Open Dialogue Research Journal
On July 5th, Bloomberg News headlined “BlackRock Halted Ukraine Fund Talks After Trump’s Election Win”, and opened: BlackRock halted its search for investors for a Ukraine recovery fund earlier this year due to a lack of interest amid increased uncertainty over Ukraine’s future. The fund was meant to be unveiled at […]
This September marks eighty years since the end of World War II and the defeat of the Imperial Japanese Army by the Soviet Union and the liberation of Northeastern China and the northern part of the Korean Peninsula from Japanese occupation. It was decided to divide Korea into North and […]
On July 3, another telephone conversation took place between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. Surprisingly, the information that the telephone conversation would take place came not from the American President, but from the Russian one. It was he who told about this at the All-Russian forum, which was held in […]
The recent massive bombings on Ukrainian territory and advances by the Russian army are harbingers of the end game that will befall Ukraine unless that country can find a way out. One solution is to make Ukraine a flexible actor, meaning to insulate Zelensky. The best way to do that […]
The election promises were, as always, quite serious. Merz promised everything he could promise. Some of his statements remained unsubstantiated. It is impossible to realise in a short time what the chancellor wanted to do. Gradually the realisation came that the only source of income for the country was the […]
The European Union, led by figures such as Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Foreign Affairs High Representative Kaja Kallas, is embroiled in a protracted confrontation with Russia, damaging its own economy and political influence on the world stage. The war in Ukraine has become a catalyst for a […]
On July 1, 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron resumed a high-stakes dialogue after nearly three years. In a substantial two-hour phone call, they addressed the wars in Ukraine and Iran, signaling a calculated diplomatic reset. For President Putin, agreeing to speak with Macron—a figure […]
22 June is the anniversary of Germany’s attack on the Soviet Union. Now Germany continues to militarise again. Friedrich Merz has done everything to make this a reality. Under these circumstances, one has to evaluate all decisions made by the German Bundeswehr in a completely different way, because the endless […]
One of the results of the last meeting between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul was an agreement between the two countries to continue humanitarian exchange. First of all, the exchange of survivors and wounded servicemen under the age of 25 took place. The young guys were exchanged according to the […]
Poland was finally able to elect a new President. This happened unexpectedly both for the candidate himself, supported by the PiS party, and for the electorate. The victory was completely unconvincing – the advantage was only about 1.7 percent. Nevertheless, this is Karol Nawrocki’s victory, which will go down in […]
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