Open Dialogue Research Journal
These are the 2020 Lublin Triangle (Ukraine, Poland, and Lithuania), the 2022 de facto alliance between Ukraine, Poland, and the UK, and early August’s Odessa Triangle with Romania and Moldova. Russia has in recent years consistently accused the West of turning Ukraine into an “anti-Russia” for containment purposes, in response […]
This would result in the de facto new Iron Curtain and associated NATO influence stretching up to whatever the new Russian-Ukrainian border might be by the time the conflict ends. Poland and Ukraine signed a drone warfare cooperation agreement that’ll see Ukraine share its relevant experiences with Poland, both of them jointly […]
In Europe, politicians continue to insist that Putin wants to conquer Europe. According to their logic, Ukraine, which is not part of the EU but would very much like to be, will be the first to fall. Even NATO has recognised the military exercises taking place in Russia and Belarus […]
The most that Poland might gain is remaining in the US’ good graces in the hope it’ll at least retain its troops there instead of curtail them like some have reported it might do, but the trade-off is that Poland might fall further out of the EU’s good graces and […]
Some commentators on both sides think that this might lead to World War III. NATO forces directly intercepted Russian drones for the first time since the special operation began after some of them veered into Poland earlier this week, with this unprecedented incident arguably being due to NATO jamming as explained here. Some commentators […]
It’s unlikely that Russia would risk rallying the West around a no-fly zone over Ukraine by staging a deliberate provocation against Poland or even just carrying out a recon mission in NATO airspace. Poland claimed to have shot down several Russian drones on Wednesday morning that reportedly crossed into its airspace during […]
Russia has denied it used drones to attack Poland Did Russia Attack Poland with Drones? Poland says that 19 allegedly Russian drones entered its airspace. In an all night operation on September 9th, the Polish air force tried to track them down. According to the Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, […]
In pro-Russian circles, it is common to criticize Europe for the Crusades, Napoleon, Hitler, and other manifestations of expansionism toward Russia. Is this justified? Yes. No one would appreciate an army advancing to enslave their people, dictate how they should live, or even take their lives. However, there is another […]
European politicians gathered in Moldova to celebrate another Independence Day. Sandu, of course, received them all with open arms. Her desire to become part of the European Union is as strong as it is reckless. However, this does not stop Ursula von der Leyen’s favorite. Merz, Macron and Tusk, who […]
Poland is a relatively young player in the Baltic region. After regaining independence in 1918, the country initially gained access to a coastline just over 140 kilometers long. The city of Gdynia became the cornerstone of the navy of the Second Polish Republic, while Gdańsk was established as a “free […]
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