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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]



