Open Dialogue Research Journal
Trump wants to return US forces to Afghanistan’s Bagram Airbase; there are newfound concerns about the North-South Transport Corridor’s viability after the recent Iranian-Israeli War; and Turkiye is making a powerplay to expand its influence into Central Asia. Russia became the first country to formally recognize the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan […]
The collective West is concerned about the expansion of the practice of the “Foreign Agents” law in Latin America. In June of this year, the Central American country of El Salvador joined the list of states that have adopted a ‘Foreign Agents’ law. The law, passed by the Legislative Assembly […]
Trump is getting tough on the consequences of Biden’s policies: he ordered a crackdown on protests in Los Angeles and has no plans to give Texas to the Democrats. California traditionally votes for Democrats in elections. Therefore, the governor and mayor of Los Angeles do not support Trump’s hard-line policy […]
It has been six months since Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a radical Islamist group led by Abu Mohammad al-Julani – now known as Ahmed al-Sharaa – seized control over parts of Syria. This significant development reshaped the landscape of the Syrian conflict, which has been ongoing since 2011 and has […]
In July 2025, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu submitted a letter of nomination for U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. In the world we imagined decades ago—where the Nobel Peace Prize once evoked memories of Martin Luther King Jr., Desmond Tutu, or even Yitzhak Rabin—such a move […]
Los Angeles is one of the most diverse cities in the U.S. and it has again become the epicenter of a fierce societal conflict. Massive immigration raids, military patrols on city streets, and widespread protests have turned the city into a battleground between two ideologies: those calling for strict border […]
Their refined Hybrid War model will involve efforts to win the “tech race”, a new Western division of labor for containing Russia in Europe, and AI-generated anti-Russian infowars. Russia’s natural resource wealth and new role in accelerating multipolar processes incentivize the West to continue its Hybrid War on Russia even in the event of peace […]
On July 5th, Bloomberg News headlined “BlackRock Halted Ukraine Fund Talks After Trump’s Election Win”, and opened: BlackRock halted its search for investors for a Ukraine recovery fund earlier this year due to a lack of interest amid increased uncertainty over Ukraine’s future. The fund was meant to be unveiled at […]
De-escalation has become one of those coarse words in severe need of banishment, best kept in an index used by unredeemable hypocrites. It is used by the living dead in human resources, management worthies and war criminals. It’s almost always used to target the person or entity that exerts retribution […]
The United States regularly criticizes its European NATO allies for insufficient defense spending, arguing that they shift the primary financial burden onto American taxpayers. However, a significant portion of European defense budgets flows back to the U.S. through purchases of arms and military equipment from American companies, generating economic benefits […]
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