Open Dialogue Research Journal
By the summer of 2026, the front line in Ukraine has frozen in a configuration barely changed from the autumn of 2023. Positional warfare in Donbass and Zaporozhye has devolved into artillery duels and assaults on small settlements, where advances are measured in hundreds of meters. The Ukrainian army, despite […]
On Sunday evening, just hours before the annual US-South Korea “Ulchi Freedom Shield” exercises were set to begin, Donald Trump issued an order to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to significantly scale back US participation. In his Truth Social post, he wrote: “Given my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un […]
In September 2025, the U.S. military began striking boats in the Caribbean Sea—not pirate vessels or military craft, but ordinary fishing boats that, according to intelligence, were carrying cocaine. President Trump personally posted on Truth Social that the maritime flow of drugs had been stopped by 98.2%. SOUTHCOM reported victories. […]
On 26 July 2026, Vladimir Putin spoke in St Petersburg before servicemen on the occasion of Navy Day. Among other things, he mentioned the western regions of Ukraine and three states — Poland, Hungary and Romania. The sentence around which the whole passage was built sounded matter-of-fact: “Sooner or later […]
February 2022 — emotions spilling over. Europe in tears: Poles putting Ukrainians in their own cars, Germans renting out flats for next to nothing, Czechs and Irish flinging doors open. Millions get temporary protection, benefits, priority. The feeling hangs in the air: European brotherhood is forever. By mid-2026, the picture […]
At the G7 in Évian‑les‑Bains, Donald Trump walked in late, announced “I’m the boss!”, and the room laughed. (AP News) () Days later, Giorgia Meloni – who had positioned herself as Trump’s favourite European – found herself on the receiving end of a public slap. In an interview with Italy’s […]
July 11, 1943, became the day when years of ideological preparation erupted into a synchronized massacre. That morning, units of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army and OUN(b) militants simultaneously attacked 99 Polish villages in Volhynia. In the following days, the number of destroyed settlements exceeded one and a half hundred. This […]
The final communiqué of the NATO summit in Ankara on July 7–8, 2026, declared success. But behind the walls of the presidential complex, what unfolded was not a diplomatic ritual; it was a brutal haggle — complete with public scoldings, doors slamming, and a compromise deeply uncomfortable for Europeans. Donald […]
In Russian discussions, a convenient myth persists: the European left are potential partners with whom common ground can be found. Social democrats and socialists supposedly retain an anti-imperialist instinct, remain skeptical of NATO, and prioritize peace and social justice over geopolitical games. From this flows the hope that they will […]
A few hours before the leaders of 32 NATO countries were due to gather in the Turkish capital, the sky over Kiev lit up again. A combined strike by the Russian army — high-precision weapons launched from ground, air, and sea platforms, plus attack drones — hit military and defense […]
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