Publications by pp_editor
Security in northeastern Syria
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 25 January 2026 Over the past several days northeastern Syria has entered one of […]
Why did the Soviet Union move the Russian capital from Petrograd to Moscow?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 25 January 2026 The decision by the Soviet leadership to move the capital of […]
Language choice, bilingualism and identity in wartime Ukraine
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 25 January 2026 War sharpens distinctions that peace permits to remain blurred. In Ukraine, […]
Dictatorship and Gender Dynamics
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 25 January 2026 The proposition that dictators are almost always men is not merely […]
Ukraine: the use of horses in winter
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 24 January 2026 The appearance of horses on the winter battlefields of Ukraine during […]
The geopolitical importance of Somaliland
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 24 January 2026 Somaliland is one of those places that, until something dramatic happens, […]
All talk in Abu Dhabi, all suffering in Ukraine
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 24 January 2026 As negotiators convene in the calm, air-conditioned rooms of Abu Dhabi, […]
Nurse Jen and the front line
By Monte Dunard Saturday 24 January 2026 Nurse Jen from Southern California just checked in from the front. She says […]
Iran’s switch on the wall
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 24 January 2026 When a state “turns off the internet”, it rarely means a […]
The Silent Swarm: AI Bots and the Fragility of Democratic Discourse
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 23 January 2026 Democratic systems depend upon a basic assumption: that public debate, however […]
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