Editor in chief
Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
PEN Name: Marcos Fidel
The Floating City That Never Sleeps: Stress, Suicide and the Modern Aircraft Carrier
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 13 August 2026 There is something profoundly unnatural about living upon an aircraft carrier. […]
The reform of Germany’s intelligence agencies
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 13 August 2026 Germany is contemplating something close to a revolution in the constitutional […]
Nigel Farage and the Permanent Revolt
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 13 August 2026 There are politicians who administer the political order and politicians who […]
Richard Nixon Through Xi Jinping’s Eyes
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 12 August 2026 Richard Nixon occupies a curious place in modern Chinese history. To […]
Philosophy and Politics: The Last Responsibility of Human Intelligence
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 12 August 2026 There has always been a curious relationship between philosophy and politics. […]
Pyongyang’s Arsenal Comes to Ukraine
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 12 August 2026 There was a time when the suggestion that Russia — heir […]
Einstein on politics and physics
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 12 August 2026 Albert Einstein is often credited with the observation that “Politics is […]
Ukraine’s War of Attrition: Strategy, Sacrifice and the Mathematics of Survival
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 12 August 2026 Wars are often remembered through dramatic moments — spectacular offensives, decisive […]
Fine City: “Territory Of Freedom”
By Kathrin Franziska Beck Tuesday 11 August 2026 Late in the evening, it is still hot and extremely dusty in […]
Not Why. How? The Evacuation of Kramatorsk
By Angela Stoop Tuesday 11 August 2026 It seems to me that there are very few occupations that people have […]
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