Open Dialogue Research Journal
The European Commission has issued a stern call to the United States, urging Washington to honor last year’s hard-fought trade agreement despite a whirlwind of legal setbacks and fresh tariff threats from President Donald Trump. In a recently released statement, the Commission emphasized that the current chaos is undermining the […]
Cole Allen’s explanation of why he attempted to assassinate President Trump was published in full in the April 26th edition of the Republican Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post, and the reader-comments to it generally blamed the Democratic Party for this attempted assassination because the self-described perpetrator votes for the Democratic Party, which […]
The decline in global corruption perception scores is more than a statistical trend; it is a clear signal that the political systems of some of the world’s most powerful democracies are under strain. The latest Corruption Perceptions Index compiled by Transparency International reveals that countries long considered models of clean […]
Nearly fifty days of conflict linked to the Iran war have produced one of the most severe energy disruptions in modern history, removing more than $50 billion worth of crude oil from global markets and sending shockwaves through economies worldwide. What began as a geopolitical confrontation at the end of […]
They are an easy bunch to demonise, and to a certain extent, they should be. The God Chef, the collector of Michelin stars; the veteran of the kitchen, with all the cuts, bruises and wounds to show for it; the brute who terrorises the staff, mocking their lack of adeptness, […]
The administration figures Cuba will be an easier nut to crack than Iran. The Trump administration has declared a two-week deadline on Cuba to release two “high-profile” prisoners, Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Maykel Castillo Pérez (aka Maykel Osorbo), described as dissident artists from the San Isidro movement (Movimiento San Isidro, MSI). Alcántara […]
The Earth is in a fine mess, but human beings sealed in laboratories full of energy and vigour, attached to screens, and running tests about conditions in space, have another reason to cheer. Between April 1 and April 11, the Artemis II undertook a flyby of the Moon and returned […]
For nearly two decades, the idea of a comprehensive EU-India trade agreement hovered somewhere between ambition and inertia. Talks were launched in 2007, stalled repeatedly, and eventually abandoned, becoming a symbol of how difficult it was to reconcile Europe’s regulatory ambitions with India’s protectionist instincts. Yet recently, after a sudden […]
For decades, climate change has been described in sweeping, almost abstract terms: rising temperatures, melting ice caps, intensifying storms. Governments debated targets, companies issued pledges, and individuals were urged to reduce their carbon footprints. Yet one fundamental question remained unresolved: who, exactly, is responsible for the damage – and how […]
Unless Trump will now nuke Iran and set off a conflagration that will destroy both sides, Iran has now won America’s war against Iran; America and Israel have lost their conventional war against Iran. Explanation for this is documented at what is surely among the very best (maybe the best […]
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