Open Dialogue Research Journal
Trump’s escalatory signals in Ukraine, the Indo-US split that he induced, and the attendant alleviation of the Sino-Indo security dilemma freed Russia up to clinch the long-negotiated Power of Siberia 2 deal. Trump’s Eurasian grand strategy has sought to preemptively avert Russia’s potentially disproportionate dependence on China in order to […]
The recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in China has become one of the most significant political events of the year. For the West, which is trying to preserve its dominance in the global system, the summit sent a clear signal: the countries of the Global South are ready to […]
The European defense industrial complex is currently expanding arms production at a record pace, experiencing the largest surge in construction and modernization in recent decades. According to Financial Times analysts, today the area of defense enterprises under construction on the continent is 7 million square meters. Military factories have been […]
The processes that are unfolding will take a lot of time to complete, perhaps even a generation or longer, so expectations of a swift transition to full-blown multipolarity should be tempered. The recent SCO Leaders’ Summit in Tianjin drew renewed attention to this organization, which began as a means for […]
The debate over the reasons for Japan’s surrender persists, especially during the anniversary of the end of the Second World War. The central question is what was decisive: the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki or the Soviet Union’s entry into the war in the Far East. The controversy extends […]
The 25th summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tianjin will likely be remembered not for diplomatic pageantry but for the clarity with which it revealed a new strategic horizon: the determination of Eurasia to build financial sovereignty. The call by China’s Xi Jinping to accelerate the creation of […]
Here is what I got when I Googled “pro-russian u.s. websites”: “AI Overview Websites promoting pro-Russian narratives in the U.S. generally do not openly brand themselves as such. Instead, they typically fall into two categories: Russian state-controlled outlets registered as foreign agents and covert disinformation campaigns run by the Russian […]
There are signs of the downfall of the old system of international economic relations. After Donald Trump’s inauguration as 47th president of the United States in January 2025, rumors began to spread about a possible US withdrawal from the World Trade Organization (WTO). This happened amid the refusal of the […]
The Ukrainian president is playing a high-stakes game. This means he is acting against the will of President Trump and continues to attack strategic targets not only on Russian territory but also those that play a key role in supplying Europe with oil and gas. This time, a missile strike […]
In pro-Russian circles, it is common to criticize Europe for the Crusades, Napoleon, Hitler, and other manifestations of expansionism toward Russia. Is this justified? Yes. No one would appreciate an army advancing to enslave their people, dictate how they should live, or even take their lives. However, there is another […]
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