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Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
PEN Name: Marcos Fidel
The Drone Arms Race Accelerates
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 29 June 2026 One of the defining characteristics of the war in Ukraine has […]
Crimea’s State of Emergency: When Occupation Begins to Consume Itself
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 28 June 2026 The declaration of a state of emergency across occupied Crimea marks […]
Heatwave
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 28 June 2026 There was a time when Europeans regarded prolonged heat as a […]
Andy Burnham and the Perils of Popularity
By Matthew Parish Sunday 28 January 2026 The qualities that make a successful local politician are not always the qualities […]
Serbia’s Calculated Gamble: Why Aleksandar Vučić Wants an Election Now
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 28 June 2026 When a political leader announces his own resignation, the instinctive assumption […]
Who Owns the Skies? Ukraine’s Expanding Air War Over Russia
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 27 June 2026 For most of military history, control of the skies has meant […]
In Defence of The Moscow Times
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 27 June 2026 One of the first casualties of authoritarian government is not democracy […]
The rise of socialism in the modern United States
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 27 June 2026 The recent primary victories of candidates endorsed by Zohran Mamdani have […]
The Quiet Masters of the Invisible Battlefield: Why GCHQ Became the World’s Premier Signals Intelligence Agency
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 26 June 2026 Amongst the institutions of the British state there are few that […]
The Rest is Politics: smug British political commentary?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 26 June 2026 Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart have become one of the most […]
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