar security has failed and why multipolar cooperation is the only sustainable path forward. The Strait of Hormuz has long been regarded as the world’s most strategic energy artery, a narrow corridor where geography, politics, and […]
A new study using advanced sensing technology has taken a fresh look at the damaged Iranian nuclear site, Fordow. It is not the first time that satellite technology has revealed important strategic security information. Landsat The Landsat system was launched in July, 1972, initially called the Earth Resources Technology Satellite. […]
It’s all part of a stratagem, bleak and brutal. With Palestinian recognition being promised by France, the UK, Canada and Australia at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Israeli aggression is becoming more brazen and panicked. Time must be bought on one vital front: creating a Greater […]
The Israeli airstrike on Hamas leaders in Doha in September 2025 was more than a military operation. It was a symbolic rupture in the very architecture of Middle Eastern diplomacy. For decades, Qatar had cultivated the image of a “neutral mediator,” hosting negotiations between the Taliban and Washington, or acting […]
Destroying cultures and eradicating the legacies of a people is a game the parochial and the dim-witted delight in. While this should be shunned and punished in international law, a general discomfort of purpose seems to trouble the friends of Israel as the state goes about its business of ruining […]
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