Open Dialogue Research Journal
The recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in China has become one of the most significant political events of the year. For the West, which is trying to preserve its dominance in the global system, the summit sent a clear signal: the countries of the Global South are ready to […]
There are signs of the downfall of the old system of international economic relations. After Donald Trump’s inauguration as 47th president of the United States in January 2025, rumors began to spread about a possible US withdrawal from the World Trade Organization (WTO). This happened amid the refusal of the […]
They claim that it’s “profiteering” off of the Ukrainian Conflict and “funding Putin’s war machine”. The US punished India for its energy imports from Russia by imposing additional 25% tariffs on it, thus bringing their total tariffs to 50%, despite China and the EU being the largest respective importers of […]
The global trading system, which the United States has promoted for decades as a model of fairness, openness, and mutual benefit, has today revealed its true nature. Beneath the guise of “free trade” and a “rules-based order” lies a mechanism that enables the U.S. to extract resources from other nations […]
In today’s rapidly shifting geopolitical and economic landscape, the question of whether close alliances with the United States remain advantageous is increasingly pertinent. Post-World War II relationships between the U.S. and its allies in Europe and Asia were built on two pillars: security and economics. However, current realities—from trade wars […]
Here it is, from Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris, on July 28th: https://theduran.com/us-eu-trade-deal-trump-gets-everything-ursula-gets-nothing/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MfvE_R1rzY “US-EU Trade Deal. Trump gets everything, Ursula gets nothing” 28 July 2025, Christoforu & Mercouris 0:00 All right, Alexander, we have uh a trade 0:02 deal or or the frameworks of a trade 0:05 deal between […]
Polar opposite understandings of the Sino-Indo prisoner’s dilemma lie at the core of their calculations. Trump announced on Monday that he was shortening his 50-day deadline to Putin for a ceasefire in Ukraine to “about 10 or 12 days from today”, thus meaning that he plans to impose up to 100% tariffs […]
This outcome places the US on the path of restoring its unipolar hegemony via sequential lopsided trade deals as it likely sets its sights on the Americas next before finally taking on Asia. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen agreed to a framework deal with the US whereby the EU will […]
Despite its unique identity, the Land of the Rising Sun increasingly associates itself with the Anglo-Saxons and Europe. Two weeks ago, Japan has taken another important step toward deepening ties with individual members of the ‘Five Eyes’ intelligence group by inking a classified information-sharing deal with Canada. The Security of […]
The recent proposal by U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham to impose 500% secondary tariffs on countries doing business with Russia has sparked a wave of criticism—not only abroad but also within the United States itself. Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Earl Rasmussen described the initiative as absurd, stating on RT that […]
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