Editor in chief

Editor in chief:  Said Batrouni

PEN Name:  Marcos Fidel

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 […]

18.02.2026

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 […]

18.02.2026

The Window Opposite

By Kathrin Franziska Beck Wednesday 18 February 2026 It is a freezing cold evening in Ivano-Frankivsk. I am standing by […]

18.02.2026

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 […]

18.02.2026

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 […]

17.02.2026

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 […]

17.02.2026

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 […]

16.02.2026

Trump’s support for Viktor Orbán

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 16 February 2026 Hungary goes to the polls on 12 April 2026 with a […]

16.02.2026

The role of lawyers in Ukraine

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 16 February 2026 In countries whose legal systems evolved over centuries of relatively uninterrupted […]

16.02.2026

The Kremlin’s European Courtship — How Russia Courts the Extremes, and Why Europe Keeps Letting Her

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 16 February 2026 There is a persistent misunderstanding in European political life that Russian […]

16.02.2026