Editor in chief

Editor in chief:  Said Batrouni

PEN Name:  Marcos Fidel

The Death of Modernism

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Modernism was a child of the twentieth century’s belief in progress. It was an artistic […]

22.11.2025

Heroism

By Matthew Parish It comes to us in photographs, not noise: A man half-turned, his coat blown by the blast, […]

22.11.2025

The Twenty-Eight Points

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The search for a political settlement to the war in Ukraine has given rise to […]

21.11.2025

Elon Musk’s Vision of an Age in which Work Becomes Optional

By Matthew Parish Elon Musk has frequently suggested that the long-term trajectory of artificial intelligence is to make traditional labour […]

21.11.2025

Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing

By Matthew Parish The simultaneous emergence of advanced artificial intelligence and quantum computing stands as one of the most potentially […]

21.11.2025

Training the Drone Operator

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor As Ukraine has expanded her use of unmanned aerial vehicles from improvised quadcopters to complex, […]

21.11.2025

A History of Ukrainian Nationalism

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Ukrainian nationalism is a phenomenon that evolved over many centuries from a loose sense of […]

21.11.2025

Carving Up the Russian Empire into the Soviet Socialist Republics

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The collapse of the Russian Empire in 1917, followed by the civil war that ensued, […]

20.11.2025

Today’s peace talks in Kyiv

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor In the second half of November 2025, Kyiv has become the locus of renewed diplomatic […]

20.11.2025

Why President Donald Trump Is Against BRICS

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The second Trump presidency has revived a familiar style of muscular rhetoric towards countries perceived […]

20.11.2025