Open Dialogue Research Journal
The Kremlin publicly said on Feb 4th, 2026 that President Xi Jinping invited President Vladimir Putin for an official China visit in the first half of 2026, and President Putin accepted. The visit would certainly be less about one dramatic announcement and more about locking in a broad package — […]
The aftermath of Slovenia’s tightly contested parliamentary election has plunged the country into a familiar yet increasingly complex political scenario: coalition negotiations under pressure. Prime Minister Robert Golob now faces the difficult task of forming a government in a fragmented parliament, while simultaneously addressing a looming economic crisis fueled by […]
Nothing was actually signed. Trump had needed an excuse so he could claim he hadn’t been bluffing, thus claimed there was a deal. There were no negotiations. On Wednesday, April 8th, updated at 5:52 pm ET, the Wall Street Journal headlined “A Closer Look at Iran’s 10 Demands — and Which the U.S. Might Accept: […]
In the Devil’s Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce defines peace as a period of cheating between two periods of fighting. The Israeli version of a ceasefire might be defined as a moment of war deceptively halted to enable conflict to continue. War as cosplay and camouflage. Under such fragile conditions, military objectives […]
On April 12, 2026, Hungary will head to the polls for what is arguably the most consequential European election of the year. For the first time in sixteen years, the air in Budapest doesn’t just smell of goulash and spring; it smells of genuine political uncertainty. Viktor Orbán – the man […]
Western policy toward China today looks like a battered old suitcase stuffed with clashing items: harsh tariffs and tech export bans sit right next to quiet European business delegations landing in Beijing, loud talk of systemic rivalry alongside real contracts for solar panels, batteries, and rare-earth materials. This is not […]
The Hungarian people have the greatest stakes since they’ll be the ones who’ll live with the consequences. Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Hungary have been described by RT as the “Battle for Hungary” due to the huge stakes involved for the EU, Ukraine, the US, and to a lesser extent, Russia. […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWZD6h-QRDI “Iran CUTS Israel’s GPS Signal, F-35s FLY BLIND, IDF Loses Air War, U.S PANICS | Douglas Macgregor” 9 April 2026, US Power Analysis and Ryan Mercer Insight 0:00 Welcome back to US Power Analytics. What you are about to hear is not a hypothetical war game exercise conducted 0:07 […]
The case of Jeffrey Epstein was once framed as a shocking anomaly – a grotesque example of individual depravity hidden behind wealth and influence. But years after his death and decades after the first allegations surfaced, it has become increasingly difficult to sustain that narrative. What emerged from the documents, […]
The Atlantic’s David Brooks said on the PBS Newshour on April 3rd “We’ve had to go to the Middle East for almost every decade 1:10 for the last 50 years because of radical Islam, which the Iranian regime typifies,” and their other Zionist falsehoods; but here is Larry Johnson saying nothing […]
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