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Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
PEN Name: Marcos Fidel
Burkina Faso’s war without a front line — and the politics that keeps it burning, including the Russians
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 11 February 2026 Burkina Faso’s conflict is often described as an insurgency. That is […]
Alcohol in wartime Ukraine
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 11 February 2026 To get drunk in a Ukrainian bar during wartime is not, […]
The British Dragonfire laser, and the Long Arc of Directed Energy Weapons
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 11 February 2026 The United Kingdom’s Dragonfire programme is often presented as a sudden […]
Sweden, NATO and the Nuclear Question
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 11 February 2026 Recent remarks by the Swedish prime minister concerning closer cooperation within […]
British military equipment diverted to Russia
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 11 February 2026 The revelation that the United Kingdom granted export licences for specialised […]
Cyber attacks in the US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 11 February 2026 Operation Midnight Hammer, the American strike package against Iranian nuclear sites […]
US winter energy assistance to Ukraine: where was it?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 11 February 2026 The winter of 2025–26 has again laid bare the vulnerability of […]
What Ukraine can learn from the Balkans – and what she cannot
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 10 February 2026 The war in Ukraine is often compared, sometimes lazily, with the […]
Europe’s return to the drill
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 10 February 2026 For much of the past decade Europe’s energy debate was framed […]
Donald Trump: is he up to the job?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 10 February 2026 The question of whether United States President Donald Trump may be […]
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