Publications by pp_editor

Soft Diplomacy Across the Strait: Chinaโ€™s Repatriation of Taiwanese Citizens During the Iran War

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 12 April 2026 The outbreak of the 2026 Iran war produced a series of […]

12.04.2026

Songs of Resistance: Folk Traditions as a Weapon of Cultural Survival in Wartime Ukraine

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 12 April 2026 In times of war the survival of a nation depends not […]

12.04.2026

The Palantir AI Human Resources system: a study in controversy

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 12 April 2026 Palantir is not, in the ordinary sense, a โ€œhuman resources applicationโ€. […]

12.04.2026

A tirade against the use of obscene language in public discourse

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 12 April 2026 The coarsening of public speech is rarely announced as a revolution. […]

12.04.2026

The Ukraine / Russia Easter ceasefire: what prospects for a broader peace?

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 11 April 2026 The announcement of a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia over the […]

11.04.2026

The rise of Turkey as a regional Middle Eastern power

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 11 April 2026 The rise of Turkey as a regional power broker in the […]

11.04.2026

Polymarket: gambling with the future

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 11 April 2026 Prediction markets have long occupied an ambiguous position between finance, information […]

11.04.2026

Anthropic: too dangerous for public release?

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 10 April 2026 In April 2026 the American artificial intelligence company Anthropic took the […]

10.04.2026

Iran’s fees for using the Strait of Hormuz – cryptocurrency

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 10 April 2026 The Strait of Hormuz has long been the narrow valve through […]

10.04.2026

Serbian and Israeli cooperation over Israel’s Elbit Systems drones

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 10 April 2026 Serbiaโ€™s announcement that she intends to deepen cooperation with Israel’s Elbit […]

10.04.2026