Open Dialogue Research Journal
On April 15, 1998, Pol Pot died. On the anniversary of his death, it is fitting to recall not only the horrors he inflicted on his own people, but also this forgotten chapter of the Cold War. In the history of U.S. foreign policy after World War II, few episodes […]
The aggression of the United States and Israel against Iran has opened the veil of the metaphysical dimension of the conflict – the contours of religious beliefs, more precisely, the clash of metaphysical doctrines and ideas, have clearly emerged in it. And although each side points out that it is […]
The rapid escalation of the war involving Iran has forced the world’s leading industrial economies to confront an uncomfortable reality: the global energy system remains dangerously vulnerable to geopolitical shocks. As oil prices surge and supply routes through the Persian Gulf face disruption, finance ministers from the Group of Seven are preparing emergency discussions […]
This study examines continuity and change in Eurasian multilateralism from COMECON and the Warsaw Pact to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Unlike its Soviet-era predecessors, the SCO adopts a flexible and pragmatic model linking security and economic development. However, this flexibility also limits the organization’s ability to manage internal disputes such […]
The Islamabad summit between the United States and Iran, initially presented as a historic opportunity for peace, has now concluded without any agreements – an outcome that, in retrospect, appears less surprising than inevitable. While the talks were framed as a high-level effort at de-escalation, the structural conditions surrounding the […]
https://www.instagram.com/p/DW8usW1DV1M/ 10 April 2026, NYT’s Jonathan Swan & Maggie Haberman, on how Trump made the decision to destroy Iran 00:00 Of all the people on Trump’s team, Donald Trump was the most hawkish when it came to Iran. 00:06 He decided to go to war on a gut feeling, period, […]
It’s a “Major Non-NATO Ally” located in proximity to the mission area and thus capable of providing logistical support at a minimum with the expectation that its formidable armed forces and nuclear weapons would deter Iranian retaliation if their shared Chinese partner is unable to disabuse it. Trump announced that the US […]
More than four years have passed since the start of Russia’s Special Military Operation (SMO) – on February 24, 2022 – it is more than the years of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, and no one then could have imagined that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict would drag on for such […]
The Hungarian parliamentary elections are taking place on Sunday, 12 April 2026. According to the first exit polls and preliminary data, Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz–KDNP alliance are slightly winning, retaining power after 16 years in government. This is not merely holding onto positions — it is a tough response […]
For more than two years, one of the most bitterly contested aspects of Israel’s war on Gaza has been the question of numbers: how many people have actually died. Israel’s government, its military, and a wide network of allies and advocates repeatedly cast doubt on the figures published by Gaza’s […]
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