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Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
PEN Name: Marcos Fidel
Tocqueville in Moscow and Beijing: What the Ancien Régime Tells Us About Russia and China
By Matthew Parish Thursday 3 September 2026 Alexis de Tocqueville is remembered in the English-speaking world principally for Democracy in […]
The Canadians Who Stayed: Paul and Mac Hughes and the Work of HUGS Kharkiv
By Matthew Parish Thursday 3 September 2026 There are many ways of supporting a country at war. Governments issue communiqués. […]
The AI Bodyguard: Why Every Human May One Day Need a Machine to Defend Them from Other Machines
By Matthew Parish Thursday 3 September 2026 The traditional bodyguard protects the body. He watches the doorway. He notices the […]
The Trump Whisperer: Alexander Stubb and the Curious Art of Friendship with an American President
By Matthew Parish Thursday 3 September 2026 There are few more improbable political friendships in the contemporary Western world than […]
Can Germany Ban the AfD — and Should She?
By Matthew Parish Thursday 3 September 2026 Germany possesses one of the more curious constitutional arrangements amongst modern liberal democracies. […]
John Mearsheimer and the War America Cannot Win
By Matthew Parish Wednesday 2 September 2026 There is something almost unnerving about John Mearsheimer when events begin to vindicate […]
How Long Can Russia Afford the War?
By Matthew Parish Wednesday 2 September 2026 The meeting between Scott Bessent and Anton Siluanov in Asheville on 31 August […]
Should Britain Elect a Large Language Model as Prime Minister?
By Matthew Parish Wednesday 2 September 2026 There was once a time when suggesting that Britain ought to replace its […]
The Bankers’ Peace: Why Scott Bessent May Hold the Key to Ending the Ukraine War
By Matthew Parish Wednesday 2 September 2026 There is something unusual — and potentially rather important — about the meeting […]
The War on the Railway: Why Russia Is Trying to Break Ukraine’s Iron Roads
By Matthew Parish Wednesday 2 September 2026 There are few institutions in Ukraine that have acquired quite the symbolic importance […]
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