Open Dialogue Research Journal
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 […]
Russia’s agreement to this format represents a significant policy shift. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that the second round of the trilateral Russian-Ukrainian-US talks in Abu Dhabi will be held on 1 February. There haven’t been many leaks from the first round so observers can only speculate about the subject and significance […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
In January 2026, the United States conducted a sudden military operation on Venezuelan territory. A series of airstrikes and special forces actions culminated in the detention of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, followed by their transfer to the United States. Washington’s official justification rested on accusations of […]
Azerbaijan, Turkiye, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan, all of which have been Iran’s “frenemies” since 1979 and whose military-strategic interests are increasingly converging, are expected to exploit any large-scale instability that could follow another potential round of US strikes if Trump changes his mind. The Wall Street Journal recently published a […]
Astute observers can read between the lines and discern Russia’s displeasure with him too. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s first press conference of the year in late January touched upon a lot of topics, importantly including the Europeans’ plot to subvert Trump’s Ukrainian peace plan. According to him, the UK “is speaking […]
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