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Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
PEN Name: Marcos Fidel
The Islamic NATO: A New Architecture of Power from Mecca?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 24 August 2026 Something potentially historic has happened in the Middle East, although — […]
Democracy Under Fire: Why Ukraine Cannot Hold Elections in an Existential War
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 24 August 2026 There is something superficially attractive about the proposition that Ukraine should […]
The Bankova Problem: Corruption, Power and the Ukrainian Presidency
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 23 August 2026 There are two mistakes that foreigners commonly make when discussing corruption […]
The Shield Beyond the Border: Poland and the Case for Intercepting Russian Missiles over Ukraine
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 23 August 2026 One of the more curious conventions of the Ukraine war has […]
The Permanent Underclass: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work
By Matthew Parish Sunday 23 August 2026 One of the darker possibilities accompanying the artificial intelligence revolution is that advanced […]
The Empty Chair in Kensington: Russia Withdraws Her Ambassador from Britain
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 23 August 2026 Diplomacy is often most interesting when nothing happens. An ambassador leaves, […]
The Patriotism of Fear: A Powellian Case Against Reform UK
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 23 August 2026 There are moments in the life of a nation when its […]
Pierre Laval and Alexander Lukashenko: The Politics of the Vassal State
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 22 August 2026 History seldom repeats itself with sufficient precision to permit the easy […]
The Relativity of Warfare: When Other People’s Wars Become Background Noise
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 22 August 2026 War is absolute for the person underneath the artillery shell. It […]
After Babel: Sapir, Whorf and the Multilingual Mind of Artificial Intelligence
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 22 August 2026 One of the oldest puzzles in the philosophy of language has […]
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Crimea Under Pressure: Ukraine’s Long Campaign Against Russia’s Southern Bastion
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