In the past four years, the war launched by Russia in Ukraine, the attacks and massacres of Hamas in Israel and the Israeli massive retaliation military operation in Gaza have tremendously affected the academia. These conflicts divide public opinions and echoes deeply in our academic communities in an unprecedented way since the late 1960's. Physical violence, open threats, arrests, pressures, sackings have been reported to happen in universities and scientific institutions in many countries. There is a lurking feeling that freedom of speech is in danger, along with a share conviction that a low profile attitude is requested. What consequences will it have on publishing anthropology? How much are anthropological journals the echo chamber of what is happening in the academia? Where are our editorial responsibilities? How to balance the representativity of the research with moral stances and which stances? How editorial teams discuss and decide about editorial policies and reach editorial decisions? From my position as editor of Social Anthropology / Anthropologie Sociale, I will address these questions and offer to share experiences on the hardship of publishing in a context of global political and moral polarizations.