Editor in chief

Editor in chief:  Said Batrouni

PEN Name:  Marcos Fidel

Privilege

By Matthew Parish Funny, how the ones life pushed about— The bruised, the late-paid, those who learnt To swallow what […]

25.11.2025

A Republic of Balochistan?

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The idea that Balochistan might one day emerge as an independent republic has circulated for […]

25.11.2025

On the Moral Importance of Courtesy in Digital and Physical Life

By Matthew Parish The expansion of human interaction into digital space has produced a widespread and often unexamined assumption: that […]

25.11.2025

The Russian Military Formation Rubikon (II)

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor In a prior essay we discussed the Russian military formation Rubikon, an advanced drone unit. […]

25.11.2025

Quantum Computing and the Future of Cryptology

By Matthew Parish The prospect of quantum computing has long been accompanied by warnings that it may fatally undermine the […]

25.11.2025

Ukraine’s Rapid Expansion of Unmanned Systems Forces: A Critical Assessment

By Matthew Parish Ukraine’s armed forces have recently shifted their strategic centre of gravity towards unmanned and robotic systems, presenting […]

25.11.2025

Kirill Dmitriev

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Kirill Alexandrovich Dmitriev was born on 12 April 1975 in Kyiv, then part of the […]

24.11.2025

Ukraine and the West: Scientific Cooperation

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Cooperation between Ukraine and the West in the fields of science, technology, higher education, research […]

24.11.2025

Sale of Gold Reserves by the Bank of Russia

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Since the outbreak of full-scale hostilities between Russia and Ukraine in February 2022, the Bank […]

24.11.2025

Might Chechnya be the first to break away from Russia?

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Speculation about the integrity of the Russian Federation has become commonplace as the war in […]

24.11.2025