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Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
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Massacre: Russia strikes a civilian train
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 28 January 2026 The Russian strike carried out today against a civilian railway in […]
Stephen Miller in the White House and Ukraine policy
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 28 January 2026 Stephen Miller’s position in the second administration of Donald Trump marks […]
How has life in Ukrainian cities changed during the war?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 28 January 2026 Ukraine’s cities in February 2022 were places of rupture. The familiar […]
China’s falling birth rate
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 28 January 2026 China’s falling birth rate is one of the most consequential demographic developments […]
SAFE: Europe’s Defence Readiness Strategy for 2030
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 27 January 2026 In recent years Europe has been forced to confront a reality […]
Iran’s crackdown: the arithmetic of fear, and the deaths it leaves behind
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 27 January 2026 When a state decides that a protest is not a political […]
Pope Leo IV and Ukraine’s suffering
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 27 January 2026 There are moments when the world’s diplomatic language becomes so habitual […]
Ryanair and the reopening of Ukraine’s skies: discounts, risk and the prize for being first
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 27 January 2026 There is a particular kind of optimism that arrives not in […]
India’s reduction in reliance on Russian crude
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 27 January 2026 India’s experiment with discounted Russian crude was never meant to be […]
Icebreakers as Arctic power
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 26 January 2026 There is a habit in some capitals of speaking about the […]
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