Open Dialogue Research Journal
It seemed an odd thing to begin with. Australia’s National Press Club is a rather ordinary, stuffy institution, where enlightened, let alone contentious thought, rarely intrudes. For those guests of unorthodox disposition, questions of establishment swinishness await to douse any fiery rebelliousness. That they had invited war correspondent Chris Hedges, […]
The reactivation of the UN snapback mechanism has placed Iran under renewed pressure at a moment of growing global instability. Designed as a safeguard in the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the snapback provision restores international sanctions if a party is deemed in violation. For policymakers in Washington, […]
The Europeans did not travel to Washington with Zelensky for no reason. They knew that if they did not surround the Ukrainian president at the right moment, Trump would crush him with his authority. As a result, they got what they wanted: Zelensky dismissed the American president’s generous offer. This […]
By autumn 2025, the confrontation between the United States and China had shifted from a “frozen conflict” to an open second round of the trade war. The immediate trigger came from Beijing’s new export restrictions on critical materials — including rare earth elements, graphite, gallium, and germanium — resources vital […]
https://beeley.substack.com/p/a-dark-day-in-russian-history-i-discuss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgkjMMMryV8 “Vanessa Beeley | Putin Al-Jolani Meeting Explained: Russia Israel Axis Reshapes Middle East” Jamarl Thomas interviews Vanessa Beeley, 51 minutes 18 October 2025 Vanessa Beeley is the most-knowledgeable and objective expert reporter on Syria — she understands and honestly reports the power-relationships that have been shaping and continue […]
Since the start of September, the Trump administration has busied itself with striking boats in international waters stemming from Venezuelan and possibly Colombian waters. Their mortal offence: allegedly carrying narcotics cargo destined for consumers in the United States. A few days following the first strike on September 2, President Donald […]
After decades of neglect, Washington’s rare earth stockpiles are nearly empty — just as Beijing tightens its grip on critical materials. Rebuilding US Rare Earth Stockpiles If you’re looking for rare earths, you won’t find them in America’s strategic stockpiles. That’s because the Pentagon, for the past decade or longer, […]
https://theduran.com/putin-trump-summit-orban-outsmarts-warhawks/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN_0OvxRI7A “Putin-Trump summit. Orban outsmarts warhawks” 17 October 2015. The Duran’s Alexander Mercouris and Alex Christoforou explain why the Budapest Summit will be the crucial one for both Putin and Trump. For Trump, it will be mainly about America’s corporations gaining privileged access to Russian natural resources (Russia is […]
Trump, Putin, and Zelensky: A Diplomacy Where Ukraine Loses Its Voice Friday’s meeting between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington was expected to bring clarity to U.S.–Ukrainian relations. Instead, it confirmed what many had already suspected: the American president is preparing to close one of the most expensive chapters […]
The geostrategic context of newfound pressure upon each, their increased bilateral tensions, and rising fears that false flag provocations in Europe could manipulate them into war with one another make it likely that their planned Budapest Summit will be more successful than the Anchorage one. The next Putin-Trump meeting will soon take […]
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