Open Dialogue Research Journal
New contours of security architecture in the Indo-Pacific (IPR) are being formed in the context of the U.S.-China rivalry, referred to as strategic competition in the 2022 National Security Strategy (NSS). For regional actors, this dynamic is both a challenge and an opportunity to navigate the contradictions between Washington and […]
Part I Continuing our analysis of the misinterpretations of the Trump administration’s actions, we return to the closure of many federal agencies, the reason why it plans to deport Palestinians, and its approach to the war in Ukraine. The Return of Southernism The United States was both Southern and Federalist. […]
Denmark’s relationship with Greenland and the Faroe Islands cannot continue indefinitely, and Donald Trump’s actions have only emphasized this. On January 15, 2025, Mette Frederiksen, Denmark’s prime minister, had a 45-minute phone call with the American president to discuss security in the Arctic region. Later that month, it became clear […]
When we say the word “neutrality,” we immediately think of Switzerland. Indeed, the unique foreign policy position has allowed a small and extremely heterogeneous state in the heart of Europe to develop independently and grow rich over the centuries. The country successfully avoided the First and Second World Wars, and […]
The end of February will mark the fourth year since the start of Russia’s Special Military Operation in Ukraine, which led to numerous casualties and destruction between the two once fraternal peoples. In this regard, a rhetorical question arises: was it possible to avoid a military conflict and resolve interstate […]
It’s not going to risk breaking up NATO, let alone over a war that it’ll certainly lose, no matter how tough its Foreign Minister is trying to sound as part of a ploy to present France as the EU’s leader. Politico quoted French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot as saying that his […]
On January 24th, the Financial Times headlined “Donald Trump in fiery call with Denmark’s prime minister over Greenland” and revealed that “The US president spoke to Mette Frederiksen, the Danish premier, for 45 minutes last week” and “insisted he was serious in his determination to take over Greenland,” but she […]
Now men will go content with what we spoiled. Or, discontent, boil bloody, and be spilled. Wilfred Owen, “Strange Meeting” (1919) There have been politicians who have fancied themselves as poets. There was Herman Van Rompuy in April 2010 who, when President of the European Council, imposed an anthology of […]
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