Editor in chief

Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
PEN Name: Marcos Fidel
Faith and Conflict: The Role of Religion in Wartime Ukraine
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 5 June 2026 Since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, discussions […]
Crimea and the Slow Strangulation of Russian Logistics
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 5 June 2026 Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February […]
The A7A5 cryptocurrency and Russian sanctions evasion
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 5 June 2026 The emergence of A7A5, a rouble-backed cryptocurrency launched in 2025, represents […]
Artificial intelligence and the ageing workforce
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 5 June 2026 The first phase of the artificial intelligence revolution was often described […]
The Fire Point Ukrainian ballistic missile
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 5 June 2026 The recent emergence of Fire Point as one of Ukraine’s most […]
Libya’s Competing Sovereignties — Militias, Ministries and the Mirage of Unity
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 4 June 2026 Since the overthrow and death of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, Libya […]
From Geneva to Kyiv: The Evolution of Humanitarian Law Under Fire
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 4 June 2026 The laws of war are born in paradox. They seek to […]
The proposed privatisation of the Canadian Trans-Mountain pipeline
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 4 June 2026 In the political mythology of modern Canada, there are few national […]
Pre-Paulism and large language models
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 3 June 2026 Pre-Paulism, as a theological concept, refers to the earliest phase of […]
The Iran conflict: how is the balance of power changing in the Middle East?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 3 June 2026 The proposition that the United States and Israel have permanently shifted […]



