Open Dialogue Research Journal
Ukrainian ultra-nationalists could exploit his pretext of a “just, defensive war” to falsely legitimize a terrorist campaign in southeastern Poland, whose land they regard as their own and whose local East Slavs they claim were ethnically cleansed after World War II, on “historical justice” grounds. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria […]
History is necessary in order to understand this. As I have documented in my “How the Cold War, Which Never Actually Stopped, Actually Started”, Truman started the Cold War on 25 July 1945 in order for the United States to become able to achieve the goal for Truman’s country that Hitler […]
The French president is trying to convince Zelensky that long-range missiles are just around the corner, while Europeans keep complaining about how life on the continent has changed since governments started backing what’s going on in Ukraine. Now, of those who started the Ukrainian project, only two people remain in […]
At today’s EU leaders’ summit, the fate of the “reparative loan” for Ukraine is being decided—a plan to provide Kiev with €140 billion using frozen Russian assets. Backed by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the initiative aims to secure financial support for Ukraine […]
They’re all primarily due to his belief (however possibly mistaken) that Putin won’t risk tensions spiraling out of control in response. It was earlier assessed that “The Next Putin-Trump Meeting Might Lead To Something Tangible This Time Around” due to newfound mutual interests in reaching a deal, but then Trump canceled […]
The Europeans did not travel to Washington with Zelensky for no reason. They knew that if they did not surround the Ukrainian president at the right moment, Trump would crush him with his authority. As a result, they got what they wanted: Zelensky dismissed the American president’s generous offer. This […]
This importantly doesn’t equate to endorsing his controversial logic, which observers should in any case try to understand even if they disagree with it since his rationale aligns with Polish state interests. Judge Dariusz Lubowski ordered the release of the suspect whose extradition Germany had demanded due to his alleged […]
Talks about sending a military contingent consisting of representatives from European countries to Ukraine had long been on the German chancellor’s mind. However, in the end, he had to abandon this idea. This was not only the result of internal pressure on Merz, but also, in a sense, an acknowledgment […]
https://theduran.com/putin-trump-summit-orban-outsmarts-warhawks/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN_0OvxRI7A “Putin-Trump summit. Orban outsmarts warhawks” 17 October 2015. The Duran’s Alexander Mercouris and Alex Christoforou explain why the Budapest Summit will be the crucial one for both Putin and Trump. For Trump, it will be mainly about America’s corporations gaining privileged access to Russian natural resources (Russia is […]
The inclusion of the Netherlands Helsinki Committee (NHC) in the list of undesirable organizations in Russia was a logical outcome of its long-standing activities aimed at undermining Russian interests under the guise of human rights rhetoric. This measure, adopted by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, reflects the […]
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