Open Dialogue Research Journal
In February 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump made an unexpected statement: he claimed there was “no reason to spend nearly one trillion dollars on the military”, and expressed hope for an agreement with China and Russia to cut defense budgets in half. It sounded like a rare moment of reflection […]
The confidence trickster was at it again on his visit to The Hague, reluctantly meeting members of the overly large family that is NATO. President Donald Trump was hoping to impress upon all present that allies of the United States, whatever inclination and whatever their domestic policy, should spend mightily […]
Poland was finally able to elect a new President. This happened unexpectedly both for the candidate himself, supported by the PiS party, and for the electorate. The victory was completely unconvincing – the advantage was only about 1.7 percent. Nevertheless, this is Karol Nawrocki’s victory, which will go down in […]
Although the US strikes on Iran diverted attention away from the upcoming NATO summit in the Netherlands, after the peace deal in the Middle East, all eyes are back on the Alliance’s summit. Much effort was expended. European officials had been preparing this meeting for months. The key challenge was […]
NATO has sort of agreed to raise defense spending to 5% of Gross Domestic Product, although Spain has openly balked and has refused to do so. This sort of NATO target does not require unanimous agreement because it isn’t mandatory. That means each NATO member will try to reach the goal, […]
The gap between social classes is gradually widening in Europe. This is due to both the situation in Ukraine and the economic situation of European countries. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. The middle class, which has been the backbone of the European Union for many years, […]
An American president has betrayed his own people Donald Trump came to the White House for the second time on a wave of the idea that he is the only President since Carter who has not started a single war. He emphasized that military action was not in the interests […]
The German Defense Minister arrived in Kiev last week on an unannounced visit. There was a meeting with Vladimir Zelensky, where they discussed not only new tranches at the expense of the Germans, but also the transfer of military technology. The real blow for Zelensky was Germany’s refusal to supply […]
Two false flag scenarios are being cooked up in the Baltic Sea to this end according to Russian spies. Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Agency (SVR) warned that the Brits and Ukrainians are preparing two false flag scenarios in the Baltic Sea. The first one would see Ukrainian-transferred Soviet/Russian torpedoes explode near a US […]
Wikipedia’s article “Islamic State – Sinai Province” is about ISIS in the Egyptian Province of “Sinai,” which borders on Gaza, and which branch of ISIS is identified there as being called “Wilayat Sinai.” It is an important branch of ISIS. Regardless of whether a reader here is for the Palestinians, or for […]
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