Publications by pp_editor
Russiaโs War Economy in November 2025: Mobilised, Muddling Through, and Becoming More Costly
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Russia enters November 2025 with an economy that is unmistakably on a war footing: re-directed […]
Living Through the War: Isolation, Trauma and Renewal in Ukraine
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor To live through war is to experience the slow unravelling of everything one once understood […]
Travelling under Watch: Practical Electronic Security for High-Risk Jurisdictions
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor States with extensive surveillance capabilitiesโsuch as Russia and Chinaโtreat foreignersโ devices and online accounts as […]
An Existential Crisis for the Russian Federation
By Matthew Parish When Vladimir Putin ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, he gambled not merely on […]
The United States, Venezuela and Russia
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Since early September 2025 Washington has paired its claim that Venezuelan President Nicolรกs Maduro is […]
The curious incident of the Belarusian balloons
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor In late October 2025, the Baltic state of Lithuania found herself dealing with what appeared […]
The Rise of Fascism: Isaiah Berlin and the Philosophy of Tyranny
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor In an age when Europe once again faces the creeping normalisation of authoritarianism, Isaiah Berlinโs […]
Trump’s Gunboat Diplomacy in Stages
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor โGunboat diplomacyโ is a somewhat old-fashioned term, harking back to the era of large naval […]
Russiaโs Bonus and Bounty System for Combat Personnel
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor When the Russian Federation launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, she found […]
Rewards systems for Ukrainian drone operators
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor In the protracted struggle against the Donbas-fronted Russian invasion, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have […]
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