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Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
PEN Name: Marcos Fidel
The Volunteer’s Victory
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 22 June 2026 There are moments in history when nations discover themselves. Not through […]
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham: what next?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 21 June 2026 The rumours swirling around Westminster this weekend are extraordinary even by […]
Contemporary Iran: the Revolution Deferred
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 21 June 2026 There is a particular cruelty in disappointment when it follows hope. […]
The Trump–Meloni Affair: Conservatism, Celebrity and the Limits of Political Romance
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 21 June 2026 Politics has always borrowed its language from romance. Alliances are described […]
Why Washington Abandoned the Regime-Change Mirage
President Donald Trump’s costly decision to allow his administration to be guided by an excessively bullish Israeli intelligence estimate is […]
The Pro-Trump Right and the Pro-Russia Far-Right May Be Parting Ways
By Robert Harris Sunday 21 June 2026 In the 1990s, there was a movie called “Street Fighter,” based on the […]
The Arithmetic of Absence
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 21 June 2026 There are some forms of grief for which language feels obscenely […]
Georgia at the Crossroads: The Long Road Back Towards Moscow
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 20 June 2026 For much of the period following the collapse of the Soviet […]
Russian efforts to restrict VPN usage
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 19 June 2026 Russian efforts to restrict access to virtual private networks (VPNs) reveal […]
Leeds to the Front Line: The Quiet Determination of a Yorkshire Charity Supporting Ukraine
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 19 June 2026 In the fifth year of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, international […]
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