Editor in chief

Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
PEN Name: Marcos Fidel
Could Russia deploy weapons against Starlink?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 2 January 2026 Russia’s interest in developing weapons against Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite network […]
When Machines Turn Upon Themselves
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 1 January 2026 The popular imagination has long been preoccupied with the notion that […]
What hopes for Ukraine in 2026?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 1 January 2026 As the bells of another year recede into the frost and […]
Open letter to all Russians
By Jürgen Giebler Wednesday 31 December 2025 How can Putin be stopped? The other Russia. What if Russia joined the […]
Caracas Is Not the War
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 31 August 2025 Any intervention in Venezuela, even one authorised by the United Nations […]
The Baba Yaga drones of Ukraine
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 31 December 2025 Amongst the many improvised and adapted weapons that have come to […]
Life for a factory worker in Soviet Ukraine
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 31 December 2025 Life for an ordinary factory worker in Soviet Ukraine was an […]
Lost in Lviv on New Year’s Eve
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 31 August 2025 Snow had been falling over Lviv since early afternoon, soft at […]
Towards another Russian banking crisis?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 29 December 2025 Russia’s banking system has not looked like a classic emerging market […]
Might computers conclude that humans are inefficient?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 28 December 2025 The idea that computers might one day judge humanity to be […]



