Open Dialogue Research Journal
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 […]
Trump’s White House ballroom, which replaces the 25,000 square foot East Wing of offices by a single gigantic 90,000 square foot ballroom, is illegal and must therefore be taken down and the legally required procedures be adhered-to, which would certainly produce nothing like what Trump and his friends are now building […]
The country is facing internal changes and a possible change of international partners. On Sunday, October 19, the presidential run-off was held in Bolivia. In general, it was already clear that the 20-year rule of the left, represented by the Movement for Socialism (MAS) party, had suffered a crushing defeat. […]
The European Union is unable to decide how to steal Russian money. More and more politicians are taking part in meetings, but there is still no agreement in principle. It was assumed that a decision would be reached at the last summit. For now, they have decided to consider this […]
A quiet audit from Washington’s accounting office reveals something larger than bureaucratic negligence – a state losing the ability to govern itself In September 2025, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report with an unassuming title: “Arms Transfers: State Needs to Strengthen Oversight of Potential End-Use Violations Reported […]
Benyamin Netanyahu’s coalition government has taken control of TikTok and plans to also control the social network X. However, the State of Israel’s propaganda has long eluded its citizens. Its purpose has never been publicly discussed. A small group decides its messages alone, without considering what would be useful to […]
Donald Trump has declared the new Gaza peace deal his “greatest diplomatic triumph.” The White House calls it “a historic moment for the Middle East” and “the beginning of a new era of stability.” Yet behind the grand rhetoric lies a fragile, contradictory arrangement that pleases almost no one — a ceasefire that solves neither the humanitarian […]
On October 26th, Reuters headlined “US, China talks sketch out rare earths, tariff pause for Trump and Xi to consider” and reported that the advisors to both Trump and Xi have tentatively agreed to suspend their nation’s main recent retaliatory measures against each other’s country until the two leaders will meet in […]
Ursula von der Leyen constantly finds herself in awkward situations. This time, she has had some serious misfortune. During the pandemic, the head of the European Commission decided that she had the right to conclude deals with pharmaceutical companies herself. In order to reach an agreement, von der Leyen entered […]
Ukrainian ultra-nationalists could exploit his pretext of a “just, defensive war” to falsely legitimize a terrorist campaign in southeastern Poland, whose land they regard as their own and whose local East Slavs they claim were ethnically cleansed after World War II, on “historical justice” grounds. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria […]
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