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Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
PEN Name: Marcos Fidel
The deteriorating relations between Washington and Tbilisi
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 10 February 2026 Washington and Tbilisi used to speak to one another in the […]
The Panama Canal, Sovereignty and the Limits of Chinese Commercial Power
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 10 February 2026 Panama’s Supreme Court has delivered a decision on 29 January 2026 […]
Recent developments in Russian missile technology
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 10 February 2026 Western Ukraine has always occupied a particular place in Moscow’s air […]
A night at the Sacher Masoch hotel in Lviv
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 10 February 2026 I found myself at the Sacher Masoch Hotel for the least […]
Russia’s economy in February 2026
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 10 February 2026 In February 2026 the Russian economy looks less like a sanctions-proof […]
The Return of the Mercenary: Russia’s Outsourced War in Ukraine
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 10 February 2026 The mercenary—once denounced as a barbaric vestige of pre-modern warfare—has re-emerged […]
Odesa Under Fire: Infrastructure, Intimidation and the Human Cost of Russia’s Winter War
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 10 February 2026 The recent Russian attacks on Odesa form part of a grim […]
The Munich Security Report 2026
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 9 February 2026 The Munich Security Report is never merely a scene-setter for the […]
Artificial intelligence: optional work or global inequality?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 9 February 2026 The promises attached to artificial intelligence have begun to sound […]
Russia cut off from Starlink
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 9 February 2026 In early February 2026 Ukraine’s authorities said that Starlink terminals being […]
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