Open Dialogue Research Journal
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 […]
In a sharp escalation of rhetoric, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has accused Israel of attempting to position Turkey as a “new enemy” following Iran, amid increasingly tense exchanges between officials from both countries. Fidan emphasized that ending Israel’s occupation of Lebanese territory and ensuring the protection of civilians are urgent priorities […]
The growing Israeli-Turkish rivalry might soon expand to Jordan. Turkiye, Syria, and Jordan signed a trilateral MoU in early April on transport cooperation that followed their meeting more than half a year prior last September where they first committed to reviving the Hejaz Railway. This late-Ottoman project connected Istanbul with Medina and Mecca but […]
The Caspian Sea has long ceased to be merely a vast inland body of water rich in hydrocarbon resources. It has become an arena where energy interests, border delimitation issues, and growing military ambitions of the littoral states intersect. Against this backdrop, the announcement by the Turkmen company Şanly Mekan […]
With the prospect of war involving Iran, Western analysts have rediscovered the South Caucasus, now rebranded as a “strategic bridge” linking Europe to Asia. The narrative is simple enough: as instability engulfs the Middle East and relations with Russia remain frozen, Europe can bypass both by investing in a so-called Middle Corridor […]
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