Editor in chief

Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
PEN Name: Marcos Fidel
German versus US ammunition production
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 11 May 2026 The proposition that Germany has overtaken the United States in the […]
What are we to make of Vladimir Putin’s claim that the war in Ukraine is coming to an end?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 11 May 2026 For more than four years the full-scale war in Ukraine has […]
The ethics of law enforcement robotics
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 10 May 2026 The image of a metallic humanoid in a police uniform patrolling […]
Central Asia’s shifting alliances
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 10 May 2026 The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the five […]
What would Richard Nixon have thought about Donald Trump?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 9 May 2026 The ghost of Richard Nixon hangs heavily over modern American conservatism. […]
Electricity prices for internally displaced persons in Ukraine
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 8 May 2026 The cost of electricity in Ukraine, at first glance, appears stable. […]
The new Saudi-Emirati rivalry
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 8 May 2026 The contemporary geopolitics of the Arabian Peninsula are often misunderstood in […]
Training the GRU in contemporary Russia
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 8 May 2026 In the Soviet imagination the spy was once a romantic figure. […]
Russia’s wartime nationalisations
By Matthew Parish Thursday 7 May 2026 The decision of a Russian court to seize the controlling stake of the […]
Ukraine’s and Russia’s rival ceasefires
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 6 May 2026 Russia’s and Ukraine’s rival unilateral ceasefires in advance of the 9 […]



