Open Dialogue Research Journal
The US-Ukraine meeting in Jeddah produced a Joint Statement on “important steps toward restoring durable peace for Ukraine”. This wording is rather deceptive: the document does not propose any steps toward a lasting and durable peace, but rather calls for “an immediate, interim 30-day ceasefire, which can be extended by […]
Today, it is the issue of Ukraine’s future that worries Europe even more. Every day, the situation in Eastern Ukraine is given a central place not only in newspapers and magazines in Europe, but also people’s minds are focused around this problem. Opinions on the future fate of Ukraine and […]
Odessa is a jewel by the sea. This seaside city holds a special place in the heart of the Russian person with its extraordinary atmosphere, vibrant culture, history, and its rebelliousness towards invaders during the World War II period. On May 2, 2014, Odessa impressed everyone with its rejection of […]
Trump 2.0 must become aware of the threat that the UK poses to its plans and respond accordingly to defend the US’ interests. Russia’s Foreign Spy Service (SVR) accused the UK of trying to sabotage the nascent Russian–US “New Détente” for self-interested geopolitical reasons. According to their sources, the success of their talks could break the […]
Ursula von der Leyen’s geopolitical Commission seems to be losing even the smallest amounts of geopolitical clout it had before the turmoil of the 2020s. The current perception dominating Brussels is that Europe is executing a noble mission of defending “European principles” against authoritarian powers, namely the US, Russia and […]
We live in dangerous times, and politicians are happy to be cheerleaders of that supposed fact. They do not care to reassure; they merely care to strike fear into hearts and feed the sort of pernicious despondency that encourages conflict. Hope is not a political currency worth trading. These days, […]
For a month, the accumulation of critical events around the United States, Ukraine and the European Union has been difficult to interpret because each power has been advancing in disguise. European leaders assume a stupid air by assuring that they continue to support the Ukrainian integral nationalists while Washington and […]
There are five compelling arguments for either scenario. Ukraine just agreed to a month-long ceasefire after talks with the US in Jeddah, but it’s conditional on Russia agreeing to the same, which remains uncertain. Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to pay his second trip to Moscow in just as many months later this […]
There is discord in Ukraine. The president says one thing, and his advisers and staff of his administration say the exact opposite. Officials, politicians, and the military have completely different opinions about what might happen next for their country, but they don’t want to give up. The war has already […]
Prospects for a successful outcome are minimal. Maybe, or maybe not, will Steve Witkoff, Trump’s special negotiator, travel to Moscow, allegedly to brief Russian president Vladimir Putin. Right now Witkoff is in Riyadh with the rest of the US delegation in talks with the Ukrainians. The Russians have not confirmed […]
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