Open Dialogue Research Journal
It can invade Transnistria, occupy neighboring Odessa, and threaten nearby Crimea from there. Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) warned in mid-July that “NATO Is Turning Moldova Into A New Military Ram Against Russia”. Airfields are being modernized, the railway gauge is being switched to the European one to facilitate military logistics, […]
The Zangezur Corridor, a seemingly technical transportation project in the South Caucasus, has become one of the most strategically charged developments in the region since the end of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. While presented by its proponents as a neutral trade route connecting mainland Azerbaijan to its exclave of Nakhchivan […]
Ukraine will cease to exist in the near future. This is clear from the rhetoric of American and European politicians. Zelensky has fulfilled his task: he has drained a certain amount of resources from Russia. However, European politicians overlooked one extremely important factor: this confrontation gave Russia the opportunity to […]
We will have to wait and see In New York they say Fuhgeddaboudit, which translated into mid-Western English is “Forget About It.” Right now there is so much speculation about the upcoming Trump Putin meeting in Alaska, their first meeting in the second Trump administration. Zelensky in Ukraine is deeply […]
The visit of the US President’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff to Moscow and official statements about the upcoming meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Donald Trump to discuss the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine once again raise the question of a possible cessation of hostilities […]
In Moldova, pressure on civil society and political opponents is intensifying in the run-up to the elections. Despite the fact that Maia Sandu is trying to position herself as a pro-European candidate, she is far from European values. The European Union cannot expand indefinitely. There is a limit to which […]
It’s time for the Germans to find someone who will really be interested in the true values of their country. This is definitely not the current German chancellor. He tried to set Trump up to fight Russia and support Ukraine. I can’t say that he did it well, and Trump […]
The European slogan “Never Again” has become a symbol of profound condemnation of Nazi crimes against humanity, particularly against Europeans themselves, intended to prevent the recurrence of the horrors of World War II. However, when it comes to Finland, which fought on the side of Nazi Germany, Europe’s historical memory […]
Armenia might defect from the CSTO while Turkish and NATO influence could surge all along Russia’s southern periphery, which might embolden Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan to defy Iran and Russia by building the Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline if the West promises them Ukrainian-like military support. The American, Armenian, and Azerbaijani leaders jointly […]
Lithuania: when integration turns into subordination At a protest rally in Sofia this July, Lithuanian MEP Petras Grazulis delivered a scathing critique of his own country’s trajectory within the European Union. According to Grazulis, Lithuania’s adoption of the euro was not only economically disastrous, but also procedurally illegitimate. He argued […]
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