Editor in chief

Editor in chief:  Said Batrouni

PEN Name:  Marcos Fidel

Two kinds of backing for Ukraine

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 19 December 2025 Ukraine has, in the same week, received two very different kinds […]

19.12.2025

The International Claims Commission of Ukraine

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The International Claims Commission of Ukraine has this week crossed the threshold from legal concept […]

18.12.2025

Could Russia attack Europe via Finland?

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor For much of modern history the European imagination has been dominated by visions of conflict […]

18.12.2025

How many conflicts has Donald Trump resolved?

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Donald Trump has increasingly claimed, during his 2025 tenure, that he has “ended” or “resolved” […]

18.12.2025

Russia’s shrinking oil exports

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Russia’s capacity to fund her war effort against Ukraine continues to hinge upon her ability […]

18.12.2025

Foreign volunteers on the front line

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Foreign volunteers who work on or close to the front lines of Ukraine’s war with […]

16.12.2025

Life on the Frontline: A Dutch Veterinarian’s Journey Through Ukraine

By Angela Stoop, Special Correspondent When the first images of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine reached my village in the […]

16.12.2025

International supervision of the Donbas?

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Amongst the various institutional precedents occasionally invoked in discussions about a post-war settlement in eastern […]

16.12.2025

The Berlin talks and a US security guarantee for Ukraine

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The recent talks in Berlin between United States envoys and European leaders have placed the […]

16.12.2025

A free economic zone in the Donbas?

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor A free economic zone in the Donbas has surfaced in December 2025 as a proposed […]

15.12.2025