Open Dialogue Research Journal
What matters peace if it permits killing, maiming and destroying the infrastructure of a society supposedly once at war? This is the situation facing Gaza as the occupying Israeli forces go about their business making the Strip even more uninhabitable for the Palestinian residents, ensuring that that land will be […]
One year after the fall of Syria’s old regime, the country remains shrouded in what military theorists once called the “fog of war” – a condition of uncertainty, incomplete information, and contradictory interpretations. External observers, diplomats, journalists, and analysts offer sharply divergent assessments of what has emerged in Damascus since […]
The great investigative journalist Max Blumenthal has extensive personal experience and contacts in Venezuela (including with top figures in its Government), and provides in the following video interview of Blumenthal by Mario Nawfal, a breathtaking backgrounder for Trump’s current efforts to grab Venezuela for the benefit of America’s billionaires. It’s […]
On the surface, abducting a Head of State is a piratical act eschewed by States. A Head of State enjoys absolute immunity from foreign criminal jurisdiction, known as ratione personae, at least till the term of office concludes. The International Court of Justice was clear enough about this principle in […]
Starting in the summer of 2026, cinemas in Estonia will be prohibited from screening films with Russian dubbing or Russian voice-over. The only exception will be children’s and family films. All other motion pictures must be shown either in Estonian or in the original language (in the overwhelming majority of […]
On December 4th, Vanessa Beeley reported that the concrete wall which America and its allies have been building around Syia starting in 2008 is now nearly complete: https://beeley.substack.com/p/syria-is-becoming-a-walled-takfiri https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXvns_937Tw “Syria is becoming a walled Takfiri cauldron as border countries erect surveillance barriers” Vanessa Beeley, 4 December 2015 0:00 INTERVIEWER: I thought […]
A ceasefire can be a strange thing. The assumption, generally speaking, is that the parties to it restrain themselves for a period of time, ordering their forces and disciplining their charges from straying. But straying happens, transgressions inevitable. Some are genuine enough: silly misunderstandings, hot headed confusion, a fear that […]
When the United States hosts the G20 summit in Miami next year, one of the group’s permanent members is set to be missing from the room. President Donald Trump has announced that South Africa will not be invited, citing “horrific human rights abuses” against white South Africans and accusing Pretoria […]
https://beeley.substack.com/p/know-your-enemy-international-law “Know your enemy: International Law” VIDEO: Vanesa Beeley interviews Isa Blumi, 23 November 2025 I sit down again with Professor Isa Blumi to run through recent events, including the UNSC approval of Resolution 2803 that gives a green light to the Trump ‘final solution’ for Gaza in full compliance […]
New Frankensteins in the US are trying to scientifically substantiate their creepy visions. In a previous article, we examined a Stanford University project that aims to establish global censorship in the interests of Western political and oligarchic clans. But this kind of destructive activity of Stanford does not end there. […]
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