Publications by pp_editor

Global growth and American economic nationalism

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 15 February 2026 In a world that spent the better part of fifteen years […]

15.02.2026

Amphetamines and steroids use amongst soldiers in Ukraine

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 15 February 2026 In every war there is the obvious violence of artillery and […]

15.02.2026

What Is Not Said: The Private Reckoning of Ordinary Russians

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 15 February 2026 There is a familiar ritual when journalists speak to ordinary Russians […]

15.02.2026

Did Tito assassinate Stalin?

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 14 February 2026 The idea that Josip Broz Tito might somehow have been responsible […]

14.02.2026

Switzerland’s lack of military assistance towards Ukraine

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 14 February 2026 Switzerland’s posture towards Ukraine since Russia’s full scale invasion in February […]

14.02.2026

Munich again — and the argument about the West

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 14 January 2026 The Munich Security Conference is often described as a barometer. That […]

14.02.2026

Ukraine’s emerging role as a defence technology exporter

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 14 February 2026 Ukraine’s emerging defence technology export sector is not being built in […]

14.02.2026

What sort of personality does it take to be an effective soldier?

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 14 February 2026 To ask what sort of personality makes an effective soldier is […]

14.02.2026

Kola’s shadow over Norway: Russia’s northern bastion, its real strength, and the logic behind an Arctic land grab

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 14 February 2026 When Norway’s Chief of Defence, General Eirik Kristoffersen, recently warned that […]

14.02.2026

Why do humans go to war?

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 14 February 2026 War is older than memory. It precedes parchment and precedes scripture. […]

13.02.2026