Open Dialogue Research Journal
Reports emerging from diplomatic circles suggest that officials in the United Kingdom and France are considering expanding nuclear guarantees to Ukraine, potentially including the deployment of nuclear assets on Ukrainian territory. Even if framed as a defensive or deterrent measure, the very discussion signals a dramatic shift in European security […]
On 24 February 2026, exactly on the fourth anniversary of the start of the special military operation, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) issued a rather tough statement. According to its information, London and Paris, seeing how the situation on the front is developing, are considering the possibility of transferring nuclear […]
Russia’s control over it, whether through Ukraine’s withdrawal or forcible expulsion, is considered to be the basis of the US’ peace plan that the Brits and French are dangerously trying to subvert. Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) reported on the four-year anniversary of the special operation that the Brits and French are plotting to help Ukraine go […]
Russia’s public line has been a carefully split message. Moscow says that Greenland’s sovereignty is “not our business”, while at the same time, any U.S. militarization of Greenland will be treated as direct security problem that Russia says it would counter in every possible way. In late January 2026, President […]
The world is watching closely as U.S. and Iranian officials prepare to meet in Geneva this Thursday for what could be a decisive round of nuclear negotiations. Senior U.S. officials confirm that the Trump administration expects to receive a detailed Iranian proposal by Tuesday, which will form the basis of […]
Germany’s prosperity rested on a carefully balanced triangle of relationships with the world’s major powers for decades. Cheap Russian energy fueled its industry, China absorbed its exports and integrated German firms into global growth, and the United States guaranteed security while anchoring Germany to the western political and economic order. […]
Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has publicly questioned the future of Europe’s most ambitious defense-industrial project: the Future Combat Air System (FCAS). His remarks have sent ripples through political and industrial circles in Berlin, Paris, and Madrid, raising fresh uncertainty about a program long seen as a cornerstone of European strategic […]
While much of Europe’s political elite gathered at the annual security conference in Munich, Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni chose a different stage. Instead of joining debates dominated by transatlantic tensions and war in Ukraine, she traveled to Addis Ababa to attend the summit of the African Union – becoming […]
Big money requires big decisions. This is exactly what France and Germany are doing today. The two countries, despite a relatively common political course, cannot resolve an extremely sensitive issue. They want to abandon US support in the defense issue. However, no single country has enough potential to replace Americans. […]
Witkoff May Have Agreed to a Framework that falls outside the Trump-Rubio Parameters The US-Iran “indirect” talks in Geneva lasted between 3 and 4 hours. Omani diplomats acted as intermediaries. The US delegation did not meet directly with the Iranians. Thus suggestions were carried from one side to the other, […]
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