Editor in chief

Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
PEN Name: Marcos Fidel
Friedrich Nietzsche, social media, artificial intelligence and perennial war
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 21 March 2026 The writings of Friedrich Nietzsche are frequently invoked in moments of […]
Anglo-French resolve to interdict Russia’s shadow fleet
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 21 March 2026 The war at sea between Russia and her Western adversaries has […]
Strikes on Iranian and Qatari natural gas fields – the economic consequences
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 21 March 2026 The missile strikes upon Iranian and Qatari natural gas infrastructure in […]
Russia’s reliance on the Yuan
By Matthew Parish Saturday 21 March 2026 The Russian Federation’s financial architecture, once deeply intertwined with Western capital markets and […]
Cuba in the Age of Darkness and Defiance: Blackouts, Sanctions and the Island’s Political Future
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 20 March 2026 Cuba now finds herself not merely in economic difficulty, but in […]
Viktor Orbán: no leverage
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 20 March 2026 The periodic obstruction by Viktor Orbán of European Union financial support […]
Phantom MK1: The Bipedal Soldier and the Future of War in Ukraine
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 19 March 2026 War has always driven technological imagination toward the substitution of human […]
Iranian naval mines and the Strait of Hormuz
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 19 March 2026 The Strait of Hormuz has long been recognised as one of […]
The Mercosur deal: from theory to practice
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 19 March 2026 The EU–Mercosur agreement has now entered a new and decisive phase. […]
The partition of Berlin: lessons for Ukraine
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 19 March 2026 The partition of Berlin after the Second World War remains one […]



