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Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
PEN Name: Marcos Fidel
Is Russia a terminally declining power?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 16 February 2026 The proposition that Russia is a terminally declining power — and […]
The strategic effectiveness of the Patriot missile in Ukraine
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 15 February 2026 Patriot has become, in Ukraine, less a single weapons system than […]
Total War Without End — Permanent Conflict as a Method of Rule
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 15 February 2026 In 1949, as Europe was still excavating herself from the rubble […]
Global growth and American economic nationalism
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 15 February 2026 In a world that spent the better part of fifteen years […]
Amphetamines and steroids use amongst soldiers in Ukraine
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 15 February 2026 In every war there is the obvious violence of artillery and […]
What Is Not Said: The Private Reckoning of Ordinary Russians
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 15 February 2026 There is a familiar ritual when journalists speak to ordinary Russians […]
Did Tito assassinate Stalin?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 14 February 2026 The idea that Josip Broz Tito might somehow have been responsible […]
Switzerland’s lack of military assistance towards Ukraine
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 14 February 2026 Switzerland’s posture towards Ukraine since Russia’s full scale invasion in February […]
Munich again — and the argument about the West
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 14 January 2026 The Munich Security Conference is often described as a barometer. That […]
Ukraine’s emerging role as a defence technology exporter
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 14 February 2026 Ukraine’s emerging defence technology export sector is not being built in […]
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