Editor in chief

Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
PEN Name: Marcos Fidel
On the Recurrence of Fascistic Temptations and the Duty of Europe to Resist Them
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor It is a recurring sorrow of European letters that history seldom moves linearly. She rotates, […]
Western components in Russian weapons
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The drones and missiles that strike Ukrainian towns are often depicted as the products of […]
Life in Ukraine after the Collapse of the Soviet Union
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor When the Soviet Union collapsed in December 1991, Ukraine entered independence with a mixture of […]
The new United States National Security Strategy
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The new United States National Security Strategy published by the Trump administration in early December […]
Turning Europe into an armed camp
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Speculation that the United States might withdraw all support for Ukraine, triggered by the remarks […]
More talks: Zelenskyy in London
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The gathering in London today between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a cluster of senior European […]
Electricity blackouts in Lviv
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The Russian missile and drone strikes on the night of 5–6 December 2025 marked a […]
The battle for Vovchansk
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Vovchansk is a small city in northeastern Ukraine’s Kharkiv Oblast, located on the Vovcha River […]
Naval Interdiction as a Sanctions Instrument
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The notion that NATO might use her naval assets to interdict vessels carrying sanctioned Russian […]
Energy dominance and Chinese interdependence
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The notion of Energy Dominance, which emerged as a central theme of recent United States […]



