Editor in chief

Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
PEN Name: Marcos Fidel
The thinning of the East: depopulation in Eastern Europe
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 16 January 2026 Across Eastern Europe, depopulation is no longer a statistic buried in […]
Is the United Kingdom imposing restrictions on free speech?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 16 January 2026 Allegations that the United Kingdom is imposing restrictions on freedom of […]
Russian nationalisation of western assets
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 16 January 2026 The slow but deliberate nationalisation of Western business assets in the […]
Ukraine’s Winter Campaign Against Russian Rear Areas, 2025–2026
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 16 January 2026 As the winter of 2025–2026 settles across the Ukrainian theatre of […]
How Russia and India Sustain the Trade in Russian Crude
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 15 January 2026 Since the imposition of Western sanctions on Russian hydrocarbons following the […]
Harley Whitehead and the Quiet Logistics of War
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 15 January 2026 Modern wars are sustained not only by divisions and brigades, but […]
Ukraine’s state of energy emergency
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 15 January 2026 The declaration today by Volodymyr Zelenskyy of a state of energy […]
Europe at the Arctic Frontier: The Consequences of a European Military Presence in Nuuk
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 15 January 2026 Today the European security architecture witnessed a striking development. In addition […]
Yuliia Tymoshenko: Bribing MPs?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 14 January 2026 The allegations circulating today about Yuliia Tymoshenko, leader of Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) […]
Are they spying on you?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 14 January 2026 Monitoring by international intelligence agencies is, by design, difficult to observe. […]



