Open Dialogue Research Journal
Once done, it remains, by nature and fact, irreversible. The precedent of indicting and abducting a serving head of state and his spouse, dropping them into the jurisdiction of another country to face criminal charges of inventive pedigree (narcoterrorism foremost among them), is the stuff of nightmares in international statecraft. […]
Donald Trump, whom European leaders generally consider a populist with no political experience, has published his new National Security Strategy, a clumsily written document, but one of considerable philosophical scope. In it, he presents himself as a master of diplomacy and proposes, following President Andrew Jackson’s slogan, to replace war […]
The Trump administration has released its highly anticipated 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy (NSS) on December 4, outlining a bold redefinition of American security priorities that departs significantly from the post–Cold War consensus and from recent liberal internationalist frameworks. Far more than a routine policy document, the strategy lays out […]
In the corridors of Washington, an idea is circulating that seems absurd at first glance: a new “Core 5” group comprising the United States, China, India, Japan, and Russia. In stark contrast to the traditional G7 of Western democracies, this constellation would bring historic rivals to the table. The proposal, […]
In one of his many cutting observations about the fallibility of politicians, H. L. Mencken had this to say about the practical sort: “It is his business to convince the mob (a) that it is confronted by some grave danger, some dreadful menace to its peace and security, and (b) […]
When Iran’s first vice-president, Mohammad Reza Aref, travelled to Moscow for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) prime ministers’ meeting, it came at a moment of renewed pressure on Tehran. The snapback mechanism has been reactivated, Western sanctions discussions are re-intensifying, and the regional environment remains unsettled after the recent twelve-day […]
Donald Trump’s presence at the ASEAN Summit in Malaysia may seem at first glance like a conventional diplomatic event. In reality, it is a revealing episode in the ongoing re-engineering of American strategy amid the emergence of a multipolar world. The trip reflects Washington’s gradual recognition that direct dominance in […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj30A-yieOE “China’s Rare Earth Empire Has Already Trapped the United States! | John Mearsheimer” 28 October 2025, Military Chessboard 0:00 [Every] international system has relied on some strategic foundation beneath its 0:05 military and diplomatic reach. In the 19th century, it was coal and steel. In 0:14 the 20th century, it […]
It might succeed in terms of optics, but this won’t make any substantive difference in reality. The US’ latest sanctions against Russia, the first under the second Trump Administration, are intended less as a weapon against the Russian economy and more as a means of weaponizing energy geopolitics in a bid to break apart […]
Over the past several decades, the United States Navy stood as the undisputed ruling power of the world’s oceans. The numerical advantage as well technological superiority of Its aircraft carriers, submarines, and destroyers could not be challenged by any other potential rival. This guaranteed American military presence across every continent, […]
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