Publications by pp_editor

Shadow vessels and the law of the High Seas

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 28 December 2025 Modern maritime law rests on an understanding that the high seas […]

28.12.2025

Russiaโ€™s probiv market: leaked lives for sale

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 28 December 2025 In contemporary Russia there exists a parallel information economy known colloquially […]

28.12.2025

The death of Stanislav Orlov

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 28 December 2025 The death of Stanislav Orlov (known as “the Spaniard”) on 4 […]

28.12.2025

Ukrainian people – from the perspective of foreign visitors

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 26 December 2025 Foreigners arrive in Ukraine with expectations shaped by headlines, maps and […]

26.12.2025

Creating a demilitarised zone in the Donbas

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 24 December 2025 President Zelenskyyโ€™s suggestion today that a demilitarised zone in the Donbas […]

24.12.2025

Corruption in Ukrainian conscription

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 24 December 2025 Corruption surrounding mobilisation in wartime Ukraine has never been a single, […]

24.12.2025

Dr Strangelove

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 24 December 2025 In Stanley Kubrickโ€™s 1964 cold-war farce, Dr. Strangelove or: How I […]

24.12.2025

Invisible front lines: Ukrainian intelligence cells inside Russia

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 23 December 2025 When people speak about the war, they usually picture trenches, drones […]

23.12.2025

The Shape of a Twentieth EU Sanctions Package against Russia

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 23 December 2025 As the war in Ukraine enters another tense winter, the question […]

23.12.2025

Hungary’s growing defence sector

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 23 December 2025 Hungary sits on the eastern half of NATOโ€™s European map, bordering […]

23.12.2025