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Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
PEN Name: Marcos Fidel
Misconduct in public office — an ancient offence under modern strain
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 24 February 2026 The arrest, on suspicion of misconduct in public office, of Andrew […]
The Age of Unreason? Social Media, Artificial Intelligence and the Retreat from the Enlightenment
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 24 February 2026 There was a time — not so very long ago — […]
Russian invasion of Ukraine — Four Years On
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 24 February 2026 Four years have now passed since the dawn airstrikes and armoured […]
Hungary’s veto politics, the Druzhba oil artery, and what Ukraine pays for it
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 24 February 2026 On 23 February 2026 Hungary moved to block two things that […]
Poroshenko’s diplomatic strategy
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 23 February 2026 In recent weeks, former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has re-emerged as […]
When Machines Form a Crowd: Large language models acting collectively
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 23 February 2026 For several years the public debate about artificial intelligence has revolved […]
Russia’s North Caucasus Embers — Low-Intensity Insurgency in a Centralised State
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 23 February 2026 The Russian Federation presents herself as a hyper-centralised state — fiscally, […]
Schopenhauer on suffering and Ukraine
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 23 February 2026 Arthur Schopenhauer never witnessed mechanised warfare, satellite reconnaissance or the bureaucratic […]
Deep fake fraud: how can you trust anything on the internet?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor — NOTE: The photo above is a deepfake — ITS REUSE MAY AMOUNT TO A […]
Frozen Lines, Frozen Lights: Has the War in Ukraine Reached Another Stalemate?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 23 February 2026 For much of the winter just passed, Ukraine endured once again […]
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