Open Dialogue Research Journal
Now men will go content with what we spoiled. Or, discontent, boil bloody, and be spilled. Wilfred Owen, “Strange Meeting” (1919) There have been politicians who have fancied themselves as poets. There was Herman Van Rompuy in April 2010 who, when President of the European Council, imposed an anthology of […]
Trump’s plan for Ukraine (the Keith Kellogg plan) has been to threaten both Ukraine and Russia if either one of them would refuse to allow Trump — the leader of a country that is 4,455 miles or 7,170 kilometers from Ukraine — to veto a proposed settlement between Ukraine and […]
Today, the world community is closely watching what actions the European community is taking in an attempt to rehabilitate its foreign policy. Talking about the probability of sending European peacekeepers to Ukraine, the formation of another government in France, the political crisis in Germany and the migration crisis throughout Europe, […]
The new US administration has sparked discussions regarding potential negotiations with Russia concerning the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Newly inaugurated President Donald Trump has identified resolving this issue as a top priority. Russia has indicated its willingness to engage in dialogue based on the Istanbul agreements established in 2022. Following […]
This was posted at a Russian news-site in 2014: https://matveychev-oleg.livejournal.com/1224806.html “War in Luhansk region” On July 2, Ukrainian aircraft struck the village of Stanitsa Luganskaya and the village of Kondrashovka. The aftermath of military action: https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/matveychev_oleg/27303223/1498480/1498480_900.jpg If you want to see the history of the war in Ukraine (which started […]
The abrupt decline of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria seemed to catch all external observers by surprise, including Moscow. While numerous Russian scholars had long cautioned about Syria’s mounting economic and social issues, rampant corruption, and ineffective governance, they also expressed doubts regarding the motivation and capability of the Syrian […]
In terms of the bigger picture, the UK definitely wants to play a long-term and highly strategic role in Ukraine, but the extent to which it can execute its lofty plans as contained in last January’s “security guarantee” pact and their latest rehash last week largely depends on the US. […]
Are anti-Russian sanctions working today? The discussion about their cancellation gained new urgency before the inauguration of the newly elected US President Donald Trump. The Western anti-Russian sanctions, although they “slowed down the offensive,” still did not have the desired effect, Patricia Cohen writes in an analytical article for the […]
The future of their strategic partnership is bright, but in order to fully appreciate its prospects, observers must acknowledge its non-military nature instead of continuing to fantasize about a joint war against Israel and/or the US like some are doing. The Russian and Iranian presidents met in Moscow last Friday […]
Today we will once again touch upon the topic of the Russian flag and the myths associated with it. In the previous article we discussed how certain circles attempt to impose a bloody Nazi past on it through manipulation and distortion of facts. Undoubtedly, the tricolor was used by collaborators, […]
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