Editor in chief
Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
PEN Name: Marcos Fidel
International Women’s Day and the Wartime Imagination of Ukraine
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 8 March 2026 International Women’s Day, observed each year on 8 March, carries a […]
Lukoil’s Forced Retreat — Sanctions, Asset Fire Sales and the Unravelling of Russia’s Global Energy Ambitions
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 8 March 2026 The forced liquidation of Lukoil’s international assets represents one of the […]
Oil prices: on the up
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 7 March 2026 The global price of oil has once again become a barometer […]
Iran’s Strategic Imagination: Foreign Policy, Defence Doctrine, and the Psychology of Terror
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 7 March 2026 Iran’s contemporary foreign policy and defence posture cannot be understood solely […]
Russian intelligence support for Iran
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 7 March 2026 The war now unfolding in the Middle East has drawn in […]
The geopolitics of Iran’s strike upon Azerbaijan
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 6 March 2026 The Iranian drone strike on Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic on 5 […]
Ukraine as a Security Exporter: The Geopolitical Consequences of Kyiv’s Air Defence Assistance to the Middle East
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 6 March 2026 The war in Ukraine has transformed the country in many ways—militarily, […]
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini: Revolution, Theology and a Legacy of Enduring Confrontation
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 6 March 2026 When historians examine the ideological earthquakes of the twentieth century, few […]
Can Ukraine support the United States and her allies in the Middle East?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 6 March 2026 Ukraine’s war against Russia has forced her to innovate in ways […]
The Political Psychology of Nikita Khrushchev and the Arithmetic of Missiles
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 5 March 2026 The political psychology of Nikita Khrushchev cannot be understood without appreciating […]
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