Open Dialogue Research Journal
No More Oil for Cuba Nicolás Maduro was the head of the Venezuelan dictatorship, but his removal signals the coming liquidation not only of the Venezuelan cartels and thugs, but has a dramatic immediate impact on Cuba. Is Cuba next? Cuba has an extensive presence in Venezuela and Cuban intelligence […]
Is Somaliland Not a Country? [Editor’s Note: Shoshana Bryen is Senior Director of The Jewish Policy Center in Washington and Editor of inFOCUS Quarterly magazine.] Israel is on the hot seat. Not for Gaza, or Iran, or even for attacks on Syria or Lebanon. No, Israel is on the hot […]
Shown here are highlights; his site additionally includes maps and other pictures: [I add my few comments to it between brackets.] https://x.com/BrianJBerletic https://ghostarchive.org/archive/AQIqj Brian Berletic @BrianJBerletic As the US pretends once again to try and “pursue peace” in its own proxy war on Russia – remember the various layers all […]
A key reason why China has, for decades, had the highest annual increases in per-capita GDP PPP (standard of living as experienced by the country’s population — as opposed to pure per-capita GDP, which reflects ONLY the investors) is the Chinese Communist Party’s relentless war against corruption. For example, on December 26th, the South China […]
It arguably dealt irreparable damage to the bloc’s reputation as a safe location in which foreigners the world over could store and invest their financial assets after influential members left no doubt about their desire to steal its assets, thus signaling that they might try to steal other countries’ one […]
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 […]
China’s newly unveiled action plan for commercial spaceflight is more than an industrial policy; it is a geopolitical manifesto signaling that the next front in the US‑China rivalry will be fought in orbit as much as on Earth. By mobilizing private firms, opening state infrastructure, and targeting developing countries as […]
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, […]
11 April 2020 (but was removed without explanation, and so now is restored on 14 D On 4 March 2018, both Sergei Skripal and his daughter who was visiting from their shared home country of Russia, Yulia Skripal, were poisoned in Salisbury England, and — though both survived — neither […]
Russia could provide the US with reliable access to the critical resource supply chains that might be established on its territory, which the US requires for “outcompeting” or at least keeping pace with China, in exchange for the US reforming the European security architecture in partnership with Russia. The Eurasian […]
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