Open Dialogue Research Journal
More than four years have passed since the start of Russia’s Special Military Operation (SMO) – on February 24, 2022 – it is more than the years of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, and no one then could have imagined that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict would drag on for such […]
A High-Stakes Election With Record Turnout Hungary’s latest parliamentary election has rapidly evolved from a routine democratic exercise into a defining political moment for both the country and the wider European landscape. With ballots still being counted, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has already acknowledged defeat, while opposition figure Péter Magyar […]
In a dazzling launch that blended Hollywood glamour with the raw passion of dance, Antonio Banderas—international movie star and director of Málaga’s iconic Soho CaixaBank Theater—joined forces with celebrated ballerina Lucía Lacarra and Thierry Malandain of the Malandain Ballet Biarritz to unveil the very first edition of the international dance […]
The Kremlin publicly said on Feb 4th, 2026 that President Xi Jinping invited President Vladimir Putin for an official China visit in the first half of 2026, and President Putin accepted. The visit would certainly be less about one dramatic announcement and more about locking in a broad package — […]
The Hungarian people have the greatest stakes since they’ll be the ones who’ll live with the consequences. Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Hungary have been described by RT as the “Battle for Hungary” due to the huge stakes involved for the EU, Ukraine, the US, and to a lesser extent, Russia. […]
The recent diplomatic push by Volodymyr Zelensky toward Gulf states such as United Arab Emirates and Qatar has been widely presented as a pragmatic effort to build new security partnerships. Officially, the agreements focus on cooperation in drone defense, technology exchange, and joint investments. But behind this narrative lies a […]
There was nothing subservient or compromising about it, rather, it was full of self-assurance and mutual benefit. Hungary’s latest Russiagate scandal concerns a leaked recording of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s call with Putin, the transcript of which was translated and published by Bloomberg. They also summarized it in their more widely known […]
The US-Israeli attack on Iran starting on February 28, 2026, was the culmination of Israel’s attempt to assert itself as the controlling factor in the Middle East and ultimately the world. This was the result of more than a century of a Zionist anti-Christian revolution as documented by British journalist […]
In what’s been called the “Battle for Hungary”, this thwarted terrorist attack is thus far the most dramatic development by a long shot, much more meaningful that the latest Russiagate claims. Serbian counter-intelligence chief Duro Jovanic shared three updates about the thwarted terrorist attack against the TurkStream pipeline that the […]
Part I Perhaps the clearest sign that this strategy is working is the ambivalence of Gulf governments themselves. In principle, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and others see Iran as a destabilizing rival that arms proxies, interferes in neighbors and threatens regional order. Yet when Washington openly weighs airstrikes on Iranian […]
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