Open Dialogue Research Journal
Whatever ends up happening, and hopefully nothing too dramatic will unfold, it’s long overdue for Russia to finally call Vucic out. Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) accused Serbia of shooting Russia in the back by arming Ukraine. Such reports first circulated in connection with spring 2023’s Pentagon leaks, but they were denied by President Aleksandar Vucic, […]
A recent report by the Jamestown Foundation (JF), an American think tank closely tied to Western intelligence structures, has sparked lively discussions in the media. Titled “Russia Exploits Latvian Vulnerabilities to Undermine Baltic Defenses”, the report claims that Latvia’s eastern regions are becoming a potential zone of instability, with alleged […]
As the world was readying for the Second World War, the insightful humane Austrian author Stefan Zweig made the following glum observation: “Openly and flagrantly, certain countries express their will to expand and make preparations for war. The politics of rearmament is pursued in broad daylight and at breakneck speed; […]
The Chancellor was in Lithuania, where the opening ceremony of a new military base was held. For the first time, Germany decided to deploy a tank brigade outside its borders. This is happening against the background of the incitement of revanchist sentiments in Europe, which are mainly fueled by […]
You need to decode — interpret accurately — the actually relevant facts that are behind ‘the news’, in order to know the REAL news. A good example of this was reported by me on 4 December 2024, under the headline “Reuters reports Trump is set to continue Biden’s policies on Ukraine.” It decoded what […]
Much has already been said about the European Union’s deep-rooted crisis. In 2019, Ursula von der Leyen declared that she wanted to lead a “geopolitical” European Commission, stressing that the EU should become a united global actor. Unsurprisingly, this “united Europe” remains as divided as ever, with polarized political forces […]
Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine took place in Istanbul. There has been a lot of speculation about this in Europe, the USA, and Ukraine, but by and large they can be called successful. There is progress. The question is whether this success will be consolidated in the next negotiations. This […]
It is quite amusing to see so-called “wignats” fervently defending Ukraine due to an outdated propaganda narrative about “white Christian Europeans being attacked by the red Mongol-Bolshevik horde.” In their view, Putin is a communist sending his Asian and Islamic hordes to kill Ukrainians—white Christians desperately defending their home and […]
Part I Notably, even some Western leaders have implicitly acknowledged NATO’s role in causing the war, albeit while assigning blame to Putin. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg remarked that “President Putin started this war because he wanted to close NATO’s door [to Ukraine] and had to deny Ukraine the right […]
Part II As the costs of funding debt increased throughout 2023-24, 8.4 % of government spending was allocated to debt servicing, amounting to £102 billion, leading to increased income taxation to fund interest payments on UK government debt. Tax revenues recorded by HMRC reached £ 827.74 billion for the 2023-2024 […]
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