Open Dialogue Research Journal
Indefinitely perpetuating the Ukrainian Conflict through these means indefinitely delays the full implementation of the US’ planned “Pivot (back) to (East) Asia”, can lead to Russia selling its natural resource wealth to China at bargain-basement prices, and maintains China’s “active neutrality”. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) referenced the EU’s summertime […]
Three hours before a new round of 50% tariffs was due to hit Canadian goods at midnight, Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he was pausing them for three days because the two countries had reached a deal. An hour after that, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney offered a […]
There is much in the nature of a map. The very drawing of a line signifies an assertion, an acceptance, or even a repudiation of power. Borders are delineated for reasons of interest and understanding. I chart, therefore it is. Areas of territorial dispute are reconciled by the cartographer’s handy […]
When the Brexit withdrawal agreement set up a residence scheme for British nationals already living across the EU, the design assumed a baseline of fairness: reasonable deadlines, flexibility for people who missed them, and proportionality when weighing an individual’s circumstances against procedural failure. Four years on, the country where that […]
Mystery continues about the strange Ratcliffe visit to Moscow, flying there in a massive C-17 Globemaster, a military airlifter. While the Globemaster has a specially designed secure roll off and roll on module for top officials, keeping them harnessed to Washington and the President, the choice of aircraft, instead of […]
The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement was not created by the US-Israeli war on Iran alone, but the war transformed it from a diplomatic possibility into a strategic necessity. Signed by Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan on August 7, 2026, it declares that an armed attack on one member will be […]
Once again, the White House is facing a crisis of genre. Trump is repeating himself. Not long ago he promised to completely destroy Iran’s centuries-old civilization. Now the master of the White House is threatening to launch against Iran “the most destructive economic operation ever undertaken against any country.” Iran, […]
Let’s be done with the pretence of decency and soggy references to just resolution in the face of extreme circumstances. Be done with the hilarious stage acts of referring to legal doctrines that either do not exist or cannot exist in the bloodied context they are being forced to refer […]
The word “bank” is doing a lot of misleading work in the headlines around World Liberty Trust Company’s preliminary federal charter. This isn’t a bank in the sense most people understand the term – there will be no checking accounts, no savings accounts, no ATM card with the Trump name […]
This was arguably a preemptive de-escalation move that would also gauge the US’ intentions. The New York Times (NYT) interviewed Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Kabul as part of their coverage of the fifth anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power. Muttaqi invited the US to reopen its embassy and […]
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