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Editor in chief: Said Batrouni
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The AI Bubble, the Debt Beneath It and the Next Federal Reserve Rescue
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 16 August 2026 There are two quite different propositions that are frequently confused in […]
How Many Men Can Russia Lose?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 16 August 2026 There is a grim arithmetic at the centre of Russia’s war […]
Philosophy: the discipline at the apex of the social sciences
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 15 August 2026 The study of any discipline is, at its best, an attempt […]
A Maritime Truce? Ukraine’s Proposal for Peace upon the Black Sea
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 15 August 2026 There are moments in wars when the most promising diplomacy begins […]
The Emptying of Free Donbas
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 15 August 2026 There is a particular kind of military victory that does not […]
Putin’s Maritime Threat: Can Russia Really Seize European Ships?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 15 August 2026 Vladimir Putin has introduced a potentially dangerous new dimension into the […]
The Engine Beneath the Oracle: How Large Language Models Actually Work
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 14 August 2026 A large language model is an extraordinarily elaborate prediction machine. That […]
The Bridge at the Edge of Asia: Could Ukraine Sever Russia’s North Korean Lifeline?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 14 August 2026 There are places on the map whose strategic importance bears remarkably […]
Donald Trump’s Secret Life as a Sex Worker
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 14 August 2026 A work of political satire. The events, conversations, kompromat, criminal characters […]
Putin in the Kurils: An Old Territorial Dispute in a New Asian Cold War
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 14 August 2026 There are few places in the world where the unfinished business […]
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Crimea Under Pressure: Ukraine’s Long Campaign Against Russia’s Southern Bastion
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