Editor in chief

Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
PEN Name: Marcos Fidel
The European Union and Ukraine: A Political Aspiration Becoming Administrative Reality
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 19 February 2026 Europe is no longer an abstraction in Ukraine. She is not […]
Who stood behind Jeffrey Epstein?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 19 February 2026 The death of Jeffrey Epstein in a Manhattan jail cell in […]
Peace at What Price? The Risk of Trading Justice in a Ukrainian Settlement
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 18 February 2026 There is a phrase often heard in diplomatic corridors when wars […]
Loss of respect in the US political process
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 18 February 2026 In the long tradition of American statecraft, respect was never merely […]
Civilian immigration to wartime Ukraine
By Matthew Parish Partner, Intermarium Legal and Vertex Immigration, Kyiv +380 98 467 4579 (WhatsApp) Wednesday 18 February 2026 Immigration […]
The Window Opposite
By Kathrin Franziska Beck Wednesday 18 February 2026 It is a freezing cold evening in Ivano-Frankivsk. I am standing by […]
Britain and the Politics of Tolerance in an Age of Populism
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 18 February 2026 For centuries Britain has cultivated a reputation — sometimes earned, sometimes […]
Ukraine’s Winter Riposte: Tactical Gains and the Anatomy of a Local Counter-Offensive
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 17 February 2026 In the fourth winter of full-scale war, when many observers had […]
The Arrest at the Border and the Rule of Law in Ukraine: A Turning Point or a Test?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 17 February 2026 On the night of 15 February 2026 Ukrainian anti-corruption authorities detained […]
Iraq’s latest instability — why she keeps returning to crisis politics
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 17 February 2026 Iraq’s current political instability is not a sudden relapse so much […]



