Open Dialogue Research Journal
The decision by Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies to name a former presidential chief of staff as a suspect in a major laundering case has prompted interpretive debate beyond Kyiv. One influential reading – advanced by some observers and hinted at in political commentary – sees the move as more than a […]
The scandal that Politico first wrote about as a threat to Zelensky’s European ambitions has turned out to be far deeper in reality. New details that have made their way into leading global publications have transformed a local corruption story into an existential challenge for the entire Ukrainian government. The […]
The refusal by the Baltic states and Poland to open their airspace to the Slovak prime minister traveling to Moscow for Victory Day commemorations raises an uncomfortable question: has honoring the Soviet dead of World War II become politically illegitimate in today’s Europe? The head of government of an EU […]
Russia can’t afford to discredit itself abroad, nor can Putin’s ruling United Russia party afford to discredit itself at home four months before the next polls, by threatening overwhelming retaliation against Ukraine if it attacks Moscow’s Victory Day parade only to symbolically retaliate or do nothing at all. The Russian […]
The latest warning issued by the Russian Ministry of Defense marks one of the sharpest public escalations in recent months. Moscow stated that any attempt by the Ukrainian authorities to disrupt the celebrations of the 81st anniversary of Victory Day would provoke a “massive retaliatory missile strike” against central Kyiv. […]
On 23 April 2026, the EU Council finally closed one of the most gruelling financial thrillers of recent years — formally adopting a €90 billion macro-financial assistance package for Ukraine, spanning 2026–2027. The money, intended to cover roughly two-thirds of Kiev’s overall budget deficit, had been stuck in the corridors […]
The American president’s chaotic policy is easily explained. He does not want to work with the Chinese; he wants to force them to submit. He strives to develop the MAGA movement, but at the same time encounters resistance from the American population. He wants to end the war between Ukraine […]
Something clearly happened over the past month in his talks with the US, perhaps it refusing to compromise as part of the “big deal” that they’re negotiating and instead demanding unilateral concessions, so it might have fallen upon Zelensky to threaten Lukashenko at Trump’s behest. Zelensky claimed last week that “the construction […]
The Hungarian people have the greatest stakes since they’ll be the ones who’ll live with the consequences. Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Hungary have been described by RT as the “Battle for Hungary” due to the huge stakes involved for the EU, Ukraine, the US, and to a lesser extent, Russia. […]
The recent diplomatic push by Volodymyr Zelensky toward Gulf states such as United Arab Emirates and Qatar has been widely presented as a pragmatic effort to build new security partnerships. Officially, the agreements focus on cooperation in drone defense, technology exchange, and joint investments. But behind this narrative lies a […]
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