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Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
PEN Name: Marcos Fidel
Shadow vessels and the law of the High Seas
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 28 December 2025 Modern maritime law rests on an understanding that the high seas […]
Russia’s probiv market: leaked lives for sale
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 28 December 2025 In contemporary Russia there exists a parallel information economy known colloquially […]
The death of Stanislav Orlov
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 28 December 2025 The death of Stanislav Orlov (known as “the Spaniard”) on 4 […]
Ukrainian people – from the perspective of foreign visitors
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 26 December 2025 Foreigners arrive in Ukraine with expectations shaped by headlines, maps and […]
Creating a demilitarised zone in the Donbas
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 24 December 2025 President Zelenskyy’s suggestion today that a demilitarised zone in the Donbas […]
Corruption in Ukrainian conscription
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 24 December 2025 Corruption surrounding mobilisation in wartime Ukraine has never been a single, […]
Dr Strangelove
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 24 December 2025 In Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 cold-war farce, Dr. Strangelove or: How I […]
Invisible front lines: Ukrainian intelligence cells inside Russia
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 23 December 2025 When people speak about the war, they usually picture trenches, drones […]
The Shape of a Twentieth EU Sanctions Package against Russia
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 23 December 2025 As the war in Ukraine enters another tense winter, the question […]
Hungary’s growing defence sector
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 23 December 2025 Hungary sits on the eastern half of NATO’s European map, bordering […]
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