Open Dialogue Research Journal
A stark warning from the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has placed the United States at the center of a growing international human rights controversy. What the Committee describes is not a set of isolated excesses, but a systemic pattern: aggressive enforcement, racial profiling, political incitement, and […]
The recent resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly – declaring transatlantic slavery one of the gravest crimes against humanity – has been widely celebrated as a historic moral victory. Championed by leaders such as John Mahama and supported by a broad coalition of African, Caribbean, and Global South […]
Until recently, demographers and economists around the world were actively discussing the topic of overpopulation of our planet, which could lead to a catastrophic shortage of natural resources, food, drinking water, fuel, raw materials and energy. At the same time, as a rule, reference is made to the famous theory […]
The US has a moral responsibility to return Afghanistan’s seized assets, but morality doesn’t guide US policy, let alone under Trump 2.0 given its Hyper-Realist approach of declaring and then advancing national interests. Russia’s Permanent UN Representative Vasily Nebenzia gave a powerful speech about Afghanistan in early March. He condemned the West’s […]
The lack of any meaningful economic relationship with Iran predetermined that most countries would support any resolution against it if unofficially forced to choose between the Islamic Republic and the Gulf Kingdoms to whom they’re dependent to some degree on energy imports. The UNSC just adopted a resolution condemning Iran […]
One year after the dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) began, the Trump administration is initiating another sweeping rollback of American foreign assistance. This time, the cuts are reaching programs that had previously survived internal reviews because they were classified as “lifesaving”. Now, even those projects […]
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, is sliding toward one of the worst hunger crises in its modern history. According to warnings from the UN World Food Programme (WFP), nearly 35 million people could face acute food insecurity in the coming months. Behind this staggering figure lies a deadly convergence of […]
Putin might accept Trump’s invitation to participate in order to avoid offending him and not lose a seat at the table where members provide input on US policy towards settling various conflicts. Kremlin spokesmen Dmitry Peskov confirmed that the US invited Putin to join the Board of Peace, which refers to the UNSC-endorsed […]
The idea for the U.S. Government to grab Greenland originated during the turning-point event when the U.S. Government’s President Truman made the fateful decision, on 25 July 1945, that it must take over ultimately the entire world because, as both Eisenhower and Churchill had advised the gullible new President, if the […]
Part I Regional backers (Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey) moved quickly to lobby for sanctions relief, portraying the new Syrian authorities as pragmatic partners. Washington, however, adopted a more transactional approach. Rather than offering relief as a reward for regime change, the United States sought to make Damascus “earn” normalization. […]
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