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Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
PEN Name: Marcos Fidel
Schopenhauer on suffering and Ukraine
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 23 February 2026 Arthur Schopenhauer never witnessed mechanised warfare, satellite reconnaissance or the bureaucratic […]
Deep fake fraud: how can you trust anything on the internet?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor — NOTE: The photo above is a deepfake — ITS REUSE MAY AMOUNT TO A […]
Frozen Lines, Frozen Lights: Has the War in Ukraine Reached Another Stalemate?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 23 February 2026 For much of the winter just passed, Ukraine endured once again […]
Action, Not Applause: The Moral Weight of Doing Over Saying
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 23 February 2026 In an age of relentless commentary — where opinion is instantaneous, […]
The Ruble’s Paradox: Is Russia Suffering from Dutch Disease?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 22 February 2026 In wartime economies currencies typically weaken. Capital flees. Imports become scarce. […]
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement: at what economic cost?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 22 February 2026 In the American imagination the border is often depicted as a […]
In a world of armed conflict, what hope is there for climate change?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 22 February 2026 In February 2022, as Russian armour crossed Ukraine’s borders and Europe […]
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 […]
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