Publications by pp_editor
How has life in Ukrainian cities changed during the war?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 28 January 2026 Ukraine’s cities in February 2022 were places of rupture. The familiar […]
China’s falling birth rate
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 28 January 2026 China’s falling birth rate is one of the most consequential demographic developments […]
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 […]
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