Open Dialogue Research Journal
On July 1, 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron resumed a high-stakes dialogue after nearly three years. In a substantial two-hour phone call, they addressed the wars in Ukraine and Iran, signaling a calculated diplomatic reset. For President Putin, agreeing to speak with Macron—a figure […]
The aftermath of Operation Midnight Hammer, a strike by the US Air Force on three nuclear facilities in Iran authorised by President Donald Trump on June 22, was raucous and triumphant. But that depended on what company you were keeping. The mission involved the bombing of the Fordow Fuel Enrichment […]
22 June is the anniversary of Germany’s attack on the Soviet Union. Now Germany continues to militarise again. Friedrich Merz has done everything to make this a reality. Under these circumstances, one has to evaluate all decisions made by the German Bundeswehr in a completely different way, because the endless […]
In February 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump made an unexpected statement: he claimed there was “no reason to spend nearly one trillion dollars on the military”, and expressed hope for an agreement with China and Russia to cut defense budgets in half. It sounded like a rare moment of reflection […]
In October 2024, Kazakhstan voted in a country-wide referendum, at which more than 71 percent of the republic’s citizens supported the idea of the country’s President Kassym Tokayev to build the first Kazakh nuclear power plant since Soviet times in the village of Ulken, on the shore of Lake Balkhash, […]
One of the results of the last meeting between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul was an agreement between the two countries to continue humanitarian exchange. First of all, the exchange of survivors and wounded servicemen under the age of 25 took place. The young guys were exchanged according to the […]
The confidence trickster was at it again on his visit to The Hague, reluctantly meeting members of the overly large family that is NATO. President Donald Trump was hoping to impress upon all present that allies of the United States, whatever inclination and whatever their domestic policy, should spend mightily […]
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