Editor in chief

Editor in chief:  Said Batrouni

PEN Name:  Marcos Fidel

Open Source Intelligence in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Dead, Transformed, or Ascendant?

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 9 April 2026 Open source intelligence — commonly abbreviated as OSINT — has long […]

09.04.2026

The moral economy of volunteering in Ukraine during times of war

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 8 April 2026 War rearranges not only borders and armies, but also the invisible […]

08.04.2026

Russia’s academic isolation

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 8 April 2026 The gradual constriction of intellectual exchange between the Russian Federation and […]

08.04.2026

Donald Trump negotiates with himself

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 8 April 2026 In the theatre of international diplomacy, ambiguity has long been an […]

08.04.2026

The Bot War on X

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 8 April 2026 Recent disclosures by the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) have […]

08.04.2026

The Iran-Iraq war – lessons for the modern era

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 8 April 2026 The Iran–Iraq War, fought from September 1980 until August 1988, was […]

08.04.2026

Financing German far-right politics by the wealthy Swiss

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 8 April 2026 The financing of political parties is often treated as a technical […]

07.04.2026

Michel Foucault and the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 8 April 2026 The intellectual journey of Michel Foucault into the political upheavals of late […]

07.04.2026

Mining the Commons: American Seabed Licences and the Future of Ocean Governance

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 7 April 2026 The United States Government has recently taken steps that may reshape […]

07.04.2026

Ukraine: silence and secrecy in war

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 7 April 2026 In wartime silence is not merely the absence of speech. It […]

07.04.2026