Editor in chief
Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
PEN Name: Marcos Fidel
Ten Faces of Contemporary Tyranny
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 20 July 2026 The word evil is not one political scientists ordinarily employ. It […]
Salazar and Putin: Two Faces of Authoritarian Conservatism
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 19 July 2026 Portugal’s long twentieth century dictatorship under António de Oliveira Salazar and […]
Yevhen Khmara’s Hardest Mission Yet
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 18 July 2026 Ukraine’s appointment of Major General Yevhen Khmara as acting Minister of […]
Universal Basic Income in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 18 July 2026 The idea of a universal basic income (UBI) has moved from […]
Afghanistan: the Erasure of Half a Nation
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 18 July 2026 When the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, […]
The Great Departure: Capital Flight from Russia’s Elite Since the Invasion of Ukraine
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 18 July 2026 When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February […]
The Price of War: Why Fuel Is Becoming More Expensive in Russia
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 18 July 2026 For much of the post-Soviet period Russia enjoyed one apparent economic […]
An Ode to the Eternal Brotherhood: Twenty-Five Years of Russia and China Discovering Who Is Holding Whose Leash
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 17 July 2026 There are friendships born of affection. There are friendships born of […]
The Unravelling of Russia’s Gas Empire
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 17 July 2026 For decades, natural gas lay at the heart of Russia’s geopolitical […]
Boris Nadezhdin: The Politics of Hope in an Age of Fear
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 17 July 2026 For much of Vladimir Putin’s quarter-century in power, Russian politics has […]
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