Open Dialogue Research Journal
For most politicians and journalists, power is something to be looked up at. Not toward the sky, but toward the summit of institutions: presidents, prime ministers, party leaders, CEOs. Politics is framed as a story of who leads, who follows, and which figure at the top sets the direction. The […]
The recent leak of a draft resolution proposing the creation of a “Board of Peace” for Gaza has exposed a remarkable intersection of diplomacy, power projection, and strategic influence. According to the draft, the United States would take a leading role in administering Gaza through a centralized board, headed by […]
The claim commonly heard in American political discourse—that Venezuela in 1976 “stole” oil from the United States—is frequently used to justify sanctions and pressure on Caracas. However, this interpretation rests on a serious misunderstanding: the oil assets in Venezuela did not belong to the U.S. government, but to private American […]
Folks can acknowledge that this is indeed an insurgency regardless of their opinion about it. Elon Musk shared a post by Eric Schwalm, a retired Green Beret, who argued that the unrest in Minneapolis should be considered an insurgency. For background, Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Border Patrol (BP) have been tasked by […]
By any historical measure, the Federal Reserve has weathered storms before. Wars, financial crises, inflationary spirals, political attacks – all of these have battered the institution that sits at the heart of the world’s largest economy. But the confirmation on Sunday evening that the chair of the U.S. central bank, […]
Cyprus finds itself at a delicate juncture as President Nikos Christodoulides confronts serious corruption allegations that have already forced resignations within his inner circle. The controversy comes at a particularly sensitive time, with the island nation just beginning its six-month tenure as holder of the rotating European Union presidency. What […]
NATO’s U.S.-appointed Secretary-General Mark Rutte persuaded Donald Trump to stop threatening to invade Greenland to take it over, and to say instead only that America will take it over — but without any explicit threat. This is a change of phraseology only — no change of intent (it simply removes […]
After nearly two decades of complex and often stalled negotiations, the European Union and India have reached a landmark free trade agreement. Announced in New Delhi in January 2026 by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the deal has been hailed as historic […]
The latest clash between the White House and the Federal Reserve has pulled a normally obscure corner of U.S. law into the political spotlight: what actually happens when a Fed chair’s term expires and the Senate refuses to confirm a successor? The answer, which few senators or commentators seem to […]
For much of the twentieth century, Europe’s welfare states were built on a powerful promise: after a lifetime of work, every citizen deserved a dignified and secure retirement. This social contract – the foundation of postwar prosperity and social cohesion – guaranteed stability and fairness across generations. Yet today, that […]
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