Editor in chief

Editor in chief:  Said Batrouni

PEN Name:  Marcos Fidel

Russian damage to the Qatari Embassy in Kyiv

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 13 January 2026 On the night of 8–9 January 2026, a Russian strike on […]

13.01.2026

Russian tax rises in 2026

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 12 January 2026 Russia enters 2026 with a familiar wartime dilemma: she must fund […]

12.01.2026

Is the German economy in crisis?

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 12 January 2026 Germany has long been regarded as the economic anchor of Europe: […]

12.01.2026

The priesthood in Lviv and the Russian invasion

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 12 January 2026 Lviv is a city where religion is not simply a private […]

12.01.2026

Securing the Arctic: Need and Methods in an Era of Russian and Chinese Assertiveness

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 12 January 2026 The Arctic is no longer a distant periphery governed chiefly by […]

12.01.2026

Large language models and education

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 11 January 2026 The rapid diffusion of large language models and associated artificial intelligence […]

11.01.2026

The Superhumans Centre in Lviv

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 11 January 2026 In a war measured too often in maps and munitions, Superhumans […]

11.01.2026

‘We save their lives, so they save ours’

By Kathrin Franziska Beck Sunday 11 January 2026 Ukrainian women are volunteering across the country to support soldiers on the […]

11.01.2026

The next Iranian revolution

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 10 January 2026 The next Iranian revolution, if and when it comes, is unlikely […]

10.01.2026

The State of Russian Forces on the Front Line in Ukraine (January 2026)

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 10 January 2026 The war between Russia and Ukraine has entered its fourth calendar […]

10.01.2026