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Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
PEN Name: Marcos Fidel
Who Makes a Soldier? Psychology, Society and the Lessons of Ukraine
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 19 August 2026 One of the more persistent illusions about warfare is that a […]
Religion for atheists
By Rome Wednesday 19 August 2026 The words below describe the personal consequences of a violently rough episode which recently […]
The Russian Geopolitical Plan
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 19 August 2026 It is tempting to imagine that Russia has no geopolitical plan […]
The Machine Acquires an Office: A Briefing on AI Agents, Machine Learning and Cryptography
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 18 August 2026 Artificial intelligence is passing through an institutional transformation. For several years […]
Russia’s Southern Anchor: The Geopolitics of Moscow’s Military Build-Up in Libya
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 18 August 2026 For much of the period since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi […]
The Freedom of the War Zone
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 18 August 2026 There is an obvious paradox in describing life in an active […]
Will I become a Blade Runner?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 18 August 2026 There is something faintly disconcerting about discovering that the science fiction […]
Is Vladimir Putin Pathologically Afraid for His Life?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 17 August 2026 There is an odd paradox at the centre of Vladimir Putin’s […]
Is ChatGPT Getting Better?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 17 August 2026 There is a peculiar difficulty in measuring the progress of artificial […]
Is Lviv Due Another Heavy Russian Strike?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 17 August 2026 There is a temptation, when living through a war of missiles […]
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