Open Dialogue Research Journal
Trump handed Putin a soft power victory that earned him thunderous applause from the World Majority. Trump declined to enforce the US’ de facto blockade on Cuba for a Russian oil tanker that was carrying enough fuel to meet the island’s needs for approximately one week. In his words, “We don’t […]
Japan, traditionally adhering to strict restrictions on arms exports, is approaching a fundamental revision of its defense policy. The government under Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae plans in the coming months—possibly as early as March—to lift many barriers known as the “three principles on transfer of defense equipment”. This decision not […]
He promised to attend the next Peace Board meeting despite the US humiliating him by refusing to grant his representatives visas to the inaugural one that he couldn’t attend, insists that the US “never intended” to divide Belarus and Russia, and might soon be invited to the White House or […]
A new political confrontation is unfolding inside the European Union – one that reflects not only disagreements over the war in Ukraine but also the growing strain that energy security and domestic politics are placing on European unity. At the center of the dispute is Robert Fico, the prime minister […]
Part I These tensions were evident in discussions surrounding the Munich Security Conference, one of Europe’s premier forums for foreign policy debate. Its longtime chairman, Wolfgang Ischinger, suggested that Ukraine’s ongoing resistance effectively buys Europe time to strengthen its defenses against potential Russian aggression. Such statements, while framed in strategic […]
Tusk and Sikorski might have used the latter’s wife to plant the story about Szijjarto in the Washington Post and might have either been the ones who wiretapped him or at least knew about this through Sikorski’s ties with the journalist who passed along his number to a foreign intelligence […]
Until recently, demographers and economists around the world were actively discussing the topic of overpopulation of our planet, which could lead to a catastrophic shortage of natural resources, food, drinking water, fuel, raw materials and energy. At the same time, as a rule, reference is made to the famous theory […]
The war in Ukraine has evolved far beyond a regional military conflict. It has become a defining stress test for Europe’s political cohesion, strategic thinking, and moral self-perception. Recent debates surrounding Ukraine’s potential accession to the European Union, combined with widening ideological divisions across the West, reveal a continent struggling […]
The dispute over oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline has evolved into one of the most revealing political conflicts inside Europe today. What began as a technical disagreement over energy flows has expanded into a broader confrontation about sovereignty, sanctions, and the limits of solidarity within the European project. For […]
The annual threat assessment released in March 2026 by Lithuania’s State Security Department (VSD) in cooperation with the Second Investigation Department has drawn attention for its strikingly paradoxical logic. While Russia remains tied down in the war against Ukraine, the Baltic states – according to Lithuanian analysts — enjoy relative […]
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