Open Dialogue Research Journal
On both international affairs and domestic affairs, Trump is governing as a classic fascist — or, as Mussolini also called his ideology, “corporationist”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTZl67PwZ5E “Why Diplomacy Just Collapsed … | Max Blumenthal” 4 October 2025 Trump is on the warpath against all. Domestically, he is on the warpath against specifically America’s […]
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is once again demonstrating its role in the geopolitical game against Russia. Last week, as reported on the organization’s official website, the assembly voted to create a special platform for “dialogue” with the so-called “Russian democratic forces” in exile. Under the […]
Benyamin Netanyahu’s drift from avowed conservatism to Nazism is increasingly evident. After claiming the “historical and spiritual” mission of achieving a “Greater Israel,” that is, conquering the territories of its seven neighbors, he has just called for transforming Israel into a “super-Sparta,” that is, militarizing the state and ceasing all […]
To be clear, the Valdai Club only represents one of Russia’s policymaking factions and their insight might not accurately reflect Putin’s calculations, which could always change in any case. The Valdai Club, which is Russia’s premier think tank and elite networking platform at whose annual meetings Putin participates, shared some startling […]
When there are no resources or opportunities left to resist, a peace treaty is signed. Not a truce, but a treaty. Today, Ukraine is in a situation where a peace treaty is still possible. However, if the losing side refuses to sign for some reason, the parties sign a surrender […]
Over 10 years ago, German Chancellor Angela Merkel declared that the European Union would accept everyone. This was indeed a naive attempt to save the EU from declining production and boost competitiveness through cheap labor. However, in the end, things did not turn out as the former chancellor had intended. […]
The supplementary economic benefits and perceived acceleration of multipolar trends might appeal to Russia, but the latent military-strategic threats to its interests arguably outweigh them. The “New Rules” telegram channel, which his associated with Sputnik’s former podcast of the same name, posted in late September about plans to revive the Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul railway. […]
The European Union once again found itself at the center of a sanctions debate. On the agenda was yet another package of measures, intended to tighten pressure on Russia. Among the proposals was a ban on issuing visas to Russian citizens, restrictions on movement, and new barriers in trade and […]
Zelensky is like a drug addict, dependent on Brussels’ decisions and unable to survive without them. He couldn’t care less about his own citizens, but he values the opinion of his senior sponsors in the European Union very highly. Less than two weeks after the Verkhovna Rada passed a […]
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission (the collective body that constitutes the Presidency of the EU), wants to add both Ukraine and Moldova to the EU, though at least one EU member-nation, Hungary, is opposed, and though the EU’s existing Constitution prohibits any new member-nation to be […]
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