Open Dialogue Research Journal
The economic and political costs are much too high, at least for the time being, to make this profitable. The South China Morning Post published an intriguing piece in late August about how China could use the Irtysh-Ob river system to connect to the Arctic Ocean via Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, and […]
This institutionalizes the “Strategy of Denial” on the world’s largest island by not only giving the US control over its security, but over its resources too, which could become a template that the US might replicate with others across Ibero-America and Africa as part of its systemic rivalry with China. […]
I asked ChatGPT: “Is Trump’s deal with Denmark and Greenland basically equivalent to the U.S. owning Greenland?” Not legally. But in the military-security sphere, the September 22, 2026 agreement gives the United States powers over Greenland that resemble some of the most important practical powers an owner—or sovereign—would possess. The […]
Russia continues its long-term strategy to develop the Arctic, develop new oil and gas fields, turning the Northern Sea Route into the most important transit and the shortest sea transport artery between Europe and Asia, which is fully under Russian control, and all escort of ships along it is provided […]
The Arctic has increasingly become a focal point of international attention, attracting not only the traditional Arctic nations but also a growing number of non-regional actors. While discussions about Arctic geopolitics often center on China and India, two other Asian powers – Japan and the Republic of Korea – have […]
This trend poses a significant threat to Russia, but it also poses an equally significant one to the EU too if it leads to Putin taking seriously his hardliners’ appeals to launch a first strike against NATO. There’s recently been a flurry of news about the increasingly interconnected Arctic and […]
The risk of a hot NATO-Russian war breaking out at sea as opposed to NATO’s Eastern Flank in Central & Eastern Europe is growing. General Sir Gwyn Jenkins, head of the British Royal Navy, announced that his counterparts from the 10-nation Joint Expeditionary Taskforce comprised of the UK, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, […]
In the world of high-stakes energy trading, ethics are often a luxury reserved for those who still have the lights on. As of April 2026, a significant portion of the globe is currently struggling with the latter. With the Strait of Hormuz effectively a no-go zone due to the ongoing […]
Russia’s public line has been a carefully split message. Moscow says that Greenland’s sovereignty is “not our business”, while at the same time, any U.S. militarization of Greenland will be treated as direct security problem that Russia says it would counter in every possible way. In late January 2026, President […]
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 […]
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