Open Dialogue Research Journal
At a well-attended New Year’s reception of business leaders in Halle (Saale) in January 2026, a revealing contrast unfolded that captures the core dilemma of Germany’s energy policy. Around 800 entrepreneurs listened as outgoing Minister-President Reiner Haseloff joked that Saxony-Anhalt was “energy self-sufficient,” rich in renewables and still operating a […]
In addition to the ideological component in the actions of the Trump administration, there is also an economic background. After the statement by US President Donald Trump about the need to carry out a coup in Cuba by the end of 2026 and the introduction of new restrictive measures, including […]
Keir Starmer’s visit to Beijing takes place against one of the most complex geopolitical backdrops a British prime minister has faced in decades. China’s rise as a second global superpower has been reshaping world politics for years, but the return of Donald Trump to the White House has intensified the […]
In the volatile opening days of 2026, something remarkable happened: the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, long renowned for his capacity to distort reality, spoke a truth so stark and unvarnished that it sent shockwaves through both the press and the diplomatic world. The admission was not […]
The immediate goal of the US’ de facto oil embargo on Cuba is a “regime tweaking” that achieves at least some of Trump’s demanded foreign policy goals and initiates a phased regime change that averts the impending US-instigated humanitarian crisis which could spill into Florida ahead of the midterms. Trump […]
Keir Starmer’s reported visit to China marks a significant moment in British foreign policy. It will be the first visit by a UK prime minister since Theresa May’s trip to Beijing in 2018, and it comes at a time when relations between London and Beijing are more strained, complex, and […]
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 […]
Paris and Berlin have quietly moved to the center of an escalating geopolitical drama in the Arctic, coordinating a European response to what the Trump administration has framed as a “national security priority”: the acquisition of Greenland from the Kingdom of Denmark. What began as provocative rhetoric from Washington has, […]
On January 20th, Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney publicly, in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, broke Canada away from its till-now enslavement to the U.S. Government, and went way beyond saying a very firm “No!” to Trump’s demand that Canada become another U.S. state. He explained […]
Strong local resistance to foreign mining The reason why Greenland has become an issue between the United States, Denmark and Icelanders is global warming. That has led to a stand-off between the US and Denmark, and local Icelanders. Greenland is semi-autonomous, has its own parliament, and is governed today by […]
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