Publications by pp_editor

The role of the US intelligence agencies under the current US administration

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 11 February 2026 Under the second administration of President Donald Trump, the role and […]

11.02.2026

A Finger in the Constitutional Dyke: Due Process, ICE Detention and the American Habit of Forgetting

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 11 February 2026 Due process in the United States has never been a single […]

11.02.2026

Burkina Fasoโ€™s war without a front line โ€” and the politics that keeps it burning, including the Russians

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 11 February 2026 Burkina Fasoโ€™s conflict is often described as an insurgency. That is […]

11.02.2026

Alcohol in wartime Ukraine

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 11 February 2026 To get drunk in a Ukrainian bar during wartime is not, […]

11.02.2026

The British Dragonfire laser, and the Long Arc of Directed Energy Weapons

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 11 February 2026 The United Kingdomโ€™s Dragonfire programme is often presented as a sudden […]

11.02.2026

Sweden, NATO and the Nuclear Question

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 11 February 2026 Recent remarks by the Swedish prime minister concerning closer cooperation within […]

11.02.2026

British military equipment diverted to Russia

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 11 February 2026 The revelation that the United Kingdom granted export licences for specialised […]

11.02.2026

Cyber attacks in the US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 11 February 2026 Operation Midnight Hammer, the American strike package against Iranian nuclear sites […]

11.02.2026

US winter energy assistance to Ukraine: where was it?

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 11 February 2026 The winter of 2025โ€“26 has again laid bare the vulnerability of […]

11.02.2026

What Ukraine can learn from the Balkans – and what she cannot

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 10 February 2026 The war in Ukraine is often compared, sometimes lazily, with the […]

10.02.2026