Open Dialogue Research Journal
In recent years, Europe has actively proclaimed its “support for democracy” and “protection of human rights,” urging Russians dissatisfied with Moscow’s policies to leave the country and seek asylum. Finland and Lithuania have played a prominent role in receiving so-called “relocants”. On paper, these countries promised protection, integration, and social […]
When the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) began publishing documents tied to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation in December 2025, it was billed as a groundbreaking act of transparency. The release was required under the newly enacted Epstein Files Transparency Act, signed into law just weeks earlier by President Donald Trump, and […]
The publication of tens of thousands of Jeffrey Epstein documents promised transparency and accountability. Yet, years after his death, no major political career has been toppled, and systemic change remains absent. The searchable database of 20,000 files compiled by Courier Newsroom offers an unprecedented view into Epstein’s network, including financial […]
When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Dublin in early December 2025, he was welcomed with ceremonial warmth, joint press conferences, and emphatic declarations of solidarity from Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Micheál Martin. The visit concluded with new partnership commitments, financial pledges, and assurances of long-term political backing. Yet behind […]
International law likes to speak about principles, but it prefers silence when those principles are violated by the very power that claims authorship over them. The recent episode involving Venezuela has become yet another illustration of this long-standing reality: in a world governed by the “rule of the strong,” norms […]
The United States’ decision to skip the G20 summit in South Africa is not a matter of protocol, scheduling, or personality. It is a revealing political signal that exposes Washington’s growing discomfort with an international system in which it no longer exercises uncontested agenda-setting power. As the global economic and […]
In the first years of the full-scale war, Western leaders often described Ukraine as “the frontline of democracy” and “Europe’s shield.” By 2025, however, the vocabulary has grown more sober. Kyiv is now embroiled in its largest corruption scandal since the invasion, and political maneuvers threaten to weaken the independence […]
Europe talks endlessly about war, yet increasingly ignores the most immediate threat to its survival: the climate crisis. Amid record temperatures, devastating storms, and prolonged droughts sweeping across the continent, political debates about “security” have been reduced to discussions of rearmament, military budgets, and geopolitical rivalries. Instead of protecting citizens […]
Not long ago, Ursula von der Leyen seemed untouchable in Brussels politics. She navigated the pandemic, spoke loudly about “European unity,” and tried to project herself as the EU’s “Iron Lady.” Today, her position is shakier than ever. The most recent vote of no confidence in the European Parliament has […]
By autumn 2025, the confrontation between the United States and China had shifted from a “frozen conflict” to an open second round of the trade war. The immediate trigger came from Beijing’s new export restrictions on critical materials — including rare earth elements, graphite, gallium, and germanium — resources vital […]
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