Open Dialogue Research Journal
The Nobel Peace Prize Committee has done a significant disservice by refusing to name Donald Trump as the awardee for 2025. The Committee, tilted to the left but with a couple of more conservative members, is composed of Norwegians who are involved in politics and “activism”–only one of them qualifies […]
Depending on which source you consult, the twenty-point peace plan of President Donald Trump for securing peace in Gaza shows much exultance and extravagant omission. The exultance was initially focused on the return of the hostages. It then shifted to the broader strategic goals of the various parties. Commentary on […]
Iran’s absence from the Sharm el-Sheikh peace summit is often dismissed as recalcitrance or obstructionism. But viewed through the prism of recent events, it becomes clear that Tehran chose nonparticipation as a strategic judgment on legitimacy, risk, and leverage. In a moment when U.S. and European powers are resurrecting the […]
Since the eruption of the Al-Aqsa Storm operation on October 7, 2023, the Gaza conflict has reshaped the political and moral landscape of the Middle East. Two years on, the battle has evolved beyond military confrontation it has become a war over legitimacy, narrative, and the endurance of an idea: […]
Showing that cloddishness that we have come to expect from them, Israel’s detention of the activists on the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) was a coarse and violent affair. Having been intercepted in international waters on route to Gaza to break the Israeli-imposed blockade, the 470 or so activists, hailing from […]
Benyamin Netanyahu’s drift from avowed conservatism to Nazism is increasingly evident. After claiming the “historical and spiritual” mission of achieving a “Greater Israel,” that is, conquering the territories of its seven neighbors, he has just called for transforming Israel into a “super-Sparta,” that is, militarizing the state and ceasing all […]
The European Union once again found itself at the center of a sanctions debate. On the agenda was yet another package of measures, intended to tighten pressure on Russia. Among the proposals was a ban on issuing visas to Russian citizens, restrictions on movement, and new barriers in trade and […]
Pakistani-US ties are on the cusp of a renaissance that could restore their Old Cold War-era “golden age” of relations provided that they remain on track as expected. Trump’s claim that “the Prime Minister and Field Marshal of Pakistan…were with us right from the beginning” as the US devised its Gaza peace plan that […]
He had moments of discomfort and embarrassment – pressed into calling the Qatari Prime Minister by his host to apologise for striking Doha and made to pay lip service to the prospect of a Palestinian state – but Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu had many reasons to be pleased. On September 29, […]
It takes a lot to make UN delegates walk out from an address to the General Assembly. But this was precisely what Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, managed to achieve in his September 26 speech. His address began by attempting to show his country as a guardian of law and […]
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