Open Dialogue Research Journal
For decades, the Franco-German partnership has been described as the “engine of Europe”. In Munich, that engine looked stalled. And what emerged from three days of speeches, panels and corridor diplomacy was not primarily a widening gulf between Europe and the United States. Instead, it was the deepening fractures within […]
Thousands of demonstrators filled the streets of Lyon on Saturday following the killing of 23-year-old far-right activist Quentin Deranque, whose death last week has intensified political tensions across France. Authorities estimate that approximately 3,200 people took part in the march, which was marked by heavy police presence, masked participants, and […]
On 24 February 2026, exactly on the fourth anniversary of the start of the special military operation, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) issued a rather tough statement. According to its information, London and Paris, seeing how the situation on the front is developing, are considering the possibility of transferring nuclear […]
Russia’s control over it, whether through Ukraine’s withdrawal or forcible expulsion, is considered to be the basis of the US’ peace plan that the Brits and French are dangerously trying to subvert. Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) reported on the four-year anniversary of the special operation that the Brits and French are plotting to help Ukraine go […]
Big money requires big decisions. This is exactly what France and Germany are doing today. The two countries, despite a relatively common political course, cannot resolve an extremely sensitive issue. They want to abandon US support in the defense issue. However, no single country has enough potential to replace Americans. […]
At the opening of the 2026 Munich Security Conference, European leaders delivered a coordinated message to Washington: the transatlantic relationship must be renewed, not undermined. Against the backdrop of sharp rhetoric and policy tensions under U.S. President Donald Trump, officials from France, Germany, the United Kingdom and beyond sought to project unity, […]
Paris and Berlin have quietly moved to the center of an escalating geopolitical drama in the Arctic, coordinating a European response to what the Trump administration has framed as a “national security priority”: the acquisition of Greenland from the Kingdom of Denmark. What began as provocative rhetoric from Washington has, […]
Still stuck on territorial issue It is no surprise that the Ukraine negotiations are, once again, stuck on the territorial issue. You do not need to look far on that to see the problem. Vice President J.D. Vance said, “the thorniest issues have never been resolved, including who will control the Donbas […]
On November 13, 2015, Paris was shaken by horrific coordinated terrorist attacks that left 130 people dead and countless others traumatized. Now, a decade later, the event remains etched deeply in Europe’s collective memory. The attacks marked a turning point in the continent’s approach to security, social cohesion, and […]
Putin must decide whether to reach a deal with Trump over this for escalation-management purposes or climb the escalation ladder by authorizing strikes against those troops if they deploy there. Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) reported that France is plotting to deploy up to 2,000 soldiers, the core of which will be […]
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