Editor in chief

Editor in chief:  Said Batrouni

PEN Name:  Marcos Fidel

Life as a Prisoner of War in Russia

I remember the cold before I remember anything else. It was the sort of cold that crept beneath the skin […]

06.12.2025

Declining Russian Oil Revenues

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The paradox at the heart of Russia’s wartime economy is that she continues to export […]

06.12.2025

The European Union and the US Senate: parallels

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The evolution of the European Union over recent decades has drawn her institutions ever further […]

06.12.2025

Swedish sightings of Russian submarines

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Swedish sightings of Russian submarines have become a kind of seismograph for security tensions in […]

06.12.2025

America’s retreat and the global defence industry

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The United States has long been the world’s pre-eminent armourer, supplying weapons on a scale […]

06.12.2025

Russia’s unwinnable war (II)

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The endurance of Ukraine in the face of Russia’s full-scale invasion has already altered the […]

06.12.2025

Regulating Social Media to Promote Reasoned Debate

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The world’s great public squares have moved indoors. What were once conversations in cafés, arguments […]

05.12.2025

Population decline in Ukraine

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Ukraine’s demographic travails did not begin with Russia’s full-scale assault upon her in 2022. The […]

05.12.2025

The United Kingdom’s Nightfall Missile

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Nightfall is the name given to the United Kingdom’s emerging project to develop a new […]

05.12.2025

Belarus After Lukashenko: A European Strategy for Isolation of Russia

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The longevity of Alyaksandr Lukashenko’s rule has led many observers to assume that Belarus is […]

05.12.2025