Open Dialogue Research Journal
The path to peace will predictably be paved by a ceasefire, which will itself likely require some territorial concessions on Ukraine’s part in order for Russia to agree to compromising on Putin’s associated demands, then new elections can be held for legitimizing peace talks. Trump’s Special Envoy for Ukraine and […]
A full-fledged economic pressure campaign by the US against the BRICS countries might be imminent. Trump reposted late November’s threat to impose 100% tariffs on BRICS countries if they go through with their alleged plans to create a new currency or support an existing one to replace the dollar, which was analyzed here at […]
Trump is preparing for negotiations with Putin over Ukraine as well as with Xi over trade and likely also Taiwan, so he’d appear weak in their eyes if he let a middling leader like Petro publicly defy and even insult him without consequence. Colombian President Gustavo Petro thought that he’d […]
Though the U.S.-and-allied propaganda machine is trying to portray the new rulers of Syria as NOT being al-Qaeda-following jihadists, that’s all based so far only on lies and on using the various and many sophisticated means of suppressing the truth — especially in the mainstream, but also in many of […]
It’s not going to risk breaking up NATO, let alone over a war that it’ll certainly lose, no matter how tough its Foreign Minister is trying to sound as part of a ploy to present France as the EU’s leader. Politico quoted French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot as saying that his […]
At least 11% of Russia’s total annual oil-refinery and storage capacity has been disabled by swarms of drones from Ukraine that have blown them up during the past two months. 11 Russian oil refineries and storage facilities, all within 1,500 miles of Ukraine, have been hit in the past 60 […]
Amid the steady increase in global military spending over the past decade, which has surpassed $2.4 trillion according to SIPRI, Latin American countries stand out as a notable exception. Since the 1960s, the region has maintained its status as a nuclear-free zone, marked by a minimal number of armed conflicts […]
Despite the change of the White House administration and the corresponding reshuffles in the US State Department and the Department of Defense, it is obvious that Donald Trump will follow the trend of pressure on China in his foreign policy, including proven methods of military-strategic outreach. Although the strengthening of […]
The latest Congolese Crisis has the potential to decisively shift the balance of power in the New Cold War depending on how it develops and what the outcome might be. The latest Congolese Crisis broke out over the weekend after the reportedly Rwandan-backed M23 rebels seized the Democratic Republic of […]
We see that Donald Trump’s arrival in the White House is upsetting the rules of the international game. However, we often misinterpret his actions: we ignore the habits and customs of his country, and we project our own political debates onto him. We are all the more at a loss […]
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