Editor in chief

Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
PEN Name: Marcos Fidel
Brooks Newmark and Trypillian: a former British politician supporting Ukraine and investing in Ukraine’s defence technology
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 17 March 2026 In the evolving constellation of Western figures who have moved beyond […]
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 17 March 2026 The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps — known in Persian as the […]
Banning Russian Citizens from the United Kingdom: Sanctions, Law and the Limits of Collective Responsibility
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 17 March 2026 The United Kingdom has, since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in […]
The Hopfield Warning: When Machines Learn at Our Expense
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 16 March 2026 The rapid rise of artificial intelligence has revived a series of […]
Russian foreign policy responses to the war against Iran
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 16 March 2026 The Middle East has once again become a theatre in which […]
The American Tradition of Losing Wars: Is Donald Trump Continuing a Post-1945 Pattern?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 15 March 2026 The United States emerged from the Second World War as the […]
War, Energy and Industry: The Domestic Economic Consequences for the United States of the 2026 Middle Eastern Conflict
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 15 March 2026 The renewed conflict in the Middle East in early 2026 has […]
The Russian economy in March 2026
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 15 March 2026 The Russian economy in March 2026 presents an appearance of paradox. […]
US naval manoeuvres near Iran
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 15 March 2026 The latest reports of United States naval forces and Marine expeditionary […]
When the Machine Misunderstands the Human: Large Language Models and the Risk of Self-Harm
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 15 March 2026 The past several years have witnessed the rapid proliferation of large […]



