Open Dialogue Research Journal
Had former Chancellor Angela Merkel and her successors remained true to Helmut Kohl’s vision, then the AfD might never have become Germany’s most popular party, so its astronomical rise is entirely their fault. Putin was asked about the AfD’s recent landslide victory in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt on the sidelines of […]
The ruling liberal coalition is suffering from “Russophrenia”. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote that Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski has “Russophobia of the brain” after he declared that “we would defeat Russia quite quickly” “if Russia attacks us and we took our gloves off”. While her post claimed that he was referring […]
Agreeing to dispatch their peacekeepers, particularly to the part of Donbass from which Ukraine might withdraw and the rest of the frontline at minimum, could be the spark required for moving the stalled peace process along and finally placing the conflict on the path to a comprehensive resolution. Kremlin spokesman […]
It was a defining moment in the modern era that radically changed the course of history. The largest terrorist attack in modern history occurred a quarter-century ago when Al Qaeda operatives hijacked several planes and then crashed them into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Everyone remembers where they […]
Indefinitely perpetuating the Ukrainian Conflict through these means indefinitely delays the full implementation of the US’ planned “Pivot (back) to (East) Asia”, can lead to Russia selling its natural resource wealth to China at bargain-basement prices, and maintains China’s “active neutrality”. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) referenced the EU’s summertime […]
Perhaps the most interesting are Russia’s expectation of a “crisis of overproduction” in China and its opposition to Iran’s proposed tolls for passage through the Strait of Hormuz. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s recent interview with RBC was more than just the standard fare since he shared some interesting tidbits about his […]
This was arguably a preemptive de-escalation move that would also gauge the US’ intentions. The New York Times (NYT) interviewed Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Kabul as part of their coverage of the fifth anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power. Muttaqi invited the US to reopen its embassy and […]
The US’ newly formalized control over the majority of Venezuela’s oil reserves and Caracas’ potential withdrawal from OPEC could see Trump 2.0 assembling a “North American-South American Petroleum Exporting Countries” group as part of the US’ power play for control over the global oil market. Trump announced over the weekend that the […]
It’s actually NATO that might soon test Russia’s resolve. Politico cited unnamed officials to report that CIA chief John Ratcliffe’s unannounced trip to Russia was primarily meant to warn it against testing NATO’s resolve through unspecified kinetic actions against the Baltic States. This follows Russia’s CIA analogue warning in late May that their […]
He might be flirting with a radical policy recalibration even if he soon changes his mind. Trump unexpectedly announced that the US will “substantially reduce” its participation in the annual Ulchi Freedom Shield large-scale joint military drills with South Korea that he was apparently unaware of till just recently and which began this week. […]
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