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Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
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Ukraine: the use of horses in winter
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 24 January 2026 The appearance of horses on the winter battlefields of Ukraine during […]
The geopolitical importance of Somaliland
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 24 January 2026 Somaliland is one of those places that, until something dramatic happens, […]
All talk in Abu Dhabi, all suffering in Ukraine
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 24 January 2026 As negotiators convene in the calm, air-conditioned rooms of Abu Dhabi, […]
Nurse Jen and the front line
By Monte Dunard Saturday 24 January 2026 Nurse Jen from Southern California just checked in from the front. She says […]
Iran’s switch on the wall
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 24 January 2026 When a state “turns off the internet”, it rarely means a […]
The Silent Swarm: AI Bots and the Fragility of Democratic Discourse
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 23 January 2026 Democratic systems depend upon a basic assumption: that public debate, however […]
Trump’s Board of Peace
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 23 January 2026 President Trump’s proposed “Board of Peace” is best understood as two […]
Domodedovo: A seizure in search of a buyer
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 23 January 2026 When the Russian state moved to seize Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport in […]
Oligarch power after invasion: weakened, transformed or merely disguised?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 22 January 2026 The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 appeared, at […]
Human suffering caused by ICE operations in the United States
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 22 January 2026 The United States has always insisted that her immigration enforcement system […]
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