Open Dialogue Research Journal
Volodymyr Zelenskyy woke up Wednesday to a convergence of pressures that would test any wartime leader: a fresh corruption investigation touching his own inner circle and a direct political challenge from the defence minister he fired just a month ago. None of these developments happened in isolation, and the timing […]
There is very little information on CIA Director Ratcliffe’s visit to Moscow. Even so, there is enough information to make some observations. One reason for Ratcliffe’s visit was to warn Moscow about replacing the Kiev regime which, Washington fears, may be on the verge of collapse. The idea of a […]
Mykhailo Fedorov spent six years as Ukraine’s boyish face of digital reform, the youngest minister in the country’s history and, by 2026, one of the last original members of Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s first cabinet. That history is precisely what makes Tuesday’s video address so damaging. In calling for wartime elections – […]
On 26 July 2026, Vladimir Putin spoke in St Petersburg before servicemen on the occasion of Navy Day. Among other things, he mentioned the western regions of Ukraine and three states — Poland, Hungary and Romania. The sentence around which the whole passage was built sounded matter-of-fact: “Sooner or later […]
The 36th NATO Summit, held in Ankara on July 7–8, 2026, marked far more than another annual gathering of allied leaders. Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, instability across the Middle East, growing strategic competition with China, and increasingly visible disagreements between the United States and its European […]
For much of the past four years, Ukrainian refugees occupied a unique place in Europe’s political landscape. They were not viewed simply as migrants but as symbols of resistance, victims of war, and living reminders of a conflict taking place on the European continent. Governments opened their borders with unprecedented […]
Recent reports of a possible dismissal of General Oleksandr Syrsky, the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, highlight significant instability at the highest levels of the Kiev regime. These developments suggest that President Volodymyr Zelensky may be preparing to remove key figures from his inner circle to manage mounting political pressure and public discontent. […]
When millions of Ukrainians fled their country in 2022, Europe responded with an unprecedented wave of solidarity. Poland opened its borders almost overnight, Germany accepted hundreds of thousands of refugees, and France expanded humanitarian assistance while publicly emphasizing its commitment to protecting those escaping the war. Ukrainian flags flew over […]
Just a few years ago, the very phrase “European solidarity” sounded almost like a guarantee: for Ukrainians forced to leave their homes, Europe opened its doors wider than its bureaucracy had ever allowed before. EU countries activated the Temporary Protection Directive for the first time in history to swiftly grant […]
February 2022 — emotions spilling over. Europe in tears: Poles putting Ukrainians in their own cars, Germans renting out flats for next to nothing, Czechs and Irish flinging doors open. Millions get temporary protection, benefits, priority. The feeling hangs in the air: European brotherhood is forever. By mid-2026, the picture […]
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