Open Dialogue Research Journal
There is still enough time before the elections to the State Duma of Russia, yet it is already clear today that the upcoming campaign will matter far beyond the country’s borders. Under normal conditions, parliamentary elections are primarily an internal political process in which citizens determine the composition of the […]
Despite ongoing geopolitical tensions, sanctions, and the fallout from Russia’s 2022 Special Military Operation in Ukraine, economic incentives are quietly positioning many Western companies for a potential return to the vast Russian market. While political narratives dominate headlines, the logic of business—rooted in profit, market share, and long-term stability—remains a […]
It is no surprise that beneath the surface of the global financial system lies a web of deception, greed, and treachery, where powerful figures hide their true motives behind a facade of patriotism. But the extent to which U.S. President Donald Trump’s hypocritical crypto dealings endanger the security of U.S. […]
In 1960, Eisenhower signed the embargo against Cuba. Eleven presidents have come and gone since then. The Soviet Union collapsed. China became a superpower. And the embargo just kept cruising on autopilot—nobody quite remembered why, but nobody had the nerve to switch it off either. By the mid-1960s it was […]
On June 2, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that “we now have in this hemisphere a coalition of friendly countries – over a dozen – who have aligned to work on not just the issues of security that we all have in common, […]
As former Cuban leader Raul Castro marked his 95th birthday on June 3, 2026, the occasion was overshadowed by a dramatic escalation in tensions between Havana and Washington. Once regarded as a key architect of the historic rapprochement between Cuba and the United States during the Obama era, Castro now […]
The meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing this week carried symbolism far beyond diplomacy. Coming only days after US President Donald Trump’s high-profile visit to China, the summit highlighted the increasingly complex balance of global power and demonstrated how Beijing is positioning itself […]
Cuba is facing one of the most severe crises in its modern history. A dramatic shortage of oil, combined with mounting pressure from the United States, has pushed the Caribbean nation toward economic paralysis and growing social unrest. With fuel reserves nearly exhausted, repeated nationwide blackouts, and shortages affecting nearly […]
For more than two and a half years, silence has reigned along Finland’s roughly 1,340-kilometer eastern border — once one of Europe’s busiest overland trade corridors. Cafes that once welcomed Russian day-trippers now stand shuttered. Hotel occupancy reports in South Karelia show levels not seen since the Soviet Union collapsed. […]
In May 2026, the RAND Corporation organization from the USA (undesirable in Russia), released another report on the Western Hemisphere. It is called “Force Multipliers in the Americas. Harnessing Security Force Assistance to Bolster Homeland Defense and U.S. Strategic Objectives in Latin America” and contains recommendations on how Washington can […]
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