Open Dialogue Research Journal
What’s most important is that Belarus coordinates all of this with Russia and that Lukashenko doesn’t pull any surprises on Putin that could inadvertently lead to mistrust or worse. Trump revealed that “The United States is working on a massive Deal with respect to the purchase of Potash from Belarus. […]
It’s bleak. “They are racing straight toward self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.” So stated researcher Jacob Coxon on those artificial intelligence firms so keen on imposing their jaundiced visions upon humanity in the name of a utopia that is just another word for self-enrichment. In resigning from Anthropic, […]
Ursula von der Leyen’s proposal to make Canada the European Union’s first-ever “associate member” produced one of the more theatrical moments of this week’s State of the European Union address: lawmakers rising to their feet, the Commission president crossing the chamber to embrace Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in person. […]
On Wednesday, 16 September 2026, something happened in Strasbourg that would have seemed pure fantasy just a few years ago. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, delivering her annual State of the Union address, formally proposed that Canada become the European Union’s first “associate member.” Canadian Prime Minister Mark […]
Part I Part II The rise of Donald Trump cannot be understood without examining this broader environment of distrust. While discussions of Trumpism often focus on rhetoric, personality, or controversial statements, its electoral success reflects deeper structural conditions that predate his political career. For many voters, Trump did not necessarily […]
For decades, Europe and the United States treated their trans-Atlantic relationship as more than an alliance. It was the political infrastructure of the Western order itself. Washington provided much of the military power, Europe benefited from security and economic stability, and both sides presented a common vision of international governance […]
They all call it “far right” on account of that Party’s “remigration” policy of dealing with what is widely considered by Germans to be excessive allowance of immigrants into Germany. There is no other basis on which that term or phrase “far right” is being applied to the AfD. Obviously, […]
The latest confrontation around the Strait of Hormuz exposes a dangerous contradiction: measures intended to restore deterrence may be deepening the insecurity they promise to resolve. On September 8, Washington said it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers following missile attacks on an American warship. Tehran subsequently claimed attacks against ships […]
Twenty people landed in Monrovia this week as the opening installment of an agreement that will eventually send up to 1,200 deportees from the United States to Liberia – a west African nation with no direct connection to most of the people it’s about to receive. The arrangement is being […]
It was a defining moment in the modern era that radically changed the course of history. The largest terrorist attack in modern history occurred a quarter-century ago when Al Qaeda operatives hijacked several planes and then crashed them into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Everyone remembers where they […]
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