Editor in chief
Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
PEN Name: Marcos Fidel
Donald Trump negotiates with himself
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 8 April 2026 In the theatre of international diplomacy, ambiguity has long been an […]
The Bot War on X
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 8 April 2026 Recent disclosures by the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) have […]
The Iran-Iraq war – lessons for the modern era
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 8 April 2026 The Iran–Iraq War, fought from September 1980 until August 1988, was […]
Financing German far-right politics by the wealthy Swiss
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 8 April 2026 The financing of political parties is often treated as a technical […]
Michel Foucault and the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 8 April 2026 The intellectual journey of Michel Foucault into the political upheavals of late […]
Mining the Commons: American Seabed Licences and the Future of Ocean Governance
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 7 April 2026 The United States Government has recently taken steps that may reshape […]
Ukraine: silence and secrecy in war
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 7 April 2026 In wartime silence is not merely the absence of speech. It […]
China’s support for Iran in the Middle Eastern conflict
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 7 April 2026 The war presently engulfing Iran has exposed, with unusual clarity, the […]
Project Maven: US use of artificial intelligence in war
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 7 April 2026 Project Maven sits at the uneasy intersection of modern warfare, artificial […]
Should Canada join the European Union?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 7 April 2026 The question of whether Canada might one day accede to the […]
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