Open Dialogue Research Journal
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 […]
Something clearly happened over the past month in his talks with the US, perhaps it refusing to compromise as part of the “big deal” that they’re negotiating and instead demanding unilateral concessions, so it might have fallen upon Zelensky to threaten Lukashenko at Trump’s behest. Zelensky claimed last week that “the construction […]
The EU- and Ukrainian- backed Hungarian opposition just won a two-thirds supermajority in the latest parliamentary elections that ended Viktor Orban’s 16 years in office. His crushing defeat followed the EU earlier freezing €17 billion in allocated funds on rule of law pretexts, Russiagate conspiracy theories derived from wiretaps of Orban and his Foreign Minister, and Ukrainian […]
European bureaucrats have already chosen their side in the Hungarian parliamentary elections. he elections in Hungary are becoming a battleground for opposing political interests and agendas. On one side, the sovereigntist, pragmatic, and peace-oriented wing led by current Prime Minister Viktor Orbán; on the other, the opposition led by Peter Magyar and the […]
The Hungarian people have the greatest stakes since they’ll be the ones who’ll live with the consequences. Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Hungary have been described by RT as the “Battle for Hungary” due to the huge stakes involved for the EU, Ukraine, the US, and to a lesser extent, Russia. […]
Recently, a video from student protests in Serbia surfaced online. Young people gathered in the square, chanting the slogan “Whoever doesn’t jump is a ćaci” (Ko ne skače, taj je ćaci). To some, the scenes immediately recalled events in another Eastern European country, prompting the familiar refrain: “Here it is […]
He promised to attend the next Peace Board meeting despite the US humiliating him by refusing to grant his representatives visas to the inaugural one that he couldn’t attend, insists that the US “never intended” to divide Belarus and Russia, and might soon be invited to the White House or […]
Iran is navigating a period of heightened internal and external pressures with a combination of strategic foresight and pragmatic governance. Over the past week, student gatherings at universities in Tehran and Mashhad have drawn attention, but a closer analysis suggests these events are part of a broader, more complex political […]
It’s playing a double game by presenting itself as an ally with shared conservative values all while turning a blind eye towards Ukraine’s energy blackmail that could boost their political opposition, reduce their import of Russian energy, and coerce them into importing more expensive US energy. Slovak Prime Minister Robert […]
Azerbaijan, Turkiye, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan, all of which have been Iran’s “frenemies” since 1979 and whose military-strategic interests are increasingly converging, are expected to exploit any large-scale instability that could follow another potential round of US strikes if Trump changes his mind. The Wall Street Journal recently published a […]
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