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Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
PEN Name: Marcos Fidel
Trafigura’s new deals with India: non-Russian barrels
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 1 February 2026 In the normally opaque world of oil trading, a single phrase […]
Have large language models discredited journalism?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 1 February 2026 A quiet question now hangs over almost every article we read […]
Russian Urals crude offshore storage
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 31 January 2026 In the winter of 2026 a small but telling spectacle has […]
Fixing Ukrainian conscription
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 31 January 2026 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s instruction to Ukraine’s newly appointed Defence Minister, Mykhailo […]
Can the United Nations really collapse for lack of money?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 31 December 2026 The warning from António Guterres that the United Nations could face […]
Britain is drinking less
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 30 January 2026 The United Kingdom is drinking less than she used to. That […]
Reintegrating without Returning: The United Kingdom and Europe’s Search for Practical Alignment
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 30 December 2026 The question of how far the United Kingdom might reintegrate herself […]
Ukraine: Foreigners drawn to war zones
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 30 January 2026 Foreigners have always been drawn to wars. Not only soldiers, diplomats […]
In Defence of Analytical Philosophy
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 30 December 2026 A curious fashion has emerged in recent intellectual commentary: a sustained […]
Would Iran close the Strait of Hormuz?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 30 December 2026 Iran’s periodic threat to close the Strait of Hormuz is designed […]
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