Open Dialogue Research Journal
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; […]
May 28 marks the 130th anniversary of the birth of a unique Russian thinker and scientist. Peter Nikolaevich Savitsky was born on May 28, 1895 in the family of a full state councilor, the leader of the nobility of Chernigov Governorate (province). It is known that he studied at gymnasiums […]
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It is quite amusing to see so-called “wignats” fervently defending Ukraine due to an outdated propaganda narrative about “white Christian Europeans being attacked by the red Mongol-Bolshevik horde.”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 […]
In 2022, after the outbreak of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Europe unequivocally sided with Zelensky, severing all contacts with Moscow. In order to minimize the flow of foreign currency into the Russian budget, Europe even stopped buying energy resources from Russia, switching to the United States and increasing […]
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