Editor in chief

Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
PEN Name: Marcos Fidel
Peace Agreements and Sausages
By Matthew Parish Otto von Bismarck, that gruff connoisseur of political reality, reportedly observed that laws are like sausages: it […]
The Dialects of the Ukrainian Language and Their Historical Origins
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The Ukrainian language, like all long-established vernaculars spoken across large and varied territories, is a […]
The US attempt to remove the President of Venezuela
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The recent history of Venezuela has been marked by profound political polarisation, economic collapse, and […]
Let us Pray for an Imperfect Truce
By Matthew Parish The history of wars seldom concludes with the neat finality imagined by diplomats or generals. Conflicts shaped […]
Kyiv’s Perspective on the Twenty-Eight Points
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Rumours of a twenty-eight-point peace plan circulating between Washington and Moscow oblige Kyiv to read […]
The Dismantling of the International Legion for the Defence of Ukraine
By Matthew Parish The International Legion for the Defence of Ukraine (ILDU) was born amidst the dramatic upheavals of 2022 […]
The Death of Modernism
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Modernism was a child of the twentieth century’s belief in progress. It was an artistic […]
Heroism
By Matthew Parish It comes to us in photographs, not noise: A man half-turned, his coat blown by the blast, […]
The Twenty-Eight Points
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The search for a political settlement to the war in Ukraine has given rise to […]
Elon Musk’s Vision of an Age in which Work Becomes Optional
By Matthew Parish Elon Musk has frequently suggested that the long-term trajectory of artificial intelligence is to make traditional labour […]



