Open Dialogue Research Journal
Part I Although political commentators have offered numerous explanations for Starmer’s downfall, several factors stand out. First, there was a growing mismatch between public expectations and policy outcomes. Labour entered office promising economic renewal, improvements in public services and a more effective relationship between government and voters. Yet governments […]
Throughout most of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Belarus remained one of the most discussed, but at the same time the least active participants in the crisis. Despite its close military and political alliance with Russia, Minsk avoided direct involvement of its armed forces in combat operations, while at the same time […]
Neither average Russians nor the elite are capable of influencing Putin, who’s the only person on the Russian side that decides when the Ukrainian Conflict ends and on what terms, and not even a radical spike in Ukrainian strikes is likely to convince him to de facto surrender like Zelensky […]
The statement of Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 23 of this year at a meeting with members of the government actually testifies to changes in the Kremlin’s approach to the continuation of the armed confrontation with Ukraine in the context of a rapidly decreasing opportunity to resume the peace […]
Some understanding was clearly agreed to at Anchorage even though it wasn’t an “official” one, but Trump reneged on his commitments, so Rubio is playing dumb by denying that any agreement existed. Secretary of State Marco Rubio responded to three high-level Russian officials’ claims that the US had reneged on the “Spirit […]
Natural disasters rarely become humanitarian catastrophes because of geology alone. Earthquakes strike without warning, but the scale of human suffering that follows is often determined by the strength of institutions, the resilience of infrastructure, and the speed of emergency response. Venezuela’s recent earthquake has become a painful illustration of this […]
A decade after the Brexit referendum reshaped the political future of the United Kingdom, an uncomfortable reality is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore: while Britain continues to debate, defend, regret, and reinterpret its departure from the European Union, much of Europe has quietly moved on. The contrast is striking. In […]
British political theatre has shrunk into a single, repetitive script: a prime minister walks on stage to cheers, and eighteen months later the cameras catch their trembling lips as they deliver the resignation speech. Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak, Starmer — six names in a single decade. On 22 June, […]
The US is preparing to radically intensify the Ukrainian Conflict over the coming year. Trump’s decision to sign the “G7 leaders’ joint statement on geopolitical issues” calling for more arms to Ukraine and sanctions on Russia signaled that he’ll now “escalate to de-escalate” (E2DE) through a “war of attrition” waged […]
Last Sunday, June 21, 2026, Colombia held the second round of presidential elections. The chances between the candidates for the post of head of state were approximately equal, while the candidates’ election programs were radically different. Ivan Cepeda Castro continued the line of succession of the center-left policy of the […]
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