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Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
PEN Name: Marcos Fidel
Hungary in late 2025
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Hungary approaches her April 2026 parliamentary election with an unfamiliar sensation: uncertainty. Since 2010, Prime […]
Are lasers next?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Lasers have always promised a particular sort of military elegance: a weapon that strikes at […]
Russia’s deteriorating navy
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Russia’s naval fleet has long occupied a central place in her strategic imagination. From the […]
How many peacekeepers would it need?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The prospect of a negotiated ceasefire in Ukraine, mediated principally by the United States, inevitably […]
The troop numbers Europe would need to withstand a Russian invasion
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor To ask how many troops Europe would need is really to ask three separate questions. […]
Minsk as mediator?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The release yesterday of more than one hundred Belarusian political prisoners, secured in exchange for […]
Mandatory military service in Europe
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The question of whether mandatory national service is required across Europe to deter a future […]
Re-arming Europe for Parity with Russia
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The question of whether Europe can achieve fighting parity with the Russian Federation is no […]
Russia’s Winter Strike Strategy for 2025–26
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor As winter returns to Eastern Europe, Russia has initiated yet another campaign of long-range strikes […]
Stalingrad and Pokrovsk: Two Assaults Separated by a Century
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The Second World War’s battle for Stalingrad has entered historical memory as one of the […]
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