Open Dialogue Research Journal
First of all, with Russia, although London reviews other threats. On Monday, June 2, 2025, the British government released the lng-awaited Strategic Defence Review 2025 – a 140-page document that provides a vision for the development of the country’s armed forces, their use, and threats to the United Kingdom. The […]
Not Like Pearl Harbor Will Ukraine or Russia Win the war? After Ukraine’s attack on Russian air bases, some pundits are writing that Ukraine is winning the war. At least one American newspaper headlined the surprise attack as Russia’s “Pearl Harbor,” evidently forgetting the ultimate result. In any case, the actual ground […]
On June 1st, the neoconservative (i.e., committed to the goal that the U.S. Government will become the dictator over all nations, the entire world) Max Boot, in the neoconservative Jeff Bezos’s neoconservative Washington Post, headlined “Ukraine just rewrote the rules of war; A drone attack damaged Russia’s bomber fleet — and exposed […]
Attacking Nuclear Bomber Bases does not really benefit Ukraine The drone attack on 5 Highly Sensitive Russian Bases was aimed at the US as much as Russia. In a brilliant operation that, according to the Ukrainians, took 18 months to pull off, Ukraine attacked five Russian strategic bases, destroying and […]
Unpopular governments always retreat to grounds of lazy convenience. Instead of engaging in exercises of courage, they take refuge in obvious distractions. And there is no more obvious distraction than preparing for war against a phantom enemy. That is exactly where the government of Sir Keir Starmer finds itself. Despite […]
Tonight will be fateful for the conflict’s future. Ukraine carried out strategic drone strikes on Sunday against several bases all across Russia that are known to house elements of its nuclear triad. This came a day before the second round of the newly resumed Russian-Ukrainian talks in Istanbul and less than a […]
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 world is growing ever more perilous. In 2024, global military spending hit a record $2.44 trillion, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. This trend has only intensified in 2025. At the heart of this shift are not Russia, China, or Iran, but nations that until recently claimed […]
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 […]
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