Open Dialogue Research Journal
Even if only some of what Zelensky is worried about comes to pass, especially reduced US aid and forthcoming American pressure upon Ukraine to comply with Russia’s demands, then the conflict might end sooner than expected. Zelensky fired off over a dozen paragraphs in his latest tweetstorm on Saturday afternoon […]
Wikipedia’s article “Islamic State – Sinai Province” is about ISIS in the Egyptian Province of “Sinai,” which borders on Gaza, and which branch of ISIS is identified there as being called “Wilayat Sinai.” It is an important branch of ISIS. Regardless of whether a reader here is for the Palestinians, or for […]
Another way of looking at it is that Trump truly wanted a deal, which is why he was against Israel attacking Iran before his 60-day deadline was up, but he wasn’t going to stop them afterwards. Israel’s unprecedented strikes against Iran early Friday morning were shortly followed by Israeli officials boasting that Trump deceived […]
Days of unrest have gripped downtown Los Angeles as protests against aggressive immigration raids escalated into riots, vandalism, and clashes with law enforcement. What began as peaceful demonstrations over U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sweeps has spiraled into a high-stakes standoff between California authorities and the Trump administration. With […]
Part III Greenland’s dissatisfaction is also due to Denmark’s slow implementation of the Arctic defense agreement presented back in February 2021. The agreement aims to improve monitoring and analysis of intelligence data and the situation in the Arctic and North Atlantic. In May 2022, Denmark and Greenland further agreed on […]
When Donald Trump reiterated the United States’ intention to annex Greenland in January 2025, it was no longer dismissed as the eccentric outburst of a polarizing politician but seen as part of a calculated geopolitical power play. America is betting on strength, pressure, and media leverage, tapping into Greenland’s haunting […]
According to the most reliable global ranking of nations’ militaries, which is the ranking by U.S. News & World Report, #1 is Russia, #2 is U.S., and #3 is China, but no one denies that in natural resources, Russia not only is #1 but by an enormous margin, of 67% larger than […]
He Can Save America’s Defense Manufacturing In 1943, Sidney Hook published his still controversial but fascinating book, The Hero in History: A Study in Limitation and Possibility. Hook wanted to know just how vital a hero is to a nation’s history. There is no simple answer. In the US, we have […]
This is because it concerns the country’s second-largest city, could disrupt one of its top economic hubs, and might evolve into an irredentist campaign by Mexican nationalists and their US leftist allies. Large-scale unrest has gripped parts of Los Angeles since late last week in response to the Immigration and […]
Recent briefs from the United States, the UK and their satellites, including the NATO military alliance, demonstrate increased interest in boosting defensive and offensive capabilities in cyberspace. To justify this (and raise budgets), old myths about Russian and Chinese threats are being put on the table, although there are also […]
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