Editor in chief
Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
PEN Name: Marcos Fidel
Can large language models understand their users?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 1 May 2026 The aspiration to make machines understand us has always been more […]
War in Ukraine: is the Kremlin at a turning point?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 1 May 2026 The temptation, when confronted with a fresh statement from the Kremlin, […]
Europe’s Energy Independence: Myth, Policy and Reality
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 30 April 2026 Europe speaks often of “energy independence” — a phrase that carries […]
A resurgence of racism in the West
By Matthew Parish Thursday 30 April 2026 The suggestion that the West may be experiencing a resurgence of racism, and […]
The rise and fall of socialist realism
By Matthew Parish Thursday 30 April 2026 Socialist realism — once proclaimed as the triumphant artistic language of a new […]
Ukraine’s Lima system of electronic warfare
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 30 April 2026 In the evolving contest between offence and defence in modern warfare, […]
NAFO labelled a hacker organisation by the Russian Federation
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 29 April 2026 The decision by the Russian authorities to designate the North Atlantic […]
King Charles III’s address to Congress: the full text
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 29 April 2026 — Full text of King Charles III’s address to the US […]
Change and continuity in Transnistria
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 29 April 2026 The approaching constitutional term limit of the Transnistrian presidency—set at two […]
The vulnerability of Russia’s Tuapse refinery
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 29 April 2026 The Russian Black Sea port of Tuapse — a modest resort […]
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