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



