Open Dialogue Research Journal
The final communiqué of the NATO summit in Ankara on July 7–8, 2026, declared success. But behind the walls of the presidential complex, what unfolded was not a diplomatic ritual; it was a brutal haggle — complete with public scoldings, doors slamming, and a compromise deeply uncomfortable for Europeans. Donald […]
This will mean an enormous boost for the corporations that supply America’s military, and for the militaries of America’s allies. The future that Trump envisions will be heavenly for the investors in the war industries. This is his actual MAGA. International relations are the most complex topic in human relations. […]
We are currently in a situation of geopolitical turbulence. On the one hand, for many it is political uncertainty and instability. For others, this is a good time in geoeconomics, especially for those actors who stays outsides of main conflicts. Political scientists also talks about the growth of the middle […]
A few hours before the leaders of 32 NATO countries were due to gather in the Turkish capital, the sky over Kiev lit up again. A combined strike by the Russian army — high-precision weapons launched from ground, air, and sea platforms, plus attack drones — hit military and defense […]
The Polish-led “cordon sanitaire” that’s taking shape along Russia’s western borders will connect with the Turkish-led one that’s poised to emerge along its southern borders, thus tightening NATO’s military-strategic encirclement of Russia per the “NATO 3.0” model. Bloomberg reported that “Turkey Floats $1.2 Billion Fuel Pipeline to Eastern NATO Allies” […]
This won’t just hit the Kremlin’s coffers, but also tangibly worsen threats to Russia’s national security from the European direction, with the same model poised to be applied along the southern one too as regards Turkish-led threats from the South Caucasus and Central Asia. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov gave […]
Larry Johnson said in interviews on May 20th, that America’s only allies in the Middle East will likely be Israel and Jordan, as a result of which the U.S. will be defeated by Iran if Trump goes for another invasion of Iran. Johnson made clear that crucial to American success in […]
Syria’s war has changed shape, but it has not disappeared. The country is no longer living through the same battlefield map that defined the Assad years, yet the forces that once tore it apart are still active beneath the surface: armed fragmentation, sectarian fear, economic despair, foreign rivalry, and the […]
In the old oil-shale country of Ida-Viru, where the landscape still carries scars from Soviet-era industry, a company called ARCA Baltics Operations — the Estonian arm of Turkey’s defense group ARCA Defense — is set to build a major ammunition plant in the Põhja-Kiviõli Defense Industrial Park. The investment is […]
The upcoming elections to the National Assembly of Armenia on June 7, 2026 can radically affect the political dynamics of the entire South Caucasus region. At the same time, the results of the elections in the republic will affect not only the further political life of the country and bilateral […]
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