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Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
PEN Name: Marcos Fidel
Wagner Group in Equatorial Guinea
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 22 February 2026 Equatorial Guinea is small, oil-rich, Spanish-speaking and unusually exposed to the […]
The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 22 February 2026 The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act is not merely a gesture […]
Elections in wartime Ukraine
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 22 February 2026 The question of elections in wartime Ukraine hovers over the country’s […]
Should a foreign man come to Ukraine to find a wife?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 22 February 2026 The idea that a foreign man might come to Ukraine to […]
Barack Obama: Back on Centre Stage
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 22 February 2026 In the modern United States former Presidents have usually treated visibility […]
The war that was forecast—and the failure to prepare for it
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 22 Feburary 2026 In the months before 24 February 2022, Western intelligence agencies did […]
What is an Armed Conflict?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 21 February 2026 War is easy to recognise and surprisingly difficult to define. A […]
China’s DeepSeek Large Language Model
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 21 February 2026 China’s DeepSeek large language model arrived as a technical statement and […]
What should we make of J.D. Vance?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 21 February 2026 J.D. Vance has emerged upon the world stage as a figure […]
Donald Trump and the Board of Peace: Ambition, Money and the Ruins of Gaza
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 21 February 2026 In the theatre of post-war diplomacy — where money is pledged […]
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