Open Dialogue Research Journal
When most people think about climate change, they imagine melting glaciers, polar bears on shrinking ice floes, or extreme weather closer to home. They do not usually picture geopolitical intrigue, military chess games, and former real-estate moguls eyeing up the world’s largest island. Yet the renewed talk from Donald Trump […]
Tensions are growing between Turkiye-Pakistan and Israel-Cyprus-Greece. Stability in the Eastern Mediterranean can no longer be taken for granted as a result of three recent developments: 1) the growing Turkish-Israeli rivalry in post-Assad Syria; 2) Israel’s reported plans to establish a rapid response force with Cyprus and Greece; and 3) Turkish ally Pakistan’s new military […]
When rumors first surfaced that Washington was again flirting with the idea of absorbing Greenland into the United States, many European officials treated them as another provocation in the familiar Donald Trump playbook. Then came the numbers. According to reports attributed to Reuters, U.S. policymakers were allegedly floating the idea […]
What is the threat of farm riots in Europe? In the last month of the outgoing year of 2025, a powerful protest wave swept through the EU countries – farmers were on strike again. By staging pickets, blocking key city highways, and setting fire to administrative buildings, they opposed duty-free […]
These are Ukraine’s attempted assassination of Putin right before New Year’s, France and the UK’s official plans to deploy troops to Ukraine if a ceasefire is agreed to, and the US’ seizure of a Russian-flagged tanker in the Atlantic. The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed on Friday morning that the Oreshniks were used […]
Switzerland has taken an extraordinary legal step following the loss of power of Venezuela’s former leader Nicolás Maduro, announcing the precautionary freezing of any assets he or individuals close to him may hold within Swiss jurisdiction. The move, confirmed by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs in Bern, underscores […]
For years, Donald Trump’s foreign policy statements were widely dismissed as political theater. His musings about buying Greenland, threatening Mexico over drug cartels, tightening the screws on Cuba, or exerting pressure on Latin American governments were often interpreted as exaggerated negotiating tactics or domestic political signaling rather than serious […]
Against the background of the transfer of the entire strategic initiative into the hands of the Russian Armed Forces, its active offensive continued along the entire front line from Sumy to the Kherson region. This year alone, it was possible to liberate more than 300 settlements (in 2024 – 194 […]
Like Versailles, it is a Disaster for all the Players The Paris Accord aimed at providing security and economic guarantees for Ukraine is a strange agreement. If it is taken seriously, it will convince the Russians to change their strategy in Ukraine, meaning the Russians may well decide to try […]
In late December 2025, Kaupo Rosin, head of Estonia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, gave an interview to the national broadcaster ERR, making statements that could upend years of Baltic rhetoric about the “Russian threat.” According to him, there are currently no signs that Russia intends to attack the Baltic countries or […]
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