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Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
PEN Name: Marcos Fidel
What is an Armed Conflict?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 21 February 2026 War is easy to recognise and surprisingly difficult to define. A […]
China’s DeepSeek Large Language Model
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 21 February 2026 China’s DeepSeek large language model arrived as a technical statement and […]
What should we make of J.D. Vance?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 21 February 2026 J.D. Vance has emerged upon the world stage as a figure […]
Donald Trump and the Board of Peace: Ambition, Money and the Ruins of Gaza
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 21 February 2026 In the theatre of post-war diplomacy — where money is pledged […]
Comparative Advantage — Why Nations Prosper by Doing Less, Not More
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 21 February 2026 In times of geopolitical strain and economic anxiety, few ideas are […]
Trump’s tariffs: struck down by the US Supreme Court
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 20 February 2026 On 20 February 2026 the United States Supreme Court struck down […]
The Horror Above the Trench: Fibre Optic Drones and the Psychology of the Front
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 20 February 2026 In the early months of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, soldiers […]
The trilateral talks in Geneva
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 20 February 2026 Geneva has become, once again, the sort of neutral room in […]
British military pilots hired by China: you should be in prison
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 20 February 2026 The quiet migration of expertise from West to East has rarely attracted […]
Iran and Trump’s ten-day deadline
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 20 February 2026 In February 2026 the Middle East once again finds itself suspended […]
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