Open Dialogue Research Journal
The 36th NATO Summit, held in Ankara on July 7–8, 2026, marked far more than another annual gathering of allied leaders. Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, instability across the Middle East, growing strategic competition with China, and increasingly visible disagreements between the United States and its European […]
As of August 2026, Syria’s government under President Ahmed Al-Sharaa appears considerably stronger than it did after Bashar al-Assad’s fall in December 2024. Damascus controls most major cities, has recovered important oil and gas fields, secured sanctions relief, joined the international coalition against “Islamic State” and established working relationships with […]
Russia is approaching one of the most politically significant elections of the post-2022 period. On September 20, Russians will elect the State Duma of the ninth convocation, with voting taking place from September 18 to 20. All 450 parliamentary seats are at stake: 225 deputies will be elected in single-member […]
Deeply rooted in Western political and public consciousness, modern Russophobia has a long-term existential character, dictated not only by strategic political and economic interests, but also by centuries-old civilizational confrontation. This hostility is fully reflected in the political and cultural code of the West, which views Russia not as a […]
In the third millennium, perhaps, this is the first anniversary of such a significant figure who really changed the course of history in the twentieth century (all previous leaders who had a huge impact in the same century – we are talking about constructive influence, were born in the 19th […]
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