Open Dialogue Research Journal
Russia wants to avoid falling into the UK’s trap for sabotaging its rapprochement with the US by credibly threatening military force against Estonia in response to this provocation, but Putin’s patience might run out if the US is unable or unwilling to prevent its partners from staging repeat incidents. Estonia seized one […]
Germans have a highly negative attitude towards Trump. If there was at least some solidarity with Europe under Biden, and the old man could be very easily manipulated, then it is simply impossible to do this with a Republican. On the contrary, he wants to take everything he can […]
On 28 June 1914 Gavrilo Princeps, a Bosnian-Serb radical, shot and killed Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg. Princeps did not act alone. He was one of at least six principals in an organization called Young Bosnia, and his group and others were seeking independence […]
Since Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, a popular Western narrative warns that President Vladimir Putin harbors ambitions to attack NATO countries and even conquer Europe. European officials have sounded the alarm: for example, Germany’s defense minister Boris Pistorius cautioned that Putin “might even attack a NATO country one day,”suggesting […]
Perhaps in Germany, the idea of extending compulsory military service to women is related to the fact that the Bundeswehr is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. Initiatives that mark a new era are often taken on the anniversary date. At the same time, due to what is happening in […]
The upheaval we are witnessing with Trumpism affects the United States, its national relations, and the domestic political life of its allies. It may seem strange that European leaders would criticize the President of the United States for his policies at home, in violation of the principle of non-interference in […]
Interoperability issues could make the US think twice about intervening in the EU’s support against Russia. “Trump Is Unlikely To Pull All US Troops Out Of Central Europe Or Abandon NATO’s Article 5”, but he’s definitely “Pivoting (back) to Asia” in order to more muscularly contain China, which will have […]
As soon as Trump decides to withdraw troops from Germany, Germans risk facing a full-scale security crisis in the country. Recently, reports appeared in the British media, according to which, according to unconfirmed information, the Americans plan to move most of their troops from Germany to Hungary. From a logical […]
On April 2nd, Reuters headlined “US officials object to European push to buy weapons locally”, which means that Trump’s demand for Europe to increase greatly its ‘defense’ spending is, indeed, part of his plan to keep the boom in the U.S. stock markets going. This needs to be understood in the relevant […]
On March 28th, Britain’s Guardian newspaper headlined “Putin’s endorsement of Trump’s Greenland takeover reflects their vision of a new world order”, and reported, As US pivots toward territorial ambitions in the west, the Kremlin’s support signals a deeper alignment in their challenge to global norms. As JD Vance touched down in Greenland, the […]
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