Recent Russian parliamentary sessions devoted to ‘combatting Satan’ are really just disguised exercises in smearing political opponents and Ukrainians as agents of irredeemable supernatural evil.

A new novel (and movie) about Vladimir Putin’s chief spin-doctor explain how the true battle between Ukraine and Russia is not one of warring armies, but of competing narratives

Japan’s military is forbidden by law from sending its troops to fight abroad; so why not send fictional 2D ones instead?

The Kremlin is busily deploying a new weapon to boost their troops’ flagging morale: counterfeit miracles of Christ, Mary and the Saints.

In post-war Italy, the fantasy epics of JRR Tolkien became required reading for the post-fascist right; but does that really mean Hobbits were all Hitlerites?

The new ‘Chinese Savior’ genre of Beijing-backed TV drama is designed to enslave rather than save Africans

When ideology is placed before truth in science, the laws of nature themselves can become its greatest victims.

Praying to God for victory in warfare is all very well – but what if your troops just don’t believe in it?

Some spiritual interpretations of atomic warfare are perfectly valid – others are positively radioactive

Recent rumors of secret Russian underwater operations across Scandinavia have their (sonar) echoes in similar events from the 1980s.