Publications by pp_editor
SAFE: Europe’s Defence Readiness Strategy for 2030
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 27 January 2026 In recent years Europe has been forced to confront a reality […]
Iran’s crackdown: the arithmetic of fear, and the deaths it leaves behind
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 27 January 2026 When a state decides that a protest is not a political […]
Pope Leo IV and Ukraine’s suffering
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 27 January 2026 There are moments when the world’s diplomatic language becomes so habitual […]
Ryanair and the reopening of Ukraine’s skies: discounts, risk and the prize for being first
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 27 January 2026 There is a particular kind of optimism that arrives not in […]
India’s reduction in reliance on Russian crude
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 27 January 2026 India’s experiment with discounted Russian crude was never meant to be […]
Icebreakers as Arctic power
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 26 January 2026 There is a habit in some capitals of speaking about the […]
Hostage diplomacy by Russia
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 26 January 2026 Russia’s practice of hostage diplomacy has become an increasingly normalised feature […]
Scott Bessent and the US President
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 26 January 2026 Scott Bessent represents a markedly different category of Trump-aligned figure from […]
Is Trump sending his allies towards China?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 25 January 2026 The return of Donald Trump to the White House has revived […]
Corruption in the Ukrainian hospitality sector
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 25 January 2026 The quiet coercion exercised by certain police and military officials against […]
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