Editor in chief

Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
PEN Name: Marcos Fidel
“Woke” and Soviet Ideological Repression
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The term woke has travelled far from its origins. Once a quiet expression in African […]
Belgian resistance to EU plans to use Russian frozen assets for Ukraine’s war effort
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Belgium’s opposition to ambitious European Union plans for the use of frozen Russian assets is […]
The Russian deportation of Ukrainian children
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The forced deportation of Ukrainian children from territories under Russian occupation represents one of the […]
The Su-57 Felon
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The Sukhoi Su-57, known in NATO terminology as the ‘Felon’, represents Russia’s most ambitious attempt […]
Are the Ukrainian Police adequately resourced?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Ukraine’s police now work in circumstances that would overwhelm almost any civilian law-enforcement agency. They […]
The downfall of Andriy Yermak
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor On 28 November 2025 investigators from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the […]
Continued European dependence upon Russian gas
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor In the past few years much has been made of how quickly Europe moved to […]
Ukraine’s Treatment of Prisoners of War
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The manner in which a nation treats her prisoners of war is often the most […]
Why the Nazis spared Lemberg
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The survival of Lviv, known then as Lemberg, through the Second World War is one […]
Russian demographic decline
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Russia’s coming demographic decline is no longer a speculative curiosity for demographers. It is now […]



