Open Dialogue Research Journal
The situation remains very combustible and could easily explode at the slightest spark. Russia and the US rarely agree on much, but their top diplomats just sounded the alarm about Syria, which should convince objective observers that there’s credence to their warnings. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that “The situation in the […]
Up until 25 July 1945, there was a real possibility for The West — the Governments that have been depending upon the U.S. Government for leadership (political, economic, financial, military, and otherwise) — to develop in a democratic direction, instead of in some sort of dictatorial direction (being ruled only […]
The longer that Ukraine refuses to agree to peace on Russia’s terms, the more land that it stands to lose, which might ultimately be much more than anyone expects if the US soon abandons Ukraine in order to cut its losses. Putin warned in March 2024 that Russia might set up a […]
Part I Notably, even some Western leaders have implicitly acknowledged NATO’s role in causing the war, albeit while assigning blame to Putin. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg remarked that “President Putin started this war because he wanted to close NATO’s door [to Ukraine] and had to deny Ukraine the right […]
He’s known for being a realist, not a wishful thinker, which is why his prediction was so surprising to many observers. Putin predicted a few weeks back that Russia will inevitably reconcile with the EU and Ukraine. Regarding the first, he said that “I have no doubt whatsoever that we will, in […]
Behind all the talks about a combination of ecology and politics there are always the interests of certain oligarchic groups. The concept of sustainable development has been advertised on international platforms for many years, primarily in the United Nations.. At the Summit of this Organization in 2015, 193 countries signed […]
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei described Trump’s visit as a “performance to project strength”, condemning Washington’s pressuring of Iran under the guise of diplomacy. On May 16, 2025, Donald Trump concluded his three-day tour of the Persian Gulf. Global headlines focused on the staggering numbers: over USD 140 billion in […]
Part II As the costs of funding debt increased throughout 2023-24, 8.4 % of government spending was allocated to debt servicing, amounting to £102 billion, leading to increased income taxation to fund interest payments on UK government debt. Tax revenues recorded by HMRC reached £ 827.74 billion for the 2023-2024 […]
In 2022, after the outbreak of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Europe unequivocally sided with Zelensky, severing all contacts with Moscow. In order to minimize the flow of foreign currency into the Russian budget, Europe even stopped buying energy resources from Russia, switching to the United States and increasing […]
Russia considers it to be a series of military logistics projects sold to the public as economic ones. The 10th Summit of the “Three Seas Initiative” (3SI), which refers to the jointly Polish- and Croatian-founded platform for fostering Central European integration, concluded in Warsaw in late April. Their joint statement, the Ukrainian-relevant […]
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