Editor in chief

Editor in chief:  Said Batrouni

PEN Name:  Marcos Fidel

The Demise of LITASCO

By Matthew Parish The story of LITASCO, once the trading engine of Russia’s vast oil conglomerate Lukoil, is a parable […]

26.11.2025

Privilege

By Matthew Parish Funny, how the ones life pushed about— The bruised, the late-paid, those who learnt To swallow what […]

25.11.2025

A Republic of Balochistan?

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The idea that Balochistan might one day emerge as an independent republic has circulated for […]

25.11.2025

On the Moral Importance of Courtesy in Digital and Physical Life

By Matthew Parish The expansion of human interaction into digital space has produced a widespread and often unexamined assumption: that […]

25.11.2025

The Russian Military Formation Rubikon (II)

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor In a prior essay we discussed the Russian military formation Rubikon, an advanced drone unit. […]

25.11.2025

Quantum Computing and the Future of Cryptology

By Matthew Parish The prospect of quantum computing has long been accompanied by warnings that it may fatally undermine the […]

25.11.2025

Ukraine’s Rapid Expansion of Unmanned Systems Forces: A Critical Assessment

By Matthew Parish Ukraine’s armed forces have recently shifted their strategic centre of gravity towards unmanned and robotic systems, presenting […]

25.11.2025

Kirill Dmitriev

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Kirill Alexandrovich Dmitriev was born on 12 April 1975 in Kyiv, then part of the […]

24.11.2025

Ukraine and the West: Scientific Cooperation

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Cooperation between Ukraine and the West in the fields of science, technology, higher education, research […]

24.11.2025

Sale of Gold Reserves by the Bank of Russia

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Since the outbreak of full-scale hostilities between Russia and Ukraine in February 2022, the Bank […]

24.11.2025