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Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
PEN Name: Marcos Fidel
Training the GRU in contemporary Russia
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 8 May 2026 In the Soviet imagination the spy was once a romantic figure. […]
Russia’s wartime nationalisations
By Matthew Parish Thursday 7 May 2026 The decision of a Russian court to seize the controlling stake of the […]
Ukraine’s and Russia’s rival ceasefires
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 6 May 2026 Russia’s and Ukraine’s rival unilateral ceasefires in advance of the 9 […]
Echoes of the Gulag in modern Russia
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 6 May 2026 The moral landscape described by The Gulag Archipelago was never solely […]
Why is Vienna so full of spies?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 6 May 2026 Vienna has long cultivated the image of a city of music, […]
Confusion and distress in the Strait of Hormuz
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 6 May 2026 The reports emerging from the Strait of Hormuz in early May […]
Should Pope Leo XIV excommunicate JD Vance?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 6 May 2026 The suggestion that a Pope might excommunicate JD Vance would, at […]
The Met Gala in 2026: an exercise in women undressing in public
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 5 May 2026 The annual Met Gala has long occupied a peculiar position at […]
The debate over Ukraine’s proposed new Civil Code
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 5 May 2026 The codification of private law is one of the most profound […]
Psychotherapy and psychiatry in wartime Ukraine
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 5 May 2026 The war in Ukraine has been fought not only across trenches, […]
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