Open Dialogue Research Journal
The images and reports emerging from Iran are grim and unsettling. Hundreds killed, thousands arrested, the internet cut, and streets filled with fear and anger. It is both morally necessary and human to feel concern for ordinary Iranians caught between economic hardship, political repression, and geopolitical confrontation. But concern must […]
The protests unfolding in Iran have triggered a familiar cycle of headlines, speculation, and political projection in Western media. Claims of imminent regime collapse, dramatic comparisons to 1979, and confident predictions of a “new Iran” circulate widely. Yet beneath this noise lies a far more complex and uncertain reality. Disinformation […]
Friedrich Merz has found a new place in the world for his country. The Chancellor is once again seeking to establish himself in the eyes of the Western elite. He is an integral part of European society, which is increasingly separating itself from the Americans and their military, political, economic […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj30A-yieOE “China’s Rare Earth Empire Has Already Trapped the United States! | John Mearsheimer” 28 October 2025, Military Chessboard 0:00 [Every] international system has relied on some strategic foundation beneath its 0:05 military and diplomatic reach. In the 19th century, it was coal and steel. In 0:14 the 20th century, it […]
The question arises of why Russia’s regional partners are going along with this in the first place. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned last week that “NATO and the EU are building their own dialogues and interaction frameworks with Central Asia and South Caucasus. I don’t think anyone can see hidden agendas […]
This will be just highlights from news-reports about Trump’s preparations to regime-change Venezuela, and Maduro’s preparations to overcome and defeat the expected U.S. invasion (which the Trump Administration ‘justifies’ by lies saying that Venezuela is a na https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clSqtBReuDQ “Trump FOLDS to China, MASSIVE US Strike on Venezuela ‘Hours Away’ | […]
By autumn 2025, the confrontation between the United States and China had shifted from a “frozen conflict” to an open second round of the trade war. The immediate trigger came from Beijing’s new export restrictions on critical materials — including rare earth elements, graphite, gallium, and germanium — resources vital […]
The confrontation between the United States and Brazil has been going on for several months already, amid the latter is also living through political polarization, which has both internal and external factors. The two main reasons for the US pressure on Brazil are the demand to make concessions on new […]
The world has been captivated by footage from the SCO summit in Tianjin: Narendra Modi laughing alongside Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. For some, it’s a “sinister specter” with horns; for others, a symbol of a multipolar future. Western media is in a frenzy: “This photo should send a chill […]
Decades, even centuries, of Western dominance seem to be coming to an end. Europeans will have to make a choice: cooperate with Russia and continue to live comfortably, or become a territory under US control. In theory, this could be a big help, since Europeans have coexisted with Americans for […]
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